Bone v. State Board of Cosmetology

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for an injunction against the State Board of Barber Examiners and the State Board of Cosmetology. The trial court sustained defendants’ demurrer without leave to amend, upon the ground that the complaint failed to state a cause of action.

The sole issue is the constitutionality of Business and Professions Code section 6522, as amended in 1967, which provides that a cosmetologist’s license does not authorize the holder to cut hair in an establishment which is primarily engaged in haircutting—i.e.—a barbershop.

Plaintiff is a…