(a) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license to practice barbering under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;
(2) He or she is at least 18 years of age;
(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;
(4) He or she has practiced as a registered apprentice in Alabama for not less than 18 months under the immediate supervision of a registered barber; and
(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice barbering. Any applicant for such a certificate of registration who fails to satisfactorily pass an examination conducted by the board shall have the right to apply again for another examination after a period of six months, and he or she may continue to apply every six months thereafter until he or she passed such examination; provided, that he or she has practiced as an apprentice during the time.
(b) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license as an apprentice under this chapter, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;
(2) He or she is at least 16 years of age;
(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;
(4) He or she has graduated from a barber college or school of barbering approved by the board; and
(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice as a registered apprentice.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Section 34-5-1 - Definition of "The Practice of barbering."
Section 34-5-3 - Exemptions From Chapter.
Section 34-5-4 - Certification of Instructors and Assistant Instructors.
Section 34-5-5 - Qualifications for Certification as Barber or Apprentice.
Section 34-5-6 - Barber Colleges - Certification Generally.
Section 34-5-9 - Renewal or Restoration of Certificate or License.
Section 34-5-11 - Certificate to Be Displayed.
Section 34-5-12 - Disposition of Receipts; Expenses and Audit.
Section 34-5-13 - Board of Barber Examiners.
Section 34-5-14 - Other Provisions Not Repealed.
Section 34-5-15 - Chapter Not Applicable to Certain Counties.