PRINTER'S NO. 2156
No. 1711 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SHELTON, RIEGER, RUGGIERO, KERNICK AND MRKONIC,
SEPTEMBER 22, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
SEPTEMBER 23, 1975
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 occupation of barbering; regulating
5 barber shops and barber schools, and apprentices and students
6 therein; regulating compensation for service rendered;
7 conferring certain powers and duties on the Department of
8 Public Instruction; and providing penalties," deleting the
9 training requirement for applicants licensed by another
10 country.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 4, act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589,
14 No.202), entitled, as amended, "An act to promote the public
15 health and safety, by providing for the examination and
16 licensure of those who desire to engage in the occupation of
17 barbering; regulating barber shops and barber schools, and
18 apprentices and students therein; regulating compensation for
19 service rendered; conferring certain powers and duties on the
20 Department of Public Instruction; and providing penalties,"
21 amended October 10, 1974 (P.L.698, No.234), is amended to read:
1 Section 4. Any person who is at least eighteen years of age
2 and of good moral character and temperate habits and has a
3 certificate showing completion of the eighth grade in an
4 approved secondary school or an equivalent education, as
5 determined by an examination conducted by the department, and
6 either (1) has a license or certificate of registration as a
7 practicing barber from another state or country which has
8 substantially the same requirements for licensing or registering
9 barbers as required by this act, or [(2) has a license or
10 certificate of registration as a practicing barber from another
11 country which has substantially the same requirements for
12 licensing or registering barbers as required by this act and has
13 studied the occupation and trained as a registered student in a
14 registered barber school for a period of at least twenty
15 consecutive weeks, or (3)] (2) can prove by current licenses or
16 satisfactory evidence that he has practiced as a barber in the
17 United States for at least five years prior to making
18 application in this State, shall upon the payment of the
19 required fee, be granted permission to take an examination to
20 determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration
21 to practice barbering. Should he fail to pass the examination,
22 upon payment of the required fee, he may take another
23 examination if he so desires. In no event shall he or she be
24 permitted to practice barbering until he or she has received a
25 certificate of registration as a registered barber.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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