CHAPTER 47
SB 43 - FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 43
AN ACT relative to the training for barbers and establishing the master barber license under the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Rep. Tupper, Merr 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill establishes the qualifications for and training required of a master barber as regulated by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics. The bill also changes the renewal date for licenses.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0138
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the training for barbers and establishing the master barber license under the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
47:1 Barbering; Definition of Master Barber. Amend RSA 313-A:1, II to read as follows:
II. “Barbering” means:
(a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
(b) Giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; or
(c) Shampooing, arranging, dressing, or styling.
II-a. “Master barber” means any person licensed by the board as a master barber to practice the following:
(a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
(b) Giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances;
(c) Shampooing, arranging, dressing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics;
(d) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to scalp, face, or neck, or removing superfluous hair from the face and neck of any person; or
(e) Styling, waving, curling, straightening, or bleaching the hair by mechanical or chemical means.
47:2 Qualifications of Barbers. Amend RSA 313-A:10 to read as follows:
313-A:10 Qualifications; Barbers.
I. In order to be issued a barber's license by the board, a person shall:
(a) Be of good professional character;
(b) Have completed high school or its equivalent;
(c) Have received training of:
(1) A minimum of [1,500] 800 hours of training in a school of barbering approved by the board; or
(2) A minimum of [3,000] 1,600 hours distributed over a period of at least [18] 12 months under a licensed barber who has engaged in the practice of barbering within the state for at least 2 years;
(d) Pass an examination conducted by the board; and
(e) Pay a fee established by the board.
II. An applicant not meeting the conditions of RSA 313-A:10, I(b) through (c) may petition the board for exemption. The board, acting under rules adopted under RSA 313-A:8, XVI, may grant the exemption.
III. In order to be issued a master barber's license by the board, a person shall:
(a) Be of good professional character;
(b) Have completed high school or its equivalent;
(c) Have received training of:
(1) A minimum of 1,500 hours of training in a school of master barbering approved by the board; or
(2) A minimum of 3,000 hours distributed over a period of at least 18 months under a licensed barber who has engaged in the practice of barbering within the state for at least 2 years;
(d) Pass an examination conducted by the board; and
(e) Pay a fee established by the board.
47:3 License Renewal. Amend RSA 313-A:20 to read as follows:
313-A:20 Expiration and Renewal of Licenses. Each barber, master barber, barber instructor, apprentice, barbershop, barber school, esthetician, esthetics instructor, esthetics school, esthetics salon, manicurist, apprentice, beauty salon, or manicuring salon license issued under this chapter shall expire on the [birthday] last day of the birth month of the licensee in the odd year next succeeding its date of issuance. Each cosmetologist, cosmetology instructor, or cosmetology school license issued under this chapter shall expire on the [birthday] last day of the birth month of the licensee in the even year next succeeding its date of issuance. Any license which has expired may be renewed at any time during the year next following upon payment of the renewal fee established by the board and an additional fee of $5, and at any time during the next succeeding year period upon the payment of the renewal fee and an additional fee of $10. If the holder of any license fails to renew the license within 2 years after its expiration, such license may be renewed within 5 years after expiration by paying [the same] a fee [required for an original license].
47:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 21, 2007
Effective: July 20, 2007