Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Barber Law — Registration
§ 17-20-301. Certificate required

(a) It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person, firm, or corporation to conduct or operate a barbering establishment, school of barbering, barbershop, or any other place of business in which any occupation of a barber is taught or practiced until licensed under this chapter and in compliance with this chapter relating to sanitation;
(2) To act or attempt to act as a barber without a certificate of registration as a registered barber duly issued by the State Board of Barber Examiners; and
(3) For any person, firm, or corporation to operate a barbershop unless it is operated under the personal supervision and management of a registered barber.

(b) A person having charge of a barbering establishment or school of barbering, whether as an owner or an employee, shall not permit any room or part of a room in which any of the branches or practices of barbering are conducted, practiced, or taught to be used for sleeping, for residential purposes, or for any other purpose that would tend to make the room unsanitary.
(c) A barbering establishment shall have a direct entrance separate and distinct from any entrance in connection with private quarters.
(d)
(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to employ or to allow to be employed a person not licensed by the board in or about a barber establishment as a barber manager.
(2) If at any time the name, location, owner, or manager changes at any barbershop or barber school or college, the owner shall report that change by application and be subject to the fee established.
(3) If a barbering establishment no longer employs a barber, or if a barbering establishment is closed, a new application shall be filed with the board.

(e) It shall be the responsibility of all barbershop owners to assure that their employees or those who work in the establishment have appropriate licenses.
(f) Barber establishments that have persons licensed by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee shall also have their appropriate current licenses to practice.