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Board for Barbers and Cosmetology

Resources for Licensees during COVID-19 Outbreak

Last updated 9/21/2020

Phase Three Guidelines to Further Ease Public Health Restrictions

Virginia entered Phase Three on July 1, 2020

  • 6/18/20 News Release: Gov. Northam Outlines Phase Three Guidelines to Lift Additional Public Health Restrictions
  • GUIDANCE

  • Phase Three Guidelines for Specific Business Sectors
  • Where a mandatory business requirement in the guidelines conflicts with a requirement to wear a face covering, the sector-specific business requirement takes precedence.

  • Disinfection Reminders for Spas, Salons, and Shops
  • Memorandum to Licensed Schools re: On-Site Practical Instruction Under Phase Two
  • CDC: What Nail Salon Employees Need to Know About COVID-19
  • CDC COVID-19 Employer Information for Nail Salons
  • EXECUTIVE ORDERS

  • EO 67: Phase Three Easing of Certain Temporary Restrictions Due to COVID-19
  • EO 51 (Amended): Extending Declaration of State of Emergency Due to COVID-19
  • DPOR-regulated businesses affected by the provisions of Executive Order 67 include:

  • Barber shops;
  • Cosmetology, nail, and waxing salons;
  • Esthetics spas;
  • Tattoo parlors and permanent cosmetic tattooing salons; and
  • Body-piercing salons.
  • Rebuild VA grant program available to help small businesses disrupted by COVID-19.

    Refer to our main COVID-19 page for best practices and other resources regarding preventing transmission of COVID-19.

    Board Regulations: Sanitation and Safety Standards

    Disinfection Reminders for Spas, Salons, and Shops Cosmetology, Barbering, Nail Care, and Waxing - https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency41/chapter20/section270/ Esthetics – https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency41/chapter70/section270/ Body Piercing - https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency41/chapter60/section200/ Tattooing - https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency41/chapter50/section400/

    Please note that all licensees are required to take sufficient measures to prevent transmission of communicable or infectious diseases, and must comply with sanitary requirements provided for in the Board’s regulations, or any local, state, or federal law or regulation governing the standards of health and sanitation for their respective practices.

    Will Virginia Vote to Deregulate Cosmetology ?

    HB 892 introduced in Virginia Legislature
    January 2018

    HB 892 Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; deregulation of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing.
    Introduced by: Michael J. Webert.

    SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

    Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; deregulation of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body piercing, and esthetics. Abolishes the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology and deregulates the practices of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body piercing, and esthetics.


    Learn more about HB 892

    See Full Text of HB 892