COSMETOLOGY OREGON LAWS AND RULES
EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FOR 2026/2027
**1. Q: What authorizations must be posted in public view?**
**A:** Facility licenses, independent contractor registrations,
practitioner certificates, demonstration permits, and temporary
authorizations .
**2. Q: What must the facility license holder and independent
contractor registration holder post?**
**A:** The most recent inspection certificate .
**3. Q: Where must the most recent inspection certificate be
posted?**
**A:** In public view in the facility or at the independent
contractor's workstation .
**4. Q: When must a freelance authorization holder show the
authorization to practice?**
**A:** Upon request of the client .
**5. Q: What is a certificate?**
**A:** A written authorization for the holder to perform in one or
more fields of practice .
,**6. Q: What is a license?**
**A:** Written authorization to a person to operate a facility or
freelance business for providing services related to one or more
fields of practice to the public .
**7. Q: What is a demonstration permit?**
**A:** A written authorization for a person to practice, demonstrate,
and teach one or more fields of practice on a temporary basis .
**8. Q: What is a freelance license?**
**A:** A written authorization that allows a practitioner to practice
outside or away from a licensed facility .
**9. Q: What is an independent contractor?**
**A:** A practitioner who is not under the control and direction of a
facility license holder and qualifies under ORS 670.600 .
**10. Q: What is a registration?**
**A:** A written authorization issued to an independent contractor
to hold forth to the public as a business entity providing services in a
field of practice .
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### DEFINITIONS
, **11. Q: What is a field of practice?**
**A:** One of the following cosmetology principles: barbering,
esthetics, hair design, nail technology, natural hair care .
**12. Q: What is cosmetology?**
**A:** The art or science of beautifying and improving the skin, nails,
and hair and the study of cosmetics and their application .
**13. Q: What is barbering?**
**A:** Practices including shampooing, styling, cutting, singeing,
conditioning hair; applying hair tonics; massaging scalp, face, neck;
and shaving/trimming beards. Mechanical appliances may not be
galvanic or faradic .
**14. Q: What is hair design?**
**A:** Practices including shaving/trimming beards, styling,
permanent waving, relaxing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring,
shampooing, conditioning, and massaging scalp/neck in conjunction
with these services .
**15. Q: What is esthetics?**
**A:** Skin care or facial care practices performed on the human
body or face for keeping skin healthy and attractive, not for medical
diagnosis or treatment. Includes cleansing, stimulating, manipulating,
exfoliating, applying lotions/creams, temporary hair removal,
makeup artistry, and eyelash services .
EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FOR 2026/2027
**1. Q: What authorizations must be posted in public view?**
**A:** Facility licenses, independent contractor registrations,
practitioner certificates, demonstration permits, and temporary
authorizations .
**2. Q: What must the facility license holder and independent
contractor registration holder post?**
**A:** The most recent inspection certificate .
**3. Q: Where must the most recent inspection certificate be
posted?**
**A:** In public view in the facility or at the independent
contractor's workstation .
**4. Q: When must a freelance authorization holder show the
authorization to practice?**
**A:** Upon request of the client .
**5. Q: What is a certificate?**
**A:** A written authorization for the holder to perform in one or
more fields of practice .
,**6. Q: What is a license?**
**A:** Written authorization to a person to operate a facility or
freelance business for providing services related to one or more
fields of practice to the public .
**7. Q: What is a demonstration permit?**
**A:** A written authorization for a person to practice, demonstrate,
and teach one or more fields of practice on a temporary basis .
**8. Q: What is a freelance license?**
**A:** A written authorization that allows a practitioner to practice
outside or away from a licensed facility .
**9. Q: What is an independent contractor?**
**A:** A practitioner who is not under the control and direction of a
facility license holder and qualifies under ORS 670.600 .
**10. Q: What is a registration?**
**A:** A written authorization issued to an independent contractor
to hold forth to the public as a business entity providing services in a
field of practice .
---
### DEFINITIONS
, **11. Q: What is a field of practice?**
**A:** One of the following cosmetology principles: barbering,
esthetics, hair design, nail technology, natural hair care .
**12. Q: What is cosmetology?**
**A:** The art or science of beautifying and improving the skin, nails,
and hair and the study of cosmetics and their application .
**13. Q: What is barbering?**
**A:** Practices including shampooing, styling, cutting, singeing,
conditioning hair; applying hair tonics; massaging scalp, face, neck;
and shaving/trimming beards. Mechanical appliances may not be
galvanic or faradic .
**14. Q: What is hair design?**
**A:** Practices including shaving/trimming beards, styling,
permanent waving, relaxing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring,
shampooing, conditioning, and massaging scalp/neck in conjunction
with these services .
**15. Q: What is esthetics?**
**A:** Skin care or facial care practices performed on the human
body or face for keeping skin healthy and attractive, not for medical
diagnosis or treatment. Includes cleansing, stimulating, manipulating,
exfoliating, applying lotions/creams, temporary hair removal,
makeup artistry, and eyelash services .
