{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:5B-12","heading":"Unlawful practices; persons.","body":"12.\tIn addition to any practice declared unlawful pursuant to P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.), it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the following practices:\na.\tAdvertise in a manner which would tend to mislead consumers of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, skin care specialty services, or cosmetic retail services;\nb.\tAdvertise, practice, or attempt to practice under another's name or trade name;\nc.\tContinue to practice while knowingly having an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease which could reasonably be expected to be transmitted during the course of rendering cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, or skin care specialty services;\nd.\tEngage in fraudulent practices for the purpose of securing financial aid from any institution or agency offering that aid to students of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, or skin care specialty;\ne.\tAid, abet, or knowingly permit a person not licensed pursuant to  P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 et seq.) to render any of the services encompassed within the definition of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, or skin care specialty;\nf.\tFail to display a practicing license at any place at which the licensee renders services; or\ng.\tEngage in one or more of the practices included in the definition of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, skin care specialty services, or cosmetic retail services in premises not licensed as a shop or a school, except as provided in section 8 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 et seq.).\nL.1984, c.205, s.12; amended 1995, c.82, s.5; 2009, c.162, s.10; 2018, c.126, s.9; 2025, c.171, s.5.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"d502bbaeb830a3c486a65c51c31e1a4ac594419abb4ea6ebda1823f64e2ad949","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-11.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-12.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}