Cosmetology establishment; issuance of license; separation from dwelling or school of cosmetology; limited license; displaying or posting license; effect of transferring ownership or location.
MCL 339.1204
in effect339.1204. Cosmetology establishment; issuance of license; separation from dwelling or school of cosmetology; limited license; displaying or posting license; effect of transferring ownership or location.
Sec. 1204.
(1) The department shall issue a license to a person to operate a cosmetology establishment, at the premises specified in the license application, if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) An application is submitted to the department by the owners or managers of the establishment.
(b) The application includes the address of the premises of the establishment and a drawing or diagram that shows the location of required equipment and facilities, and if the establishment is adjacent to a dwelling or school of cosmetology, that the premises of the establishment are completely separated by full partitions and doors from the dwelling or school.
(c) The establishment and its premises have satisfactorily passed an inspection conducted by the department for the purpose of determining whether the establishment and premises meet the sanitation and equipment standards prescribed in rules promulgated by the director and any other applicable requirements of this article.
(2) The owner of a cosmetology establishment shall do all of the following:
(a) Ensure that the establishment is completely separated by full partitions and doors from a dwelling or the premises of a school of cosmetology.
(b) Display its license for the establishment and the license of each cosmetologist who works in the establishment in a prominent place in the establishment that is visible to the public at all times. The owner may post the license of a cosmetologist who works in the establishment at his or her work station.
(3) The department may issue a limited cosmetology establishment license to a person that seeks to provide only 1 or more cosmetology services on the premises of the establishment. A licensed cosmetologist who is working in the premises of a limited licensed cosmetology establishment shall not perform cosmetology services that the owner is not licensed to provide in the establishment.
(4) An owner's cosmetology establishment license is considered void if there is a sale or other transfer of the cosmetology establishment, a sale or other transfer of ownership, or, except for a mobile salon, a change in the location of the cosmetology establishment. A person whose license is void under this subsection must submit a new license application and obtain a new license to continue to provide cosmetology services.
(5) This section does not apply to a cosmetology establishment that is a mobile salon until the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 1203 for the operation of mobile salons.
1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 377, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1997; Am. 2003, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2003; Am. 2020, Act 20, Eff. Apr. 26, 2020
[PopularName] Act 299
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-339-1204Fetched: 10/20/2026