PRINTER'S NO. 2962
No. 2095 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, R. MILLER, YOUNGBLOOD, PASHINSKI, MANN,
K. SMITH, MOYER, KULA AND MURT, DECEMBER 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
DECEMBER 6, 2007
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 licenses.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 3(a) of the act of June 19, 1931
12 (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law,
13 amended June 28, 2002 (P.L.472, No.78), is amended to read:
14 Section 3. (a) Each applicant for a barber's license shall,
15 as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the
16 barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to
17 taking the examination the applicant shall be at least sixteen
18 years of age, have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent
19 and have completed a barbering study and training period of at
20 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 also be
6 accompanied by a photograph of the applicant and a notarized
7 statement, from either the licensed barber school the applicant
8 attended or the licensed barber-teacher in the licensed barber
9 shop in which the applicant studied and trained, that the
10 student has completed the study and training period required in
11 this subsection. At the time of filing the application and
12 accompanying notarized statements, the applicant shall pay to
13 the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation
14 and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of
15 applicants as provided in section 6. [The board shall not have
16 the power to require a photograph as part of an application for
17 a barber's license.]
18 * * *
19 Section 2. Section 7 of the act, amended June 30, 1984
20 (P.L.494, No.101), is amended to read:
21 Section 7. The department shall furnish to each licensee a
22 license stating that the holder thereof is entitled to practice
23 the profession of barbering, to manage a barber shop or to teach
24 in licensed schools of barbering or licensed barber shops, as
25 the case may be. The license shall include a photograph of the
26 licensee. The holder of such license shall display the same in a
27 conspicuous place in front of his or her working chair where it
28 may be readily seen by all persons whom he or she may serve. A
29 holder of a license, upon request by an inspector, shall present
30 a State-issued identification card at the time of inspection.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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