Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.001
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.001, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1603.001. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(4) "Establishment" means a place:
(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is practiced; and
(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-2.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(6) "Manager" means the person who controls or directs the business of an establishment or directs the work of a person employed in an establishment.
(7) "School" means a public secondary school, public postsecondary school, or private postsecondary school:
(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is taught; and
(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-3.
(1) "Advisory board" means the Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(4) "Establishment" means a place:
(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is practiced; and
(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-2.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(6) "Manager" means the person who controls or directs the business of an establishment or directs the work of a person employed in an establishment.
(7) "School" means a public secondary school, public postsecondary school, or private postsecondary school:
(A) in which barbering or cosmetology is taught; and
(B) that is required to hold a license issued under Subchapter E-3.
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