SENATE BILL 127

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. Trujillo

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS; PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION TO THE BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS ACT FOR MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIRSTYLISTS EMPLOYED IN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTIONS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 61-17A-22 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 171, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

     "61-17A-22. EXEMPTIONS.--The following persons are exempt from the provisions of the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act while in the discharge of their professional duties:

          A. persons licensed by the law of this state to practice medicine and surgery or chiropractic;

          B. commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States army, navy or marine hospital service;

          C. registered nurses;

          D. funeral service practitioners; [and]

          E. persons providing only eyebrow-threading services; and

          F. persons who are employed as make-up artists or hairstylists in motion picture productions."

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