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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="5-520" title_number="5" title_name="Cosmetologists" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Beauty Salons and Cosmetology Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may appoint inspectors to conduct inspections.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the State budget, each inspector is entitled to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reasonable compensation set by the Board for each day on which the inspector is engaged in the duties of the appointment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall inspect beauty salons.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall inspect the facilities of applicants for beauty salon permits before the beauty salon:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>initially opens for business;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>opens for business at a new location; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>continues business under a new owner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A beauty salon that remodels and reopens with the same owner is not subject to the inspection requirement of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board or an inspector may enter and inspect a cosmetology school approved by the State Board of Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission at any time during business hours to determine the sanitary condition of the cosmetology school.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If, during an inspection of a cosmetology school, an inspector finds an unsanitary condition, the inspector promptly shall report the condition to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A beauty salon shall allow an inspector, on presentation of credentials, to enter and inspect the facility at any time during business hours.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During inspection of a beauty salon, the owner, lessee, or manager of the beauty salon shall accompany the inspector.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An inspector shall make an inspection report after an inspection and give a copy to the individual who accompanied the inspector during the inspection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The individual shall sign the inspection report for the beauty salon or cosmetology school to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the report.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
