4713-11-14. Mobile salons and barber shops

(A) A mobile home, motor home, trailer, or other recreational vehicle may be used as a mobile salon or barber shop if it complies with the following:

(1) Mobile salons must satisfy all of the criteria for initial licensure under section 4713.41 of the Revised Code. Mobile barber shops must satisfy all of the criteria for initial licensure under section 4709.09 of the Revised Code;

(2) Each mobile salon or barber shop must be equipped with a functional sink and flush toilet with a holding tank;

(3) The mobile salon's or barber shop's responsible party's telephone number, e-mail address, and permanent address shall be included on the mobile salon's or barber shop's application for licensure, and must be updated and accurate;

(4) In operation of the mobile salon or barber shop, and in disposing of sewage and waste water, each mobile salon or barber shop shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local commercial, transportation, environmental, and sanitary regulations;

(5) No service may be performed on a patron in a moving vehicle. Services shall be performed in a mobile salon or barber shop that is parked in a safe, accessible, legal parking spot;

(6) A mobile salon or barber shop must report operating locations and times to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, prior to providing services to the public. The mobile salon or barber shop owner may report a weekly or monthly schedule of operating locations and times, in a manner prescribed by the board, in lieu of reporting each location separately. The hours and locations must be reported with sufficient accuracy to permit inspectors to conduct inspections of mobile salons or barber shops in the same manner as permanently-placed salons or barber shops; and

(7) Operation of a mobile salon or barber shop shall cease promptly when:

(a) Waste water storage capacity has been reached;

(b) The toilet and or sink are non-functioning; or

(c) The mobile salon or barber shop no longer has an adequate supply of clean water, or adequate waste water capacity for completing all cosmetology or barbering services.

(B) Mobile salons or barber shops must maintain proper licensure for the branch of cosmetology and/or barbering practiced in the salon or barber shop.

(C) Mobile salons or barber shops shall be subject to all laws and rules of Chapters 4709. and 4713. of the Revised Code, and the rules promulgated thereunder, as applicable, in order to obtain and maintain licensure.

Replaces: 4709-7-09

Effective: 2/21/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/25/2022
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4713.08(A) 20, 4713.08(A)(1), 4709.05
Rule Amplifies: 4709.05 , 4713.41, 4713.01, 4709.09
Prior Effective Dates: 09/05/1977, 12/17/1989, 02/24/1991, 10/23/1992, 01/26/1997, 10/31/2006, 11/01/2013, 04/25/2017