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Updated Enforcement Plan and Penalties Posted for Barbering and Cosmetology

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation (Commission) provides this public notice that at their regularly scheduled meeting held October 10, 2023, the Commission adopted the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation?s (Department) enforcement plan, which was established in compliance with Texas Occupations Code, ?51.302(c).

The enforcement plan gives all license holders notice of the specific ranges of penalties and license sanctions that apply to specific alleged violations of the statutes and rules enforced by the Department. The enforcement plan also presents the criteria that are considered by the Department?s Enforcement staff in determining the amount of a proposed administrative penalty or the magnitude of a proposed sanction. The enforcement plan is drafted to include the penalty matrices for the Barbering and Cosmetology program [ [link removed] ].

The Texas Legislature enacted House Bill 1560 (H.B. 1560), 87th Legislature, Regular Session (2021), which was the Texas Department of Regulation?s Sunset Bill and continued the agency operations till 2032.? That bill combined the Barbering and Cosmetology program under one statute.

The penalty matrices?were?presented to the Commission on October 10, 2023, and were adopted as recommended.

The enforcement plan [ [link removed] ] and the penalty matrices [ [link removed] ] are posted on the Department?s website.

This agency hereby certifies that this notice has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 25, 2023.

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Christina Kaiser
Acting Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

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