Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Barbers and Cosmetologists
§ 43-10-12. Regulation and Licenses for Schools; Teachers and Instructors; Registration of Apprentices; Certification as Teacher by Department of Education

(1.1) All schools of hair design shall be required to teach the following courses: theory, permanent and cold hair waving, hair coloring, hair bleaching, hair relaxing, hair straightening, hair and scalp treatments, massaging the scalp, hair and scalp conditioning, hair cutting and shaping, hairdressing, shampooing, styling, comb out, reception, desk work, state law, board rules and regulations, and any other subjects related to hair design and sanitation;
History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, § 12; Ga. L. 1966, p. 195, § 6; Ga. L. 1977, p. 803, § 4; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1327, § 8; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1420, §§ 9, 10; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1219, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1057, § 10; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 43; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2490, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1239, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1077, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1185, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 43; Ga. L. 2006, p. 904, § 8/SB 145; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2018, p. 996, § 6/SB 461; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 43/SB 52; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 10(4)/SB 397.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, rewrote subsection (a); in subsection (b), substituted “license” for “permit” twice and added “in a location determined by the board through rules and regulations” at the end; substituted the present provisions of paragraph (c)(1) for the former provisions, which read: “All schools of cosmetology shall be required to teach the following courses: theory, permanent and cold waving, hair coloring and bleaching, hair and scalp treatments, hair and scalp conditioning, hair cutting and shaping, hairdressing, shampooing, styling, comb out, charm, reception, desk work, art and laboratory, facials, makeup and arching, skin care, nail care, state law, state rules and regulations, and any other subjects related to cosmetology and sanitation;”; added paragraph (c)(1.1); deleted “charm,” preceding “reception,”, deleted “art and laboratory,” following “desk work,” and substituted “board rules” for “state rules” in paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3); in paragraph (c)(2), substituted “décolletage,” for “decolletage,”; and substituted the present provisions of paragraph (c)(4) for the former provisions, which read: “All schools of barbering shall be required to teach the following courses: theory, hair and scalp treatments, shampooing and conditioning, shaving, coloring of hair, hair cutting and styling, facial hair design and waxing, permanent waving, relaxing, and chemical application.”
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted “that” in the middle of the first sentence of paragraph (e)(7).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “state approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “general educational development (GED)” throughout subsection (e).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, a colon was added at the end of the introductory language of subsection (c).

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