Regular Session 2021-2022 House Bill 1182 P.N. 1715

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1238

PRINTER'S NO. 1715

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, STURLA, POLINCHOCK AND

O'MARA, APRIL 15, 2021

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 8, 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 SUPERVISION OF SHOPS AND SCHOOLS AND LICENSES AND

RENEWAL.

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

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and have completed a barbering study and training period of at

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 1. SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT OF JUNE 19, 1931

(P.L.589, NO.202), REFERRED TO AS THE BARBERS' LICENSE LAW, IS

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AMENDED TO READ:

SECTION 12. * * *

(B) NO SCHOOL OF BARBERING SHALL BE GRANTED A LICENSE OR

RENEWAL UNLESS IT REQUIRES AS A PREREQUISITE TO ADMISSION

THERETO, GRADUATION FROM THE EIGHTH GRADE IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL

OR ITS EQUIVALENT, AND IT SHALL ATTACH TO ITS STAFF, AS A PART-

TIME TEACHER, A PERSON LICENSED BY THE COMMONWEALTH TO PRACTICE

MEDICINE, AND EMPLOY AND MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF

LICENSED TEACHERS AND SHALL POSSESS APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

SUFFICIENT FOR THE PROPER AND FULL TEACHING OF ALL SUBJECTS OF

ITS CURRICULUM; SHALL KEEP A DAILY RECORD OF THE ATTENDANCE OF

EACH STUDENT; SHALL MAINTAIN REGULAR CLASS AND INSTRUCTION

HOURS; SHALL ESTABLISH GRADES AND HOLD EXAMINATION BEFORE

ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMAS; AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A COURSE

OF STUDY REQUIRING NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY

HOURS FOR COMPLETION IN NOT LESS THAN NINE MONTHS; AND SHALL

COMPRISE ALL OF THE SUBJECTS PERTAINING TO BARBERING, THE BARBER

LAWS OF THIS STATE, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE

BOARD; AND SHALL INCLUDE PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND

THEORETICAL STUDIES AND STUDIES IN SANITATION, STERILIZATION AND

THE USE OF ANTISEPTICS, COSMETICS, AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES,

CONSISTENT WITH THE PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL REQUIREMENTS AS

APPLICABLE TO BARBERING OR ANY PRACTICE THEREOF. A SCHOOL OF

BARBERING MAY OFFER UP TO FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE SCHOOL'S

CURRICULUM THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION. A STUDENT AT A SCHOOL OF

BARBERING MAY ONLY EARN BARBERING STUDY AND TRAINING HOURS

THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION FOR THEORY-BASED SUBJECTS. THE

CURRICULUM OF A SCHOOL OF BARBERING MAY NOT OFFER PRACTICAL

DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF

THIS SUBSECTION, DISTANCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE CURRICULUM

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OFFERED BY A SCHOOL OF BARBERING TO A STUDENT WHILE THE STUDENT

IS AT A LOCATION SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE SCHOOL.

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

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