MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Canon

Senate Bill 2090

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-5-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROVISION AUTHORIZING THE STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS TO ISSUE A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CERTAIN BARBER SCHOOL STUDENTS WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A REGISTERED BARBER; TO AMEND SECTION 73-5-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR TAKING AN EXAMINATION AS A REGISTERED BARBER AND REGISTERED BARBER INSTRUCTOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 73-5-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

73-5-11. (1) To be eligible for enrollment at a barbering school approved by the Board of Barber Examiners, a person shall have a high school education or its equivalent, and/or shall have satisfactorily passed the ability-to-benefit examinations approved by the U.S. Department of Education.

(2) Any person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering:

(a) Who is qualified under the provisions of this chapter;

(b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits;

(c) Who has completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners; and

(d) Who has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the board of examiners to determine his fitness to practice barbering.

(3) A temporary permit to practice barbering until the next examination is given may be issued to a student who has completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the Board of Barber Examiners. In no event shall a person be allowed to practice barbering on a temporary permit beyond the date the next examination is given, except because of personal illness.

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SECTION 2. Section 73-5-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

73-5-29. The fee for taking an examination as a registered barber shall be in the sum of not more than Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00), and the further sum of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate for the registered barber. The fee for taking an examination as a registered barber instructor shall be in the sum of not more than Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00), and the further sum of not more than Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate of registration for the registered barber instructor. A fee of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate of registration to a practicing barber of another state as authorized by Section 73-5-21. Likewise, an annual renewal fee payable on the anniversary date of the issuance of each certificate of registration as a registered barber of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the renewal of the certificate; an annual renewal fee payable on the anniversary date of the issuance of each certificate of registration as a registered barber instructor of not more than Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the renewal of the certificate; however, the renewal fee for a registered barber who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall be not more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00). A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each year or any portion thereof in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of expired certificates of registration issued pursuant to this chapter. Additionally, in order to restore any certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter which has been expired for a period of five (5) years or longer, the holder thereof must retake and pass the appropriate examination. A penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of certificates that have expired for a period of thirty (30) to sixty (60) days. A penalty of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of certificates that have been expired for a period greater than sixty (60) days.

The board is hereby authorized to adopt and spread upon its minutes the rules and regulations for the issuance of a duplicate certificate for which a fee of not more than Three Dollars ($3.00) may be charged. However, each duplicate certificate issued shall have stamped across its face the word "duplicate" and shall bear the number of the original certificate in lieu of which it is issued.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.