SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1405        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 150

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act increasing the penalty for health-related risks associated with cosmetology..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.   Section 87II of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended:  By adding at the end thereof in line 10 the following clause, -- “provided however, any violation of a regulation relating to any public health risks, as designated by the Board of Registration of Cosmetologists, shall be punished by a fine of up to $1000.”