Cosmetology salon, instructor fined

An instructor and a salon owner were disciplined recently by the Minnesota Board of Cosmetologist Examiners, according to settlement agreements made public by the board. The cosmetology instructor, Christine Mruz of Isanti, was told to cease and desist and pay a $250 fine for fraudulently notarizing a document on behalf of a student at Central Beauty School in Cambridge. Mruz notarized a certificate of readiness and dated it Oct. 20, 2009, even though the school owner and the student signed the document on Jan. 23, 2010. Bay Salon & Boutique failed to apply for a new cosmetology salon license when it moved in December. The Minnetonka salon applied in August and was granted a new license in September. The salon was fined $1,500 for operating without a license. Read the settlement agreement and cease and desist order against Christine Mruz here.