Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Barbers and Cosmetologists
§ 43-10-2. State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers; Members, Meetings, Officers, and Powers

History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, §§ 4, 8; Ga. L. 1966, p. 195, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1327, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1420, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1219, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1057, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 843, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 321, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 43; Ga. L. 2004, p. 617, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 904, § 2/SB 145; Ga. L. 2006, p. 917, § 1/HB 1170; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 10(2)/SB 397.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted “and Barbers” in the first sentence of subsection (a); rewrote subsection (b); substituted the present provisions of subsection (d) for the former provisions, which read: “No member of the board shall be affiliated with any school of cosmetology. Two members shall not have any connection with the practice or business of cosmetology whatsoever but shall have a recognized interest in consumer affairs and in consumer protection concerns. No member of the board shall be affiliated or connected in any manner with any manufacturer or wholesale or jobbing house dealing with supplies sold to practitioners of cosmetology while in office”; added subsection (e); redesignated former subsections (e) through (g) as present subsections (f) through (h); deleted the former second sentence, which read: “The chairman so elected or appointed shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself.” in subsection (g); and added subsection (i).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “state approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “general educational development (GED)” in the first sentence in subsection (b).
Administrative rules and regulations.
Rules of the profession, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia State Board of Cosmetology, Chapter 130-1 et seq.

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