New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-17A-2. Definitions

A. “barber” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation engages in barbering;

B. “board” means the board of barbers and cosmetologists;

C. “cosmetologist” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation engages in cosmetology;

D. “department” means the regulation and licensing department;

E. “electrologist” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation removes hair from or destroys hair on the human body through the use of an electric current applied to the body with a needle-shaped electrode or probe;

F. “enterprise” means a business venture, firm or organization;

G. “establishment” means an immobile beauty shop, barber shop, electrology clinic, salon or similar place of business in which cosmetology, barbering, eyebrow threading, hairstyling or electrolysis is performed;

H. “esthetician” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation:

I. “eyebrow threading” means a method of hair removal in which a thin thread is doubled, twisted and then rolled over areas of unwanted hair, plucking the hair at the follicle level;

J. “hairstylist” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation engages in hairstyling;

K. “manicurist-pedicurist” means a person, other than a student, who for compensation performs work on the nails of a person and applies nail extensions or products to the nails for the purpose of strengthening or preserving the health and beauty of the hands or feet;

L. “sanitation” means the maintenance of sanitary conditions to promote hygiene and the prevention of disease through the use of chemical agents or products;

M. “school” means a public or private instructional facility approved by the board that teaches cosmetology, barbering or hairstyling; and

N. “student” means a person enrolled in a school to learn or be trained in cosmetology, barbering, hairstyling or electrolysis.