Sec.31-62-A1. Definitions. As used in sections 31-62-A1 to 31-62-A11, inclusive:

(a) * * * "Beauty shop" means any shop, store or place, or part thereof, in which is conducted the business of a hairdresser or cosmetician as defined in section 20-250 of the general statutes.

(b) "Clerk" means any person, not holding one of the licenses referred to in subdivision (i), who performs the work of an appointment clerk, desk clerk, telephone operator, bookkeeper, stenographer or typist or other clerical work.

(c) "Employee" means anyone in a beauty shop who renders services for remuneration and who is not the owner of that shop. It shall include all part owners, stockholders, booth owners or booth renters to whom any of the following conditions apply: (1) Such person has not obtained a proprietor's certificate of registration from the hairdressers' and cosmeticians' division of the department of health; (2) the shop owner or his agent receives fees from customers for the service of such person, even if these fees or a part of them are returned to such person by the shop owner or his agent; (3) the shop owner or his agent exercises control over the costume, working hours, method of work or general conduct of such person while in the shop; (4) the customers or the public are given the impression, through advertising, signs, verbal statements or other means, that such person is an employee of the shop owner; (5) the shop owner or his agent supplies cosmetics, soap, lotions, pins, linens, instruments, tools, machinery, supplies or equipment of any sort for the use of such person.

(d) "Maids, porters and cleaners" includes any person, not holding one of the licenses referred to in subdivision (i), and not included in the above definition of "clerk," who cleans, sweeps or washes the shop, or cleans and washes combs, brushes or instruments, or who assists operators or patrons in any way.

(e) "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age.

(f) "Operator" means any person holding a registered hairdresser's and cosmetician's license issued by the state of Connecticut or an assistant hairdresser's and cosmetician's license issued by the state of Connecticut or any person holding an operator's license issued by the state of Connecticut.

(Effective March 24, 1970)