Bill Text: CA SB1084 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Barbering and cosmetology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. [SB1084 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1084-Introduced.html
Introduced by Senator Nguyen |
February 12, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 7316 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7316.
(a) The practice of barbering is all or any combination of the following practices:(5)Hairstyling of all textures of hair by standard methods that are current at the time of the hairstyling.
(h)The practice of hairstyling is one or both of the following:
(1)Styling of all textures of hair by standard methods that are current at the time of the hairstyling.
(2)Arranging, blow drying, cleansing, curling, cutting, dressing, extending, shampooing, waving, or nonchemically straightening the hair of any person using both electrical and nonelectrical devices.
SEC. 2.
Section 7322 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.The board shall admit to examination for a license as a hairstylist to practice hairstyling any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and is qualified as follows:
(a)Is not less than 17 years of age.
(b)Has completed the 10th grade in the public schools of this state or its equivalent.
(c)Is not subject to denial pursuant to Section 480.
(d)Has done any of the following:
(1)Completed a course in hairstyling from a school approved by the board.
(2)Practiced hairstyling as defined in this chapter outside of this state for a period of time equivalent to the study and training of a qualified person who has completed a course in hairstyling from a school the curriculum of which complied with requirements adopted by the board. Each three months of practice shall be deemed the equivalent of 100 hours of training for qualification under paragraph (1).
SEC. 3.
Section 7363 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.(a)A course in hairstyling established by a school shall consist of not less than 600 hours of practical and technical instruction.
(b)The curriculum for a hairstyling course shall include, at a minimum, technical and practical instruction in the following areas:
(1)One hundred hours in health and safety, which includes hazardous substances, chemical safety, safety data sheets, protection from hazardous chemicals, preventing chemical injuries, health and safety laws and regulations, and preventing communicable diseases.
(2)One hundred hours in disinfection and sanitation, which includes disinfection procedures to protect the health and safety of consumers as well as the technician and proper disinfection procedures for equipment used in establishments.
(3)Two hundred hours in hair styling services, which includes arranging, blow drying, cleansing, curling, dressing, hair analysis, shampooing, waving, and nonchemical straightening, and hair cutting including the use of shears, razors, electrical clippers and trimmers, and thinning shears, for wet and dry cutting.
SEC. 4.
Section 7389.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7389.5.
A course of training inSEC. 5.
Section 7423 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7423.
The amounts of the fees required by this chapter relating to licenses for individual practitioners are as follows:(h)A hairstylist application and examination fee shall be fifty dollars ($50) or a fee in an amount as determined by the board, not to exceed the reasonable cost of developing, purchasing, grading, and administering the examination, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
(i)