2014 -- S 2703

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, and Lynch

     Date Introduced: March 05, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 5-10-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled "Barbers,

Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     5-10-15. Licensing of shops. -- (a) No shop, place of business or establishment shall be

opened or conducted within the state by any person, association, partnership, corporation, or

otherwise for the practice of barbering, manicuring and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or

esthetics until the time that application for a license to operate that shop, place of business or

establishment for the practice of manicuring and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or esthetics

is made, to the division, in the manner and on the forms that it prescribes, and a license, under the

terms and conditions, not contrary to law, that the division requires shall be granted for it and a

license issued.

      (1) No licenses shall be granted to any shop, place of business, or establishment for the

practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy unless the proprietor or a supervising manager in

the practice of barbering, hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, of the shop, place of business, or

establishment is licensed and has been licensed as a licensed barber or hairdresser and

cosmetician for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the application for

the license.

      (2) No license shall be granted to any shop, place of business, or establishment for the

practice of manicuring or esthetics unless the proprietor or a supervising manager of the

proprietor is licensed and has been licensed as a licensed barber, hairdresser and cosmetician,

manicurist or esthetician for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the

application for the license.

     (3) The supervising manager shall be registered with the division as the manager of a

licensed shop and shall only be registered to manage one shop at a time. The proprietor of the

licensed shop and the manager shall notify the division, in writing, within ten (10) days upon the

termination of employment as the manager of the licensed shop. The license of the shop shall

expire forty-five (45) days after the division is notified by the proprietor if no new manager is

registered with the division as the supervising manager of the shop.

      (b) All licenses issued under this section shall terminate on the first day of July following

the date of issue. The fee for the license is as set forth in section 23-1-54.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

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     This act would eliminate the requirement that all shops that provide barber, hairdresser,

cosmetic therapy, manicures and esthetic services, have on duty at all times a licensed proprietor

or licensed barber, hairdresser or cosmetician.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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