PRINTER'S NO. 2150
No. 1585 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY HESS, CORMAN, RHOADES AND HOPPER, APRIL 27, 1990
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
APRIL 27, 1990
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," providing for a temporary period to
9 serve as a barber while awaiting examination results.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 5 of the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589,
13 No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, amended June
14 30, 1984 (P.L.494, No.101), is amended to read:
15 Section 5. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person
16 from serving in such profession in this Commonwealth, as a
17 student in any licensed barber school for the training of
18 students in said profession under the training of a duly
19 licensed teacher authorized to teach such profession in this
20 Commonwealth or under a qualified and licensed barber-teacher in
21 a licensed barber shop. Such student shall have his or her name
1 registered with the barber school or shop: Provided, That the
2 student has submitted to the barber school or shop proof that he
3 or she has reached the age of sixteen, has completed the eighth
4 grade in a secondary school or its equivalent, and that a test
5 of his or her blood was made. The barber school or shop shall
6 keep a daily record of the attendance of each student. Students,
7 upon graduation from a licensed barber school, or upon
8 completion of training under a qualified and licensed barber-
9 teacher shall make application for examination at the next
10 regular period specified in this act. At the discretion of the
11 board, students who have graduated from a licensed barber
12 school, or completed training under a qualified and licensed
13 barber-teacher, and who have applied for examination at the next
14 regular period specified in this act, may be permitted to serve
15 under a qualified and licensed manager-barber in a licensed
16 barber shop while awaiting examination and notification of
17 results. Such period of unlicensed practice shall not extend
18 beyond notification of examination results or such additional
19 period as the board may permit.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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