Code of Alabama
Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.
Section 45-39-40.05 - Qualifications.

(a) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license under this article, except as otherwise provided for in this article, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) BARBER. Except as otherwise provided for in this article, no person may be licensed as a barber under this article unless such person shall pay the original licensing fee, as hereinafter provided, and have an education equivalent to the completion of 10 grades in school and shall have served and completed the required time and studies as follows:
a. For a complete course of barbering, in a school of barbering, of not less than 1,200 credit unit hours nor more than 1,700 actual clock hours of continuous training not to exceed more than eight hours in any one day, or shall have completed a course of study in the public schools or trade school consisting of at least 1,200 credit unit hours nor more than 1,700 actual clock hours;
b. Or as an apprentice in a barbershop for a period of not less than 3,000 hours over a minimum period of one year of training not to exceed eight hours in any one day; and
c. Shall have passed an examination of the board as provided in this article.
(2) MANAGING BARBER. Except as otherwise provided for in this article, no person may be licensed as a managing barber unless such person shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for, and shall be a licensed barber, and shall have served as such in a registered barbershop or school of barbering for a period of not less than one year prior to such application for a license as a managing barber.
(3) APPRENTICES. Apprentices in barbering shall be registered upon the payment of the original fee as hereinafter provided for, payable upon the commencement of the apprenticeship in a duly registered barbershop. The apprentice shall be at least 16 years of age at the time of registration and shall have an education equivalent to the completion of 10 grades in school; provided, that any barbershop that shall take an apprentice shall immediately file with the board the name and age of the apprentice, and the board shall cause the same to be entered in a register kept for that purpose, provided the apprentice shall at no time be concurrently enrolled in a school of barbering, except for six hours of theory training per week.
(4) STUDENTS. Students in barbering shall be registered by the board upon enrollment in a registered school of barbering and upon certification by the school of enrollment. A student shall be at least 16 years of age at the time of registration and shall have an education equivalent to the completion of 10 grades in school; provided, that any school of barbering that shall enroll such a student shall immediately file with the board the name and age of the student, and the board shall cause the same to be entered in a register kept for that purpose. Students in barber schools are allowed to work in barbershops after completion of 70 percent of the total hours required in barber school only when school is not in session. One student trainee shall be allowed for the first managing barber and one additional student for each three additional licensed barbers attached to its staff. The student shall be enrolled with the board and receive a permit to work in a barbershop before beginning work.
(5) INSTRUCTORS. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person may be licensed as an instructor in the practice of barbering unless such person shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for and shall hold a license as a barber issued to him or her pursuant to subdivision (1), and in addition:
a. Shall have completed not less than 1,250 credit unit hours, nor more than 1,700 actual clock hours in a teacher’s training course in barbering in a registered school of barbering, to be eligible for admission to examination; or shall have successfully completed a course of study in the public schools or trade schools consisting of at least 1,250 credit unit hours, nor more than 1,700 actual clock hours.
b. Shall have not less than one year of experience as an active practicing barber prior to enrollment as a student instructor and supplemented by not less than 650 hours in a teacher’s training course in barbering in a registered school of barbering, in order to be eligible for admission for examination.
c. Shall have an education equivalent to the completion of 12 grades in school in order to enroll in a course for teacher’s training in any registered school of barbering.
(6) STUDENT INSTRUCTORS. Student instructors in barbering shall be registered by the board upon enrollment in a registered school of barbering and upon certification by such school to the board of such enrollment. A student instructor at the time of such enrollment shall hold a license as a barber. Upon the completion of the course prescribed by this article for a student instructor, the student instructor may make application on a form provided by the board and pay the examination fee as hereinafter provided for. The board shall thereupon cause the applicant to be examined for an instructor’s certificate; the examination to be given by the board. Upon the applicant’s successfully passing the examination and the payment of the original licensing fee of an instructor as hereinafter provided for, the board shall issue and give an instructor’s certificate. Any school of barbering that shall enroll any person as a student instructor shall immediately file with the board the name and age of the student and his or her qualifications qualifying him or her for such course as herein provided, and the board shall cause the same to be entered in a register kept for that purpose.
(b) No instructor or student instructor shall be permitted to practice barbering on the public other than such practical work as shall pertain directly to the teaching of practical subjects to students.

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