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General Assembly
January Session, 2019
Committee Bill No. 6742
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND STATE
CONTRACTS AND THE LICENSING OF ESTHETICIANS, NAIL
TECHNICIANS AND EYELASH TECHNICIANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
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Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of
Administrative Services, in consultation with the Chief State's
Attorney, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and
Public Protection, the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioner of
Social Services and the Commissioner of Children and Families, shall
examine the federal Executive Order 13627 Strengthening Protections
Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts for the purpose of
adapting and implementing similar provisions for contracts entered
into by this state. The commissioner shall immediately implement any
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the commissioner shall report, in
accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of
adapted provisions that may be implemented administratively.
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matters relating to government administration and the judiciary any
recommendations for legislation necessary to carry out the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section.
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Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) As used in this section:
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(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health;
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(2) "Department" means the Department of Public Health;
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(3) "Esthetician" means a person who, for compensation, performs
esthetics;
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(4) "Esthetics" means services related to skin care treatments, (A)
including, but not limited to, cleansing; toning; massage movements;
stimulating, exfoliating or performing any similar procedure on the
human body, face or scalp while using cosmetic preparations, hands,
devices, apparatus or appliances to enhance or improve the
appearance of the skin; makeup application; beautifying lashes and
brows; removing unwanted hair using manual and mechanical means
and performing cosmetic medical procedures, as defined in section
19a-903c of the general statutes, and (B) excluding the use of a
prescriptive laser device or any practice, activity or treatment that
constitutes the practice of medicine;
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(5) "Nail technician" means a person who for compensation cuts,
shapes, colors, cleanses, trims, polishes or enhances the appearance of
the nails of the hands or feet or massages the hands and feet,
including, but not limited to, applying artificial nails, applying lotions
and oils in paraffin wax in individual containers, filing without the use
of electronics, applying shellac polish and nail art such as gems, jewels,
glitter and acrylic; applying hard gels, gel acrylic, liquid and powdered
acrylic, curing lights; reflexology; hand and arm massage; foot and leg
massage and upper shoulder and neck massage, but excluding any
practice, activity or treatment that constitutes the practice of medicine;
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(6) "Eyelash technician" means a person, who for compensation
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performs individual eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts or perms and
eyelash color tints; and
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(7) "Salon" and "spa" include any shop, store, day spa or other
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commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as
described in section 20-234 of the general statutes, hairdressing and
cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250 of the general statutes or the
services of an esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, or any
combination thereof, is offered and provided.
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Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On and after July 1, 2020,
except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, no person may
practice as an esthetician, a nail technician or an eyelash technician
without obtaining a license or temporary permit from the Department
of Public Health under this section.
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(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2020, each person seeking an initial
license as an esthetician, a nail technician or an eyelash technician shall
apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department,
accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and
evidence that the applicant has a high school diploma or the
equivalent.
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(2) Each person seeking such an initial license after January 1, 2020,
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shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department,
accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and
evidence that the applicant has a high school diploma or the
equivalent and (A) for an esthetician, (i) completed not less than six
hundred hours of practical training and experience under the personal
supervision and instruction of an esthetician and completion of an
exam, or (ii) practiced esthetics continuously in this state for a period
of not less than two years prior to January 1, 2020, (B) for a nail
technician, (i) completed not less than three hundred hours of practical
training and experience under the personal supervision and
instruction of a nail technician and completion of an exam, or (ii)
practiced as a nail technician continuously in this state for a period of
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