PRINTER'S NO. 3556
No. 2725 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, STRITTMATTER, ARMSTRONG, ROHRER, ADOLPH,
MICOZZIE, RAYMOND, WAUGH, TOMLINSON, ALLEN, BOYES AND GANNON,
APRIL 18, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, APRIL 18, 1994
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 the definition of
9 "barbering" and for exceptions to the licensure requirement.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. The definition of "barbering" in section 2.1 of
13 the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the
14 Barbers' License Law, added June 30, 1984 (P.L.494, No.101), is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 2.1. The following words and phrases when used in
17 this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section
18 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
19 * * *
20 "Barbering." To perform any or all of the following tasks
21 for compensation: to shave or trim the beard; to cut, shape,
1 trim or blend the hair with the proper tools or instruments
2 designed for this purpose; to shape the eyebrows, to give facial
3 and scalp massaging, facial and scalp treatment, with any
4 preparations made for this purpose, either by hand or by
5 mechanical or electrical appliances; to singe and shampoo the
6 hair or apply any makes of hair cream, hair lotions or hair
7 tonics; to dye, color or bleach the hair and to perform any
8 service on a wig or hairpiece; to style and to render hair
9 straightening, hair processing, hair weaving, hair waving and
10 curling, with such methods as: manual, mechanical, chemical or
11 electrical with the proper devices or proper chemical compounds
12 developed and designed for this purpose. The term shall not
13 include any or all of the above services when performed by a
14 member of one's immediate household.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. Section 13 of the act, amended June 14, 1991
17 (P.L.66, No.8), is amended to read:
18 Section 13. No person shall practice barbering who is not a
19 licensed barber, with the exception that nonlicensed persons may
20 shampoo hair under the supervision of a barber-manager or
21 barber-owner. No licensed barber shall practice, or attempt to
22 practice, barbering in any place other than a licensed barber
23 shop or licensed cosmetology shop, except that any licensed
24 barber in a licensed barber shop or licensed cosmetology shop
25 may furnish barber services to persons at their place of
26 residence or in institutions in cases of sickness,
27 incapacitation, confinement, and other emergencies: Provided,
28 however, That nothing contained in this section shall be
29 construed to include family members of the same household,
30 hospitals or colleges, [and] services provided under programs
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1 funded by the Department of Aging, private schools for
2 children[,] and cosmetology shops or schools of cosmetology,
3 except that it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for
4 any person to employ or to accept employment, in any such shops,
5 parlors or schools, who has been refused a license by the board.
6 Section 3. This act shall be retroactive to January 1, 1994.
7 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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