Bill Text: NY S01637 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the secretary of state to conduct an evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade including safe use and sterilizion of instruments and disease prevention; provides for report to governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - PRINT NUMBER 1637A [S01637 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01637-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1637
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to direct the conducting of an evaluation of the need for educat-
         ing barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Legislative findings.  The legislature finds that, as part
    2  of the state's commitment to protecting the public health, it is  impor-
    3  tant  to ensure the health and safety of both barbers and their clients.
    4  The legislature also finds that the safe use and sterilization of  sharp
    5  instruments  and  knowledge  of  the proper techniques to prevent trans-
    6  mission of infection and disease are significant public health concerns.
    7    The legislature further finds that, because most  barbers  choose  the
    8  option  of entering the trade by apprenticing to a master barber, rather
    9  than attending an accredited barber school, there  are  many  practicing
   10  barbers  who have had no formal training and education in the health and
   11  safety aspects of their trade. In addition, there is no requirement that
   12  barbers complete periodic refresher courses in  the  health  and  safety
   13  aspects of barbering.
   14    S  2.  The secretary of state, in cooperation with the commissioner of
   15  health and the commissioner of education, or their designees, and repre-
   16  sentatives of the licensed barbering industry and barber educators shall
   17  conduct a thorough evaluation of the need for educating barbers  on  the
   18  health  and  safety aspects of their trade. The secretary of state shall
   19  report the findings of this evaluation to the governor  and  legislature
   20  no  later than April 1, 2012, including, but not limited to, recommenda-
   21  tions on course content and the required number of hours  and  frequency
   22  for  taking  a course, if it is determined that such education is neces-
   23  sary in order to safeguard public health.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05881-01-1