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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, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Casey, Phillips, Morin, Kennedy, and Keable

     Date Introduced: April 05, 2017

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

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     5-10-8. Issuance of licenses -- Qualifications of applicants.

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     (a) The division shall issue licenses to persons engaged in, or desiring to engage in, the

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

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instructing in any approved school of barbering or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and

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

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unless the applicant for the license:

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

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

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     (3) Is of good moral character;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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by regulation.

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     (b) Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision (a)(4), on and after July 1, 1997, an

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applicant seeking licensure as a barber must be a high school graduate or hold the equivalent

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combination of education and experience.

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     (c) The division may license, on a case-by-case basis, with or without examination, any

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individual who has been licensed as an esthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist or

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manicurist under the laws of another state, which, in the opinion of the division, maintains a

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standard substantially equivalent to that of the state of Rhode Island.

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     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, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

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     This act would permit grandfathering the licensing of barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians,

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manicurists and estheticians on the basis of work experience or work in another state.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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