{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-704.2","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-704.2","heading":"License required for schools of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, ear-piercing, or esthetics","body":"Except as provided in § 54.1-701, no person, firm, or corporation shall operate or attempt to operate a school of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, ear-piercing, or esthetics unless licensed by the Board pursuant to its regulations.2000, c. 726; 2002, cc. 797, 869; 2003, c. 600; 2005, c. 829; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2025, cc. 308, 322.","path":["Title 54.1. Professions and Occupations","Subtitle II. Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department","Chapter 7. Barbers and Cosmetologists"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-704.2/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"8dc55898ed6829f80151544969f2dbd73d11c801fe1e942749a394d4a1ff1262","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-704.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}