Title 25, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 6. IC 25-1-2-2.1 applies to licenses held by real estate brokers. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 7. IC 25-1-2-2.1 applies to licenses held by real estate agents. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 8. IC 25-1-2-2.1 applies to licenses issued by the securities commissioner to security dealers. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. IC 25-1-2-2.1 applies to licenses held by dental hygienists. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. "Instructor" means a person licensed under IC 25-8-6 to teach in a beauty culture school. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.236-1995, SEC.5; P.L.113-1999, SEC.3; P.L.84-2010, SEC.28; P.L.170-2013, SEC.13.

Sec. 11. "License" means a document issued by the agency and the board to permit a person to engage in an activity regulated under this article. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 12. "Licensed" means possessing a valid license issued under this article. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 13. "Manicuring" means cleaning, dressing, polishing, sculpting, tipping, or wrapping the nails of a person's hand. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.158-2016, SEC.3.

Sec. 14. "Manicurist" means a person licensed under IC 25-8-11 to provide manicuring. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 14.5. "Mechanical devices" refers to the following: (1) Clips. (2) Combs. (3) Crochet hooks. (4) Hair pins. (5) Rollers. (6) Scissors. (7) Blunt-tipped needles. (8) Thread. (9) Hair binders. As added by P.L.189-2017, SEC.5.

Sec. 14.7. "Microneedling" means a cosmetic procedure that uses fine needles to create tiny punctures in the skin at a penetration depth of at least three-tenths (0.3) of a millimeter but not greater than two (2) millimeters. As added by P.L.24-2026, SEC.2.

Sec. 15.5. "Mobile salon" means either of the following: (1) A self-contained facility that may be moved, towed, or transported from one (1) location to another and in which cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, barbering, or manicuring is practiced. (2) A business in which cosmet…

Sec. 18.5. "Pedicuring" means cleaning, dressing, polishing, sculpting, tipping, or wrapping the nails of a person's foot. As added by P.L.158-2016, SEC.4.

Sec. 19. "Threading" refers to: (1) a technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and pulling it from the skin; and (2) the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair. As added by P.L.78-2008, SEC.5.

Sec. 2. "Agency" refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency established by IC 25-1-5-3. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.424.

Sec. 2.1. "Barber" means a person licensed under IC 25-8-12.1. As added by P.L.84-2010, SEC.21.

Sec. 2.4. "Beauty culture salon" means an establishment licensed under IC 25-8-7 that offers beauty culture to the public. As added by P.L.84-2010, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.170-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 2.6. "Beauty culture professional" refers to the following: (1) A cosmetologist licensed under IC 25-8-9. (2) An electrologist licensed under IC 25-8-10. (3) A manicurist licensed under IC 25-8-11. (4) An esthetician licensed under IC 25-8-12.5. (5) An instructor licensed un…

Sec. 2.7. (a) "Barbering" means performing one (1) or more of the following practices upon the head, face, or neck of a person: (1) Cutting, trimming, styling, arranging, dressing, curling, permanent waving, cleansing, bleaching, tinting, coloring, or similarly treating hair. (2)…

Sec. 20. (a) "Natural hair braiding" means performing the act of twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding hair by hand or with mechanical devices that includes: (1) the use of natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair and fibers, decorati…

Sec. 3. "Board" refers to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.84-2010, SEC.27.

Sec. 4. "Cosmetologist" means a person licensed under IC 25-8-9 to provide cosmetology. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) "Cosmetology" means performing any of the following acts on the head, face, neck, shoulders, torso, arms, hands, legs, or feet of a person: (1) Cutting, trimming, styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent waving, cleansing, bleaching, tinting, coloring,…

Sec. 7. "Beauty culture school" means an establishment licensed under this article that offers training in beauty culture. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.236-1995, SEC.4; P.L.170-2013, SEC.9.

Sec. 8. "Electrolysis" means the removal of unwanted hair by an electrified needle. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. "Electrologist" means a person licensed under IC 25-8-10 to provide electrolysis. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 9.5. (a) "Esthetician" means a person who engages solely in one (1) or more of the following practices: (1) Giving facials, applying makeup, and giving skin care. (2) Beautifying, massaging, or cleaning the body with the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lot…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "chiropractic management consultant" means any person doing business in Indiana for the purpose of offering consulting services to chiropractors regarding the administration and operation of their practice. The term does not include persons engage…

Sec. 2. The board shall: (1) establish rules for the registration and regulation of a chiropractic management consultant; and (2) establish a registration fee to be paid annually by a chiropractic management consultant. As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 3. Rules adopted under section 2(1) of this chapter shall include the regulation of advice on advertising, promotions, office management, fraudulent or misleading billing practices, and practice building regarding patient volume. As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 4. If rules are established under section 2 of this chapter, a chiropractic management consultant must file an annual registration with the board on a form approved by the board. As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 5. If a registration fee is set under section 2 of this chapter, a chiropractic management consultant must pay an annual registration fee in the amount set by the board under section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A dental hygienist who has held an initial license for less than two (2) years. (2) A graduate student or a person in a resident program offered by an approved organization listed under section 2(15) of this chapter. (3) A…

Sec. 10. (a) A member of the board may attend or monitor a continuing education course. (b) An approved organization must provide the board with course information or materials requested by the board. (c) If the board determines that an approved organization does not meet the req…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "approved organization" means the following: (1) United States Department of Education. (2) Council on Post-Secondary Education. (3) National Dental Association. (4) American Dental Association. (5) Academy of General Dentistry. (6) National Denta…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "continuing education course" means an orderly process of instruction designed to directly enhance the practicing dental hygienist's knowledge and skill in providing relevant dental hygiene services that is approved by an approved organization. As…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "license period" means the two (2) year period beginning on March 2, 1992, and every two (2) years thereafter. As added by P.L.185-1991, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "study club" means a group of at least five (5) dental hygienists who do the following: (1) Organize for the purpose of scientific study. (2) Operate under the direction of elected officers. (3) Maintain written bylaws. (4) Conduct regular meeting…

Sec. 6. (a) A dental hygienist must complete at least nineteen (19) credit hours in continuing education courses each license period. (b) Credit hours may be applied under this section only toward the credit hour requirement for the license period during which the credit hours ar…

Sec. 7. Credit hours under section 6 of this chapter must be awarded as follows: (1) A course presented by a college under a regular curriculum is awarded one (1) credit hour for each lecture hour attended. (2) A course not listed in subdivision (1) is awarded one (1) credit hour…

Sec. 9. The board and the dental hygienist shall comply with the requirements under IC 25-1-4 concerning continuing education. As added by P.L.185-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.269-2001, SEC.8; P.L.157-2006, SEC.56.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dentist" means an individual who holds a license to practice dentistry in Indiana issued under IC 25-14-1. As added by P.L.135-1984, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in section 5 of this chapter, a dentist shall see that each denture the dentist delivers to a patient in Indiana is marked in the manner prescribed in this chapter if the denture has been fabricated by the dentist or under a work order issued …

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 5 of this chapter, a dentist shall see that each partial denture the dentist delivers to a patient in Indiana is marked in the manner prescribed in this chapter if the partial denture has been fabricated, rebased, or duplicated by t…