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Board adopts legal report, debates unlicensed-activity penalties and revocation thresholds
Summary
The board adopted a legal report covering dozens of cases and debated whether the existing $1,000 agreed-citation ceiling and revocation practices sufficiently deter repeated unlicensed activity; staff will present the agreed-citation schedule for review in February.
The Cosmetology and Barber Examiners Board voted to adopt a legal report covering 76 items and spent an extended portion of its Dec. 2 meeting discussing enforcement strategies for recurring unlicensed activity and whether penalties and revocation policies are properly deterring repeat offenders.
Board attorney Michael Underhill presented the legal report, noting it included 57 cosmetology matters, nine barber matters and ten other items. The board voted to adopt the report.
Discussion focused on repeat unlicensed activity and on the board’s long-standing agreed-citation process, which the board established in 2014 and which sets a civil penalty level for many violations. Under the agreed-citation approach, a civil penalty for unlicensed activity has typically been set at $1,000 per incident.…
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