THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, D. COSTA, GIBBONS, HAHN, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD AND O'NEILL, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled, as

amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety by

providing for examination, licensing and granting of permits

for those who desire to engage in the profession of

cosmetology; defining cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology

salons, schools, students, apprentices, teachers, managers,

manicurists and cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties

upon the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational

Affairs in the Department of State; providing for appeals to

certain courts by applicants and licensees; and providing

penalties," further providing for shared shops and salons.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 9.2 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242,

No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, amended June 29,

2002 (P.L.645, No.98) and July 7, 2006 (P.L.704, No.99), is

amended to read:

Section 9.2.  Shared Shops and Salons.--(a)  [A licensed

barber and a licensed cosmetologist shall be permitted to work

in the same shop or salon if the requirements of this section

are met.] A licensee under this act, the act of June 19, 1931

(P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, or

the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the

"Massage Therapy Law," shall be permitted to work in the same

room, shop or salon if the requirements of this section are met. 

Any licensed shop or salon which employs a licensed barber and a

licensed cosmetologist shall not be required to erect or install

any physical barriers which separate the barber and the

cosmetologist. All licensed shops or salons shall conform with

the provisions of section 4.4 of this act.

(c)  For the purpose of this section only, when a licensee

under this act and a licensee under the Barbers' License Law or

the "Massage Therapy Law" are subject to formal proceedings for

violations of this act [or], the Barbers' License Law[,] or the

"Massage Therapy Law," the board [and], the State Board of

Barber Examiners or the State Board of Massage Therapy shall

consolidate all formal actions against such licensees for the

purpose of prosecution and hearing provided that the board shall

retain to itself exclusively the power to revoke or suspend

licenses after such prosecution and hearing.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.