# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 5. Cosmetologists

### Subtitle 5. Beauty Salons and Cosmetology Schools

#### Section 5-504

(a) The Board shall issue a beauty salon permit to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.

(b) A beauty salon permit for the limited practice of cosmetology shall specify the limited cosmetology services for which the permit is issued.

(c) The Board shall issue a beauty salon permit and a barbershop permit to an applicant of a single establishment if the applicant:

  (1) meets the requirements of:

    (i) this title; and

    (ii) Title 4 of this article;

  (2) submits a separate application for each permit; and

  (3) pays a separate fee for each application.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)