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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, D. COSTA, GIBBONS, HAHN, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD AND O'NEILL, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled, as |
2 | amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety by |
3 | providing for examination, licensing and granting of permits |
4 | for those who desire to engage in the profession of |
5 | cosmetology; defining cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology |
6 | salons, schools, students, apprentices, teachers, managers, |
7 | manicurists and cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties |
8 | upon the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational |
9 | Affairs in the Department of State; providing for appeals to |
10 | certain courts by applicants and licensees; and providing |
11 | penalties," further providing for shared shops and salons. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. Section 9.2 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, |
15 | No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, amended June 29, |
16 | 2002 (P.L.645, No.98) and July 7, 2006 (P.L.704, No.99), is |
17 | amended to read: |
18 | Section 9.2. Shared Shops and Salons.--(a) [A licensed |
19 | barber and a licensed cosmetologist shall be permitted to work |
20 | in the same shop or salon if the requirements of this section |
21 | are met.] A licensee under this act, the act of June 19, 1931 |
22 | (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, or |
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1 | the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the |
2 | "Massage Therapy Law," shall be permitted to work in the same |
3 | room, shop or salon if the requirements of this section are met. |
4 | Any licensed shop or salon which employs a licensed barber and a |
5 | licensed cosmetologist shall not be required to erect or install |
6 | any physical barriers which separate the barber and the |
7 | cosmetologist. All licensed shops or salons shall conform with |
8 | the provisions of section 4.4 of this act. |
9 | (c) For the purpose of this section only, when a licensee |
10 | under this act and a licensee under the Barbers' License Law or |
11 | the "Massage Therapy Law" are subject to formal proceedings for |
12 | violations of this act [or], the Barbers' License Law[,] or the |
13 | "Massage Therapy Law," the board [and], the State Board of |
14 | Barber Examiners or the State Board of Massage Therapy shall |
15 | consolidate all formal actions against such licensees for the |
16 | purpose of prosecution and hearing provided that the board shall |
17 | retain to itself exclusively the power to revoke or suspend |
18 | licenses after such prosecution and hearing. |
19 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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