{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-31-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-31-301","heading":"Prohibited acts.","body":"(1) Without an appropriate license issued under this chapter, it is unlawful:\n(a) to practice barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring for compensation;\n(b) for an unlicensed student to provide services as a barber, a barber nonchemical, a cosmetologist, an electrologist, an esthetician, or a manicurist other than in a licensed school;\n(c) to own, manage, or operate a salon, shop, booth, or school; or to teach in a school other than as a student enrolled in a teacher training course.\n(2) It is unlawful:\n(a) to employ or use an unlicensed person as a barber, a barber nonchemical, a cosmetologist, an electrologist, an esthetician, or a manicurist;\n(b) for a teacher or student teacher to practice barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring on the public in a school;\n(c) for student teachers to substitute for full-time teachers;\n(d) to operate a salon, shop, or booth in connection with a school;\n(e) to practice barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring outside a licensed salon or shop as provided in this chapter, except when a licensee is requested:\n(i) by a customer to go to a place other than a licensed salon or shop and is sent to the customer from a licensed salon or shop; or\n(ii) by a customer with a disability or homebound customer to go to the customer's place of residence; or\n(f) to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 31. BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, ELECTROLOGY, ESTHETICS, AND MANICURING","Part 3. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0310/part_0030/section_0010/0370-0310-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:02Z","sha256":"dbfc3f058559906141a52a7b57d6b958b37b7f18122518b918abf2dc82d59f12","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-31-204","next":"us-mt/37-31-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}