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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY

     Introduced By: Senator Marc A. Cote

     Date Introduced: June 25, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 5-10-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled "Barbers,

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

     5-10-8. Issuance of licenses -- Qualifications of applicants. -- (a) The division shall

issue licenses to persons engaged in or desiring to engage in the practice of barbering,

hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring, or esthetics and for instructing in any

approved school of barbering or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, and/or manicuring, or

esthetics; provided, that no license shall be issued to any person under this chapter unless the

applicant for the license:

      (1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

      (2) Is a citizen of the United States of America or has legal entry into the country;

      (3) Is of good moral character;

      (4) Is a high school graduate or holds the equivalent, or has twenty-five (25) or more

years of prior experience in the practice for which the license is sought;

      (5) Has satisfactorily completed the course of instruction in an approved school of

barbering, hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, and/or manicuring or esthetics;

      (6) Has satisfactorily passed a written and a practical examination approved by the

division to determine the fitness of the applicant to receive a license; and

      (7) Has complied with § 5-10-10 and any other qualifications that the division prescribes

by regulation.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision (a)(4) of this section, on and after July

1, 1997, an applicant seeking licensure as a barber must be a high school graduate or hold the

equivalent.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY

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     This act would provide an exception to the requirement that an applicant for a license to

engage in barbering, hairdressing, cosmetic therapy, manicuring, or esthetics be a high school

graduate, or hold the equivalent designation, if that applicant has twenty-five (25) years of

experience in that practice.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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