WSR 15-07-020 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING [Filed March 10, 2015, 7:42 a.m., effective April 10, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To amend chapter 308-20 WAC to add language from Interpretive Statement-COS1, regarding the practice of natural hair braiding. This will define that natural hair braiding does not meet the requirements as set forth in chapter 18.16 RCW.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-20-025 Natural hair braiding—Exemption.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.16.030(4), 43.24.23 [43.24.023].
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-02-077 on January 7, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 10, 2015.
Damon Monroe
Rules Coordinator
NEW SECTION
WAC 308-20-025 Natural hair braiding—Exemption.
Nothing in chapter 18.16 RCW or 308-20 WAC prohibits or restricts the practice of natural hair braiding. Natural hair braiding does not include hair cutting, application of dyes, reactive chemicals or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair. Natural hair braiding may involve the use of hair extensions when the extensions are attached only by natural means.
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