Bill Text: WV HB4024 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-19 - Chapter 206, Acts, Regular Session, 2022 [HB4024 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB4024-Enrolled.html
WEST virginia legislature
2022 regular session
ENROLLED
House Bill 4024
By Delegates Espinosa, Steele, Foster, Clark, Maynor, Ellington, and Young
[Passed February 14, 2022; in effect ninety days from passage]
AN ACT to amend §30-27-8a and §30-27-8b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to creating a cosmetology apprenticeship program that allows companies to train an apprentice, in whole or in part, for practical real-world experience; and providing that such apprenticeships shall count towards certification as if the apprentice had completed beauty school and satisfied other necessary requirements.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 27. BOARD OF BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS.
§30-27-8a. Barber and cosmetologist apprentice.
(a) The board may establish an apprenticeship program to become a barber or cosmetologist. A barber or cosmetologist apprentice shall work at all times under the direct supervision of a licensed barber or cosmetologist and any permit issued by the board to work as a barber or cosmetologist apprentice does not allow a person to practice individually as a barber or cosmetologist.
(b) An applicant for a barber or cosmetologist apprenticeship shall present satisfactory evidence that he or she:
(1) Is at least sixteen years of age;
(2) Is of good moral character;
(3) Is in high school or has a high school diploma, a GED, or has passed the “ability to benefit test” approved by the United States Department of Education;
(4) Has paid the applicable fee;
(5) Has a certificate of health from a licensed physician;
(6) Is a citizen of the United States or is eligible for employment in the United States; and
(7) Has fulfilled any other requirement specified by the board.
(c) An applicant for a sponsor of a barber or cosmetologist apprentice shall present satisfactory evidence that he or she:
(1) Is licensed as a barber or cosmetologist under the provisions of this article;
(2) Has paid the applicable fee; and
(3) Has fulfilled any other requirement specified by the board.
(d) A sponsor of a barber or cosmetologist apprentice shall be a current licensed barber or cosmetologist with at least five years’ experience and has worked in a shop for the last five years.
(e) The board may propose emergency rules and rules for legislative approval, in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq., to implement the provisions of this section, including:
(1) The requirements for:
(A) The barber or cosmetologist apprenticeship program;
(B) The barber or cosmetologist apprentice permit; and
(C) A licensed barber or cosmetologist to sponsor a barber or cosmetologist apprentice;
(2) Procedures for an examination;
(3) A fee schedule; and
(4) Any other rules necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
§30-27-8b. Certifications.
(a) The board shall issue a certification to an applicant who obtains training at a licensed school or continuing education provider, in West Virginia, in the following area:
Waxing Specialist.—
An applicant for a waxing specialist shall present satisfactory evidence that he or she:
(A) Is at least eighteen years of age;
(B) Is of good moral character;
(C) Has a high school diploma, a GED, or has passed the “ability to benefit test” approved by the United States Department of Education;
(D) Has paid the applicable fee;
(E) Has a certificate of health from a licensed physician;
(F) Is a citizen of the United States or is eligible for employment in the United States;
(G) Has completed a one hundred-hour class that consists of: Professional requirements, safety and health, skin structure, disorders and diseases, removal of superfluous hair and twenty-five hours on the clinic floor, supervised, for a total of one hundred twenty-five hours;
(H) If not currently licensed, must take the West Virginia state law test; and
(I) Has fulfilled any other requirement specified by the board.
(b) The board shall issue to any barber the fifteen hundred clock-hour level licensure who has previously completed a twelve hundred clock-hour training program, and who subsequently completes a three hundred clock-hour certification program in chemical services.
(c) A cosmetologist who obtains the necessary hours of training in an apprenticeship program outlined in §30-27-8a of this code shall be issued the necessary certification as if the apprentice had completed beauty school, so long as the apprentice has completed the necessary requirements outlined in that section. The apprenticeship program established by the board may allow individuals to participate in beauty school to the extent necessary to obtain any other classroom instruction or technical training that is not otherwise provided in the apprenticeship.
The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Chairman, House Committee
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Chairman, Senate Committee
Originating in the House.
In effect ninety days from passage.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate
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The within ................................................... this the...........................................
day of ..........................................................................................................., 2022.
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Governor
