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Senate committee moves permanent‑cosmetics licensing from Health to Cosmetology board
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to transfer oversight of permanent and semi‑permanent cosmetics from the Department of Health to the State Cosmetology Board, add an industry seat and tighten education and oversight aimed at consumer safety.
Senator Hammer introduced a bill to move licensing for permanent and semi‑permanent cosmetics from the Arkansas Department of Health to the State Cosmetology Board and to add an industry representative to that board. "The goal is to approve the permanent and semi permanent cosmetic industry to make it safer for consumers and to accomplish that," Senator Hammer said while presenting the measure.
Mallory Davis, of the Arkansas…
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