77183454.1-701Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Professions And OccupationsProfessions And Occupations Regulated By The Department Of Professional And Occupational Regulation And Boards Within The DepartmentBarbers And CosmetologistsExemptions1962, c. 639, § 4, § 54-83.5; 1968, c. 622; 1988, c. 765; 2000, c. 726; 2002, cc. 797, 869; 2003, c. 600; 2005, c. 829; 2012, cc. 476, 507, 803, 835.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-701//54.1-701/54.1/II/7/54.1-70154.1-70354.1-704.2The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:section1 Persons authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathy or chiropractic;section112 Registered nurses licensed to practice in the Commonwealth;section222 Persons employed in state or local penal or correctional institutions, rehabilitation centers, sanatoria, or institutions for care and treatment of individuals with mental illness or intellectual disability, or for care and treatment of geriatric patients, as barbers, cosmetologists, wax technicians, nail technicians, estheticians, barber instructors, cosmetology instructors, wax technician instructors, nail technician instructors, or esthetics instructors who practice only on inmates of or patients in such sanatoria or institutions;section332 Persons licensed as funeral directors or embalmers in the Commonwealth;section442 Gratuitous services as a barber, nail technician, cosmetologist, wax technician, tattooer, body-piercer, or esthetician;section552 Students enrolled in an approved school taking a course in barbering, nail care, cosmetology, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, or esthetics;section662 Persons working in a cosmetology salon whose duties are expressly confined to the shampooing and cleansing of human hair under the direct supervision of a cosmetologist or barber;section772 Schools of barbering, nail care, waxing, or cosmetology in public schools; andsection992 Persons whose activities are confined solely to applying make-up, including such activities that are ancillary to applying make-up.section10102