Section 45-39-40.06 Application for Certificate; Apprentices; Teaching.
Certain persons and barbering businesses must register with the board, and barber shops, schools, and teaching operations must follow the article and board rules; apprentices and barbering practice are restricted unless registration and supervision requirements are met.
(a) It shall be necessary for any person, firm, corporation, or association to apply to the board for a certificate of registration as a registered barbershop or school of barbering, within the meaning of this article, the application to be upon a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by the payment of the original registration fee as hereinafter provided for. Any barbershop or school of barbering, after April 4, 1988, shall fully comply with all the provisions of this article applicable thereto, and with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the board as hereinafter provided. (b) No barbershop shall accept an apprentice unless the barbershop is in charge of a managing barber licensed as such. The shop may register one additional apprentice for each additional managing barber attached to its staff. In addition, such shop shall possess the necessary apparatus and equipment for the proper instruction in all subjects for the practice of barbering, and shall maintain a daily record of the attendance of the apprentice or apprentices, together with the number of hours of apprenticeship, and shall certify to the board, upon termination of apprenticeship, the credits earned. Instruction shall require the necessary training for a complete course in barbering as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 45–39–40.05, and the course shall include practical demonstrations and theoretical studies and studies in sanitation, sterilization, and other safety measures, and the use of antiseptics and electrical appliances, consistent with the practical and theoretical requirements as applicable to barbering, as provided for in this article. (c) Any person, firm, or corporation teaching any or all of the practices of barbering shall be required to comply with all provisions applicable to schools of barbering or to barbershops having apprentices and any and all rules which may be promulgated by the board. No school of barbering or barbershop shall operate within this county unless a proper certificate of registration under this article has first been obtained. The practice of barbering shall not be followed in this county except in a duly registered barbershop or school of barbering except for educational purposes.