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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.


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What is the SVSS?

L. Saphonia Gee founded the SVSS (The Society of Virginia Skin Care Specialists), in order to provide guidance and leadership to the Esthetics profession in Virginia. Ms. Gee and SVSS played a critical role in getting Virginia HB2510 passed into law. HB2510 was the inaugural law that required licensing of estheticians in the Commonwealth of Virginia.