Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 2996 — State of New Jersey (December 14, 2020)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 2996, State of New Jersey, dated December 14, 2020, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. The bill allows licensees of the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to provide services in mobile facilities, defined as licensed shops moved as or by a registered, insured and inspected motor vehicle. A mobile facility must display a permanent sign and contain listed equipment, including a minimum of 75 square feet of floor space, and must give the board a 14-day location schedule at least 14 days in advance. The amendments bar mobile facilities from operating within 300 feet of a Board-licensed shop unless parked outside a customer's home, at a lawful event, or affiliated with the licensed shop.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
2996

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: DECEMBER
14, 2020

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2996.

This
bill allows licensees of the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and
Hairstyling to provide services using mobile facilities.

The
bill amends the definition of “shop” in the statute governing the New Jersey
State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to include mobile facilities. The
bill adds a definition of “mobile facility” to mean a licensed shop capable of
being moved from one place to another as or by a motor vehicle that shall be
properly registered, insured and inspected in accordance with all applicable
motor vehicle laws and regulations and in compliance with all appropriate
municipal land use approvals and permits, if applicable.

The
bill further supplements the law to allow practicing licensees to render any
cosmetology and hairstyling services in a mobile facility so long as certain
requirements are met. A mobile facility is to display a permanent sign
indicating the name of the shop, which is clearly visible to the general
public from the exterior of the shop, and contain:

(1) a
minimum of 75 square feet of floor space;

(2) at
least one lavatory including a toilet, hand washing facilities and a door;

(3) one
shampoo basin with hot and cold running water and a reclining chair;

(4) a
designated area for cleaning and disinfecting implements and tools;

(5) an
ultrasonic unit for cleaning metal implements and tools;

(6) a
clean, closed receptacle for storage of sanitized implements and tools at each
work station;

(7) a
closed container for clean linens;

(8) a
closed container for soiled linens;

(9) a
closed waste container accessible to each work station;

(10) hair
drying facilities or hair drying equipment;

(11) a
dispensary or place where supplies are prepared and dispensed; and

(12) any
other equipment as is necessary to provide those services offered by the shop
in a safe and sanitary manner.

Under
the bill, a mobile facility licensed as a manicuring or skin care specialty
shop by the board is required to have at least one sink in the work area with
hot and cold running water but is exempt from the requirement for a shampoo
basin. In addition, a mobile facility licensed as a barbering shop is required
to contain at least one chair with an adjustable headrest suitable for performing
shaving services.

The
bill provides that a shop that is a mobile facility is required to provide to
the board a 14-day location schedule at least 14 days in advance of the first
scheduled date and to immediately notify the board of any change to that
schedule.

Under
the bill, a mobile facility is to maintain a stationary position whenever an
individual therein is engaged in one or more of the practices included in the
definition of cosmetology and hairstyling, barbering, beauty culture, manicuring,
hair braiding or skin care specialty.

The
bill also amends the law to replace certain outdated terminology.

COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS :

The
committee amended the bill to prohibit mobile facilities from operating within
300 feet of a Board-licensed shop unless the mobile facility is:

1) parked
outside the home of a customer receiving services;

2) lawfully
participating in an event, including, but not limited to, a municipal or county
function; or

3) affiliated
with the licensed shop.

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