SDCL § 36-15-60: Certain acts prohibited--Misdemeanor.

No person may:

(1) Practice cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics without a license;

(2) Intentionally make any false oath or affirmation whenever an oath or affirmation is required by this chapter or rules promulgated to this chapter;

(3) Fail to display any license in a conspicuous place in the salon, booth, or school;

(4) Fail to comply with the plumbing, electrical, physical, or sanitary requirements as stated in the rules promulgated by the commission;

(5) Charge or receive compensation for teaching an apprentice any of the practices of cosmetology;

(6) Operate a school without a license as provided for in this chapter;

(7) Employ or allow any unlicensed person to perform work which under this chapter may lawfully be done only by licensed persons;

(8) Operate a salon, booth, or school for any of the practices of cosmetology without having first obtained the applicable license as provided in this chapter;

(9) Practice any cosmetology services for which the commission requires additional continuing education in which the education has not been completed; and

(10) Do any act prohibited by this chapter.

A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.