PRINTER'S NO. 3523
No. 2535 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, BARRAR, RAYMOND, GORDNER, MARKOSEK, ALLEN
AND MAJOR, MAY 10, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 10, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety,
3 by providing for the examination and licensure of those who
4 desire to engage in the profession of barbering; regulating
5 barber shops and barber schools, and students therein;
6 regulating compensation for service rendered; conferring
7 certain powers and duties on the Department of State; and
8 providing penalties," further providing for applications for
9 licensure and for student barbers.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 3(a) and 5 of the act of June 19, 1931
13 (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law,
14 amended June 30, 1984 (P.L.494, No.101), are amended to read:
15 Section 3. (a) Each applicant for a barber's license shall,
16 as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the
17 barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to
18 taking the examination the applicant shall be at least sixteen
19 years of age, have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent
20 and have completed a barbering study and training period of at
21 least one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours and not less
1 than nine months either in a licensed barber school under the
2 instruction of a licensed teacher, or in a licensed barber shop
3 under the instruction of a licensed teacher. A notarized
4 application for a license as a barber shall be made in such form
5 as the board shall prescribe. [The application shall be
6 accompanied by a notarized statement from a licensed physician
7 that the applicant was examined by the physician, a test of the
8 applicant's blood was made and the results of that test and the
9 applicant is free from all contagious and infectious diseases.]
10 The application shall also be accompanied by a notarized
11 statement, from either the licensed barber school the applicant
12 attended or the licensed barber-teacher in the licensed barber
13 shop in which the applicant studied and trained, that the
14 student has completed the study and training period required in
15 this subsection. At the time of filing the application and
16 accompanying notarized statements, the applicant shall pay to
17 the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation
18 and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of
19 applicants as provided in section 6. The board shall not have
20 the power to require a photograph as part of an application for
21 a barber's license.
22 * * *
23 Section 5. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person
24 from serving in such profession in this Commonwealth, as a
25 student in any licensed barber school for the training of
26 students in said profession under the training of a duly
27 licensed teacher authorized to teach such profession in this
28 Commonwealth or under a qualified and licensed barber-teacher in
29 a licensed barber shop. Such student shall have his or her name
30 registered with the barber school or shop: Provided, That the
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1 student has submitted to the barber school or shop proof that he
2 or she has reached the age of sixteen[,] and has completed the
3 eighth grade in a secondary school or its equivalent[, and that
4 a test of his or her blood was made]. The barber school or shop
5 shall keep a daily record of the attendance of each student.
6 Students, upon graduation from a licensed barber school, or upon
7 completion of training under a qualified and licensed barber-
8 teacher shall make application for examination at the next
9 regular period specified in this act.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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