Pennsylvania Act 1996-63 — BARBERS' LICENSE LAW - AMEND SUPERVISION OF SHOPS

Act text

Session of 1996

No. 1996-63

HB 416

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled, as amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety, by providing for the examination and licensure of those who desire to engage in the profession of barbering; regulating barber shops and barber schools, and students therein; regulating compensation for service rendered; conferring certain powers and duties on the Department of State; and providing penalties," further providing for the supervision of shops.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 12(a)(1) of the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, amended December 7, 1994 (P.L.855, No.123), is amended to read:

Section 12. (a) (1) Except for shops licensed under section 13(b) and [one barber] for one-barber shops , [barber shops] which shall be [under the immediate supervision of] operated by a licensed barber, [who has been a licensed barber for one year,] all other barber shops shall at all times be under the immediate supervision of a manager-barber. In [no barber shop shall there be more than one student] barber shops where students are supervised by a manager-barber there shall be no more than one student per barber shop. In barber shops where students are supervised by a barber-teacher there shall be no more than one student per barber-teacher. In no case shall there be more than two students per barber shop . All barber schools shall keep prominently displayed at every entrance to said school a sign reading "Barber School." Any copartnership, corporation, or person desiring to operate or conduct a barber shop or barber school, shall first secure from the board a license to do so, and shall keep the same prominently displayed. Both the fee for registration of each barber school and the annual renewal fee shall be determined by regulation. The board may pass upon the qualifications, appointments, and course of study in said school, which shall be not less than one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours and not less than nine months. All barber schools shall have not less than one licensed teacher for every twenty students, and in no case less than one full-time teacher, who shall be in attendance at all times during the hours the school is open for instruction. This section does not prohibit an owner who is a cosmetologist from employing a barber without the requirement that a manager-barber also be employed.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 28th day of June, A. D. 1996.

THOMAS J. RIDGE