PRINTER'S NO. 1238
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1182
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL CULVER, JAMES, SILVIS, BURGOS, GUZMAN,
PICKETT, MILLARD, HARKINS, SCHWEYER, NEILSON, KINSEY, WARREN,
WHEELAND, R. BROWN, GILLEN, PASHINSKI AND STURLA,
APRIL 15, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, APRIL 15, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled
"An act to promote the public health and safety, by providing
for the examination and licensure of those who desire to
engage in the profession of barbering; regulating barber
shops and barber schools, and students therein; regulating
compensation for service rendered; conferring certain powers
and duties on the Department of State; and providing
penalties," further providing for barber's license
application.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(a) of the act of June 19, 1931
(P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, is
amended to read:
Section 3. (a) Each applicant for a barber's license shall,
as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the
barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to
taking the examination the applicant shall be at least sixteen
years of age, have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent
and have completed a barbering study and training period of at
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least one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours and not less
than nine months either in a licensed barber school under the
instruction of a licensed teacher, or in a licensed barber shop
under the instruction of a licensed teacher. A licensed barber
school may offer up to fifty per centum of the school's
curriculum through distance education. A student at a licensed
barber school may only earn barbering study and training hours
through distance education for theory-based subjects. A licensed
barber school's curriculum may not offer practical
demonstrations through distance education. For the purpose of
this subsection, distance education shall include curriculum
offered by licensed barber school to a student while the student
is at a location separate and apart from the school. A notarized
application for a license as a barber shall be made in such form
as the board shall prescribe. The application shall also be
accompanied by a notarized statement, from either the licensed
barber school the applicant attended or the licensed barber-
teacher in the licensed barber shop in which the applicant
studied and trained, that the student has completed the study
and training period required in this subsection. At the time of
filing the application and accompanying notarized statements,
the applicant shall pay to the department an examination fee to
be determined by regulation and shall present himself or herself
at the next examination of applicants as provided in section 6.
The board shall not have the power to require a photograph as
part of an application for a barber's license.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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