North Carolina SB 808: Medicaid Funding Act.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 6
SENATE BILL 808
Regulatory Reform Committee Substitute Adopted 4/28/26
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/26
Fourth Edition Engrossed 5/5/26
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/9/26
House Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 6/30/26

Short Title: Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners Amendments. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 22, 2026
*S808-v-6*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL HAIR CARE SPECIALIST 2
LICENSURE AND CREATE A CERTIFICATION FOR HAIR BRAIDERS; TO LICENSE 3
HAIR DESIGNERS; TO ALLOW MOBILE COSMETIC ART SHOPS; AND TO MAKE 4
OTHER CHANGES TO THE COSMETIC ART STATUTES. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. Chapter 88B of the General Statutes, as amended by S.L. 2025-20, 7
reads as rewritten: 8
"Chapter 88B. 9
"Cosmetic Art. 10
"§ 88B-1. Short title. 11
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Cosmetic Art Act. 12
"§ 88B-2. Definitions. 13
The following definitions apply in this Chapter: 14
(1) Apprentice. – A person who is not a manager or operator and who is engaged 15
in learning the practice of cosmetic art under the direction and supervision of 16
a cosmetologist. 17
(2) Board. – The North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners. 18
(3) Booth. – A workstation located within a licensed cosmetic art shop or mobile 19
cosmetic art shop that is operated primarily by one individual in performing 20
cosmetic art services for consumers. 21
(4) Booth renter. – A person who rents a booth in a cosmetic art shop.shop or 22
mobile cosmetic art shop. 23
(5) Cosmetic art. – All or any part or combination of cosmetology, hair design, 24
esthetics, natural hair care, hair braiding, or manicuring, including the 25
systematic manipulation with the hands or mechanical apparatus of the scalp, 26
face, neck, shoulders, hands, and feet. Practices included within this 27
subdivision shall not include the practice of massage or bodywork therapy as 28
set forth in Article 36 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes. 29
(6) Cosmetic art school. – Any building or part thereof where cosmetic art is 30
taught. 31

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(7) Cosmetic art shop. – Any building or part thereof where cosmetic art is 1
practiced for pay or reward, whether direct or indirect. 2
(8) Cosmetologist. – Any individual who is licensed to practice all parts of 3
cosmetic art. 4
(8a) Cosmetology. – The act of arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, 5
cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similar work upon the hair of a 6
person by any means, including the use of hands, mechanical or electrical 7
apparatus, or appliances or by use of cosmetic or chemical preparations or 8
antiseptics.The practice of all parts of cosmetic art. 9
(9) Cosmetology teacher. – An individual licensed by the Board to teach all parts 10
of cosmetic art. 11
(10) Esthetician. – An individual licensed by the Board to practice only that part of 12
cosmetic art that constitutes skin care. 13
(11) Esthetician teacher. – An individual licensed by the Board to teach only that 14
part of cosmetic art that constitutes skin care. 15
(11a) Esthetics. – Refers to any of the following practices: giving facials; applying 16
makeup; performing skin care; removing superfluous hair from the body of a 17
person by use of creams, tweezers, or waxing; applying eyelashes to a person, 18
including the application of eyelash extensions, brow or lash color; 19
beautifying the face, neck, arms, or upper part of the human body by use of 20
cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams; surface 21
manipulation in relation to skin care; or cleaning or stimulating the face, neck, 22
ears, arms, hands, bust, torso, legs, or feet of a person by means of hands, 23
devices, apparatus, or appliances along with the use of cosmetic preparations, 24
antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams. 25
(11b) Hair braiding. – A service that results in tension on hair strands or roots by 26
braiding, twisting, or wrapping the hair by hand or a mechanical device. Hair 27
braiding is the intertwining of hair into a patterned style, which may include 28
the addition of decorative or nonstructural elements such as beads, thread, or 29
ornaments, provided they do not alter the natural hair or require chemicals, 30
adhesives, or heat used on natural hair. Hair braiding also includes minor 31
trimming of hair or hair extensions incidental to the braiding of hair. 32
(11c) Hair design. – The act of arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, 33
cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similar work upon the hair of a 34
person by any means, including the use of hands, mechanical or electrical 35
apparatus, or appliances or by use of cosmetic or chemical preparations or 36
antiseptics. 37
(11d) Hair design teacher. – An individual licensed by the Board to teach hair 38
design. 39
(11e