Updated Enforcement Plan and Penalties
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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 its regularly scheduled meeting held October 10, 2023, the Commission adopted amendments to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation’s (Department’s) Criminal Conviction Guidelines pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §53.025(a). The Criminal Conviction Guidelines are updated from the original guidelines published on December 5, 2003 (28 TexReg 11018) to include the Barbering and Cosmetology program.
The Criminal Conviction Guidelines (guidelines) describe the process by which the Department determines whether a criminal conviction renders an applicant an unsuitable candidate for the license, or whether a conviction warrants revocation or suspension of a license previously granted. The guidelines present the general factors that are considered in all cases and the reasons why particular crimes are considered to relate to each type of license issued by the Department.
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 Criminal Conviction Guidelines for the Barbering and Cosmetology program will become a part of the overall guidelines that are already in place for other Department programs. The Department presented the Criminal Conviction Guidelines to the Commission on October 10, 2023, and were adopted as recommended.
A copy of the complete Criminal Conviction Guidelines is posted on the Department’s website. You may also contact the Enforcement Division at (512) 539-5600 or by email at enforcement@tdlr.texas.gov to obtain a copy of the complete guidelines.
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.
Christina Kaiser
Acting Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation