{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1603.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.001","heading":"GENERAL DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Advisory board\" means the Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board.\n(2) \"Commission\" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.\n(3) \"Department\" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.\n(4) \"Establishment\" means a place:\n(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is practiced; and\n(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-2.\n(5) \"Executive director\" means the executive director of the department.\n(6) \"Manager\" means the person who controls or directs the business of an establishment or directs the work of a person employed in an establishment.\n(7) \"School\" means a public secondary school, public postsecondary school, or private postsecondary school:\n(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is taught; and\n(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-3.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 798 (S.B. 411), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BARBERS, COSMETOLOGISTS, AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 1603. REGULATION OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1603.htm#1603.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"559c04ccfa2fb3fa1e5b12238a41cc89760fb2526de0106fef241cceef084550","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1305.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1603.0011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}