Establishment licenses.

1. An establishment shall not operate unless the owner has obtained a license issued by the department. The owner shall apply to the department on forms prescribed by the board. The department may perform a sanitary inspection of each establishment biennially and may perform a sanitary inspection of an establishment prior to the issuance of a license. An inspection of an establishment may also be conducted upon receipt of a complaint by the department. 2. The application shall be accompanied by the biennial license fee determined pursuant to section 147.80 . The license is valid for two years and may be renewed. 3. A licensed school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences at which students or licensees practice barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences is exempt from licensing as an establishment. [C77, 79, 81, §157.11 ] 83 Acts, ch 206, §10 ; 91 Acts, ch 268, §431 ; 92 Acts, ch 1205, §9 ; 99 Acts, ch 141, §28 ; 2014 Acts, ch 1106, §17 ; 2023 Acts, ch 99, §38 ; 2025 Acts, ch 140, §6 Referred to in §157.12B , 157.12C , 157.12D Subsection 3 amended