Senate Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

SENATE BILL 1399

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 32‑322, 32‑510, 32‑511, 32‑512 and 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to professions and occupations.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 32-322, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-322.  Barber license; application; qualifications; reciprocity

A.  An applicant for a barber license shall file the following with the board:

1.  A written application on a form prescribed by the board.

2.  Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications.

3.  One signed photograph.

B.  Each applicant shall:

1.  Be at least sixteen years of age.

2.  Complete and receive appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submit satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

3.  Pass an examination given under the direction of the board.

4.  Pay the prescribed fees.

5.  Either:

(a)  Be a graduate of a school that is licensed pursuant to this chapter or a graduate of a school or program in another state that at the time of the applicant's graduation met the barber licensing requirements of that state.

(b)  Complete a United States department of labor‑approved or a department of economic security‑approved apprenticeship program in barbering.

C.  An applicant who holds a valid license to practice barbering issued by another state that has, in the opinion of the board, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state and that grants similar reciprocal privileges to barbers licensed by this state and who has at least one year's experience as a licensed barber is exempt from subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section.

D.  Notwithstanding subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section, an applicant for a barber license who holds a cosmetologist license or a hairstylist license issued pursuant to chapter 5 of this title shall complete a seven hundred fifty-hour course of study consisting of barbering techniques in a barbering school licensed pursuant to this chapter. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Section 32-510, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-510.  Aestheticians; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive an aesthetician's license if the person:

1.  Submits to the board an application for an aesthetician's license on a form supplied by the board.

2.  Does either of the following:

(a)  Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b)  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3.  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of either that the person meets any of the following:

(a)  That the person Is a graduate of an aesthetician school in another state or country that has substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(b)  That the person Is a graduate of an aesthetician course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(c)  Has completed a United States department of labor‑approved or a department of economic security‑approved apprenticeship program in aesthetics.

4.  Passes the examination for an aesthetician's license.

5.  Pays the prescribed fees for an aesthetician's license. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Section 32-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-511.  Cosmetologists; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a cosmetologist license if the person:

1.  Submits to the board an application for a cosmetologist license on a form supplied by the board.

2.  Does either of the following:

(a)  Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b)  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3.  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of either that the person meets any of the following:

(a)  That the person Is a graduate of a cosmetology course consisting of at least sixteen hundred hours of training in a school licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(b)  That the person Is a graduate of a cosmetology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(c)  Has completed a United States department of labor‑approved or a department of economic security‑approved apprenticeship program in cosmetology.

4.  Passes the examination for a cosmetologist license.

5.  Pays the prescribed fees. END_STATUTE

Sec. 4.  Section 32-512, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-512.  Nail technicians; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice nail technology if the person does all of the following:

1.  Submits to the board an application for a nail technician license on a form supplied by the board.

2.  Does either of the following:

(a)  Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b)  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3.  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of either that the person meets any of the following:

(a)  That the person Graduated from a nail technology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(b)  That the person Completed a nail technician course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(c)  Completed a United States department of labor‑approved or a department of economic security‑approved apprenticeship program in nail technology.

4.  Pays the prescribed fees for a nail technician license.

5.  Passes the examination for a nail technician license. END_STATUTE

Sec. 5.  Section 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-512.01.  Hairstylists; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice hairstyling if the person does all of the following:

1.  Submits to the board an application for a hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board.

2.  Either:

(a)  Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b)  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3.  Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person either meets any of the following:

(a)  Graduated from a hairstyling school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(b)  Completed a hairstylist course consisting of at least one thousand hours of training in a school licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Completed a United States department of labor‑approved or a department of economic security‑approved apprenticeship program in hairstyling.

4.  Pays the prescribed fees for a hairstylist license.

5.  Passes the examination for a hairstylist license. END_STATUTE