(A) A license is required from the board to operate a barber school. A barber school may be operated in and as part of an accredited high school, career center, or technical school or college and must be licensed by the board. A barber school that is not part of a secondary school is considered a post-secondary school. The board may prescribe the curriculum of a barber school.
(B) Barber school instructors must be licensed by the board. The instructors must have successfully passed an instructor's examination as prescribed by the board and have at least three years' experience as a practicing registered barber or master hair care specialist.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 137, Section 1; 2015 Act No. 44 (H.3464), Section 1, eff May 12, 2015.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws:1956 (49) 1588; 1962 Code Section 56-278; 1967 (55) 392; 1976 Act No. 700 Section 8; 1981 Act No. 143, Section 6; 1989 Act No. 87, Section 9; 1976 Code Section 40-7-300.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 44, Section 1, rewrote the section.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 7 - Barbers And Barbering
Section 40-7-5. Conflicts between this chapter and Article 1, Chapter 1.
Section 40-7-10. Establishment of State Board of Barber Examiners; membership.
Section 40-7-30. Licensure requirement.
Section 40-7-60. Adoption of rules; seal; regulations.
Section 40-7-70. Additional powers and duties.
Section 40-7-80. Investigation of complaints and violations of chapter.
Section 40-7-90. Results of investigation to be presented to board; hearing.
Section 40-7-110. Disciplinary action.
Section 40-7-115. Jurisdiction of board.
Section 40-7-120. Additional disciplinary action.
Section 40-7-130. Denial of permit or licensure on same grounds as potential disciplinary action.
Section 40-7-140. Denial of permit or licensure based on prior criminal record.
Section 40-7-150. Voluntary surrender of license.
Section 40-7-170. Investigation and prosecution costs.
Section 40-7-190. Confidentiality of investigations and proceedings.
Section 40-7-210. Petition for injunctive relief.
Section 40-7-240. Applications for examination; frequency of examinations.
Section 40-7-270. Temporary master haircare specialist license without examination; requirements.
Section 40-7-280. Restrictions on giving shampoos and manicures.
Section 40-7-285. Practice by cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist in barbershop.
Section 40-7-290. Requirements for barbers who train students.
Section 40-7-310. Display of certificate of registration.
Section 40-7-330. Inspection of barbershop or barber schools.
Section 40-7-340. Special certificates for inmates in custody of State Department of Corrections.
Section 40-7-350. License required for barber colleges and instructors.
Section 40-7-355. Mobile barbershops authorized; regulations.
Section 40-7-360. Chapter not applicable to services for immediate family.
Section 40-7-370. Operation of barbershop by registered apprentice prohibited.