Iowa Barbering and Cosmetology Laws and Rules
Domain 4 - Iowa Barbering and Cosmetology Laws and Rules - tests Iowa Code Chapter 157 and 645 Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 60: licensure, scope, salon requirements, renewal, and discipline.
Licensure and scope
Iowa licenses individuals by category-cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, nail technologist, instructor-and licenses salons and schools. Practicing without a current license or outside your category is prohibited. Estheticians perform esthetics services defined by statute and board rule; do not advertise or perform services outside that scope. Work only in a licensed salon or school unless a rule expressly allows otherwise.
Salon and display
The salon license and individual licenses must be available as the board requires. A salon license is not a substitute for each worker’s license. Report address changes and keep contact information current. The board may inspect, investigate complaints, and impose discipline.
Renewal and responsibility
Track your renewal date and any continuing-education requirements in the current rule. The licensee is personally responsible for compliance even when an owner or manager directs otherwise.
Worked example: Your salon’s license lapsed, but your individual esthetician license is current. You may not keep treating clients there. Tell the owner, stop service until the salon license is restored, and document the gap. A current personal license does not authorize practice in an unlicensed facility.
Traps: assuming the salon license covers employees; working while a renewal is pending; letting an unlicensed assistant perform services; ignoring scope limits; failing to display or produce licenses on request.