Bill Text: PA HB921 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for licenses.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE [HB921 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB921-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1045
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 921 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, MILLER, YOUNGBLOOD AND MANN, MARCH 13, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 13, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled,
as amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety,
by providing for the examination and licensure of those who
desire to engage in the profession of barbering; regulating
barber shops and barber schools, and students therein;
regulating compensation for service rendered; conferring
certain powers and duties on the Department of State; and
providing penalties," further providing for licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(a) of the act of June 19, 1931
(P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law,
amended June 28, 2002 (P.L.472, No.78), is amended to read:
Section 3. (a) Each applicant for a barber's license shall,
as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the
barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to
taking the examination the applicant shall be at least sixteen
years of age, have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent
and have completed a barbering study and training period of at
least one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours and not less
than nine months either in a licensed barber school under the
instruction of a licensed teacher, or in a licensed barber shop
under the instruction of a licensed teacher. A notarized
application for a license as a barber shall be made in such form
as the board shall prescribe. The application shall also be
accompanied by a photograph of the applicant and a notarized
statement, from either the licensed barber school the applicant
attended or the licensed barber-teacher in the licensed barber
shop in which the applicant studied and trained, that the
student has completed the study and training period required in
this subsection. At the time of filing the application and
accompanying notarized statements, the applicant shall pay to
the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation
and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of
applicants as provided in section 6. [The board shall not have
the power to require a photograph as part of an application for
a barber's license.]
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Section 2. Section 7 of the act, amended June 30, 1984
(P.L.494, No.101), is amended to read:
Section 7. The department shall furnish to each licensee a
license stating that the holder thereof is entitled to practice
the profession of barbering, to manage a barber shop or to teach
in licensed schools of barbering or licensed barber shops, as
the case may be. The license shall include a photograph of the
licensee. The holder of such license shall display the same in a
conspicuous place in front of his or her working chair where it
may be readily seen by all persons whom he or she may serve. A
holder of a license, upon request by an inspector, shall present
a State-issued identification card at the time of inspection.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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