(a) “Board” means the State Board of Cosmetology.

(b) “Cosmetology” means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices if they are performed on a person’s head, face, neck, shoulder, arms, hands, legs or feet for cosmetic purposes:

(i) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair and hair pieces.

(ii) Styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent waving, straightening, cleansing, bleaching, tinting, coloring or similarly treating hair and hair pieces.

(iii) Cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying or applying oils, antiseptics, clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or electrical apparatus.

(iv) Arching eyebrows, to include tweezing, waxing, threading or any other methods of epilation, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.

(v) Removing superfluous hair by the use of depilation.

(vi) Manicuring and pedicuring.

(c) “Cosmetologist” means a person who for compensation, whether direct or indirect, engages in the practice of cosmetology.

(d) “Esthetics” means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices:

(i) Massaging the face or neck of a person.

(ii) Arching eyebrows to include trimming, tweezing, waxing, threading or any other method of epilation or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.

(iii) Tinting eyelashes or eyebrows.

(iv) Waxing, stimulating, cleaning or beautifying the face, neck, arms or legs of a person by any method with the aid of the hands or any mechanical or electrical apparatus, or by the use of a cosmetic preparation.

The term “esthetics” shall not include the diagnosis, treatment or therapy of any dermatological condition.

(e) “Esthetician” means any person who, for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of esthetics.

(f) “Instructor” means a person licensed to teach cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or all of those, pursuant to this chapter, and shall include those persons engaged in the instruction of student instructors.

(g) “Manicuring and pedicuring” means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices:

(i) Cutting, trimming, polishing, coloring, tinting, cleansing or otherwise treating a person’s nails.

(ii) Applying artificial nails.

(iii) Massaging or cleaning a person’s hands, arms, legs or feet.

(h) “Manicurist” means a person who for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of manicuring and pedicuring.

(i) “Master” means a person holding a cosmetology, manicuring and esthetics license who has completed the minimum course of continuing education prescribed by Section 73-7-14.

(j) “Salon” means an establishment operated for the purpose of engaging in the practice of cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or wigology, or all of those.

(k) “School” means an establishment, public or private, operated for the purpose of teaching cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or wigology, or all of those.