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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS

     Introduced By: Representatives Coughlin, Johnston, and Keable

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2017

     Referred To: House Corporations

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 5-10-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled "Barbers,

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

     5-10-9. Classes of licenses.

     Licenses shall be divided into the following classes and shall be issued by the division to

applicants for the licenses who have qualified for each class of license:

     (1) A "hairdresser's and cosmetician's license" shall be issued by the division to every

applicant for the license who meets the requirements of § 5-10-8 and has completed a course of

instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology consisting of not less than fifteen hundred (1,500)

twelve hundred (1,200) hours of continuous study and practice.

     (2) An "instructor's license" shall be granted by the division to any applicant for the

license who has held a licensed hairdresser's and cosmetician's license, a barber's license, a

manicurist's license, or an esthetician's license, issued under the laws of this state or another state,

for at least the three (3) years preceding the date of application for an instructor's license and:

     (i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8;

     (ii) Has satisfactorily completed three hundred (300) hours of instruction in hairdressing

and cosmetology, barber, manicurist, or esthetician teacher training approved by the division as

prescribed by regulation;

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

division to determine the fitness of the applicant to receive an instructor's license;

     (iv) Has complied with § 5-10-10; and

     (v) Has complied with any other qualifications that the division prescribes by regulation.

     (3) A "manicurist license" shall be granted to any applicant for the license who meets the

following qualifications:

     (i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8; and

     (ii) Has completed a course of instruction, consisting of not less than three hundred (300)

hours of professional training in manicuring, in an approved school.

     (4) An "esthetician license" shall be granted to any applicant for the license who meets

the following qualifications:

     (i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8;

     (ii) Has completed a course of instruction in esthetics, consisting of not less than six

hundred (600) hours of continuous study and practice over a period of not less than four (4)

months, in an approved school of hairdressing and cosmetology; and

     (iii) Any applicant who holds a diploma or certificate from a skin-care school, that is

recognized as a skin-care school by the state or nation in which it is located, and meets the

requirements of paragraph (i) of this subdivision, shall be granted a license to practice esthetics;

provided, that the skin-care school has a requirement that, in order to graduate from the school, a

student must have completed a number of hours of instruction in the practice of skin care, which

number is at least equal to the number of hours of instruction required by the division.

     (5) A "barber" license shall be issued by the division to every applicant for the license

who meets the requirements of § 5-10-8 and:

     (i) Has completed a course of instruction in barbering consisting of not less than one

thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of continuous study and practice in an approved school;

     (ii) Has possessed, for at least two (2) years prior to the filing of the application, a

certificate of registration in full force and effect from the department of health of the state

specifying that person as a registered, apprentice barber, and the application of that applicant is

accompanied by an affidavit, or affidavits, from his or her employer, or former employers, or

other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in

barbering as an apprentice barber in the state during those two (2) years; or

     (iii) A combination of barber school training and apprenticeship training as determined

by the rules and regulations prescribed by the division.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS

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     This act would reduce the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a

hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200)

hours.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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