{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1603.2101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2101","heading":"INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSE OR STUDENT PERMIT REQUIRED; USE OF CERTAIN TERMS WITHOUT LICENSE PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A person may not perform or offer or attempt to perform any act of barbering or cosmetology unless the person holds a license or permit issued under this subchapter to perform that act.\n(b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued under this subchapter, a person may not directly or indirectly use or cause to be used as a professional or business identification, title, name, representation, asset, or means of advantage or benefit:\n(1) the term \"barber\" or \"barbering\";\n(2) the term \"cosmetologist\" or \"cosmetology\"; or\n(3) any combination, variation, or abbreviation of the terms listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2).\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 3.20, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BARBERS, COSMETOLOGISTS, AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 1603. REGULATION OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY","SUBCHAPTER E-1. INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSES; STUDENT PERMIT; PRACTICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1603.htm#1603.2101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"9736f16489e7328f14f986b13b2c60ceb330a5ecc75292ee4218e263a2dcf6d8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1603.209","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1603.2102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}