MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Dixon
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-5-17 AND 73-7-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS AND THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY MUST TAKE THE EXAMINATION IN PERSON AT THE LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD, AND SHOW AN OFFICIAL PICTURE IDENTIFICATION VERIFYING THEIR IDENTITY BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT AUTHORIZE ANY APPLICANT TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION ONLINE OR AT ANY LOCATION OTHER THAN THE LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD FOR THE EXAMINATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-5-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-17. The Board of
Barber Examiners shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of
registration to practice as registered barbers not less than three (3) times a
year, which examination shall be had in some town or city selected by the * * * board. Examinations of applicants
for certificates of registration as barber instructors shall be conducted at a
time and place selected by the * * * board. Applicants must take the
examination in person at the location designated by the board, and show an
official picture identification verifying their identity before being allowed
to take the examination. The board may not authorize any applicant to take the
examination online or at any location other than the location designated by the
board for the examination.
The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered barbers shall include both a practical demonstration and a written and oral test, and shall embrace the subjects usually practiced in a duly licensed shop of Mississippi under the direct and personal supervision of a registered barber. The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as barber instructors shall include such subjects as the board deems necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to practice as a barber instructor.
SECTION 2. Section 73-7-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-12. The State Board of Cosmetology shall contract with a recognized testing service to conduct examinations for cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists and instructors at such times and locations as determined by the contracted testing service. No member of the board shall be authorized to personally administer the examinations. Applicants must take the examination in person at the location designated by the contracted testing service, and show an official picture identification verifying their identity before being allowed to take the examination. The board or the contracted testing service may not authorize any applicant to take the examination online or at any location other than the location designated by the contracted testing service for the examination.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.