MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Turner
AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS AND THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO CREATE BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCILS TO ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROFESSIONS OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-5-1, 73-5-5, 73-5-7, 73-5-17, 73-5-27, 73-7-1, 73-7-2, 73-7-5 AND 73-7-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND 73-5-11, 73-7-13, 73-7-18 AND 73-7-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A BARBER, COSMETOLOGIST, ESTHETICIAN AND MANICURIST; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 73-5-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS, AND SECTION 73-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND COMPENSATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The State Department of Health shall be the State Board of Barber Examiners and the State Board of Cosmetology. Any reference to the State Board of Barber Examiners in Chapter 5, Title 73, Mississippi Code of 1972, or in any other provision of law, rule, regulation or document shall mean the State Department of Health. Any reference to the State Board of Cosmetology in Chapter 7, Title 73, Mississippi Code of 1972, or in any other provision of law, rule, regulation or document shall mean the State Department of Health.
(2) On July 1, 2023, all assets, positions, funds, files, records, bank accounts or other property of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the State Board of Cosmetology shall be transferred to the State Department of Health. The State Health Officer is empowered to assign the functions and resources of those boards to any office, division, or other operational unit of the Department of Health that the State Health Officer considers appropriate.
(3) To facilitate the transfer of authority to the State Department of Health provided for in this section, the Department of Finance and Administration, the State Personnel Board, and the Department of Information Technology Services shall provide assistance to ensure the orderly transfer of all functions and assets set out in this section.
SECTION 2. Section 73-5-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-1. (1) This chapter shall be administered by the State Department of Health. Any reference in this chapter to Board of Barber Examiners, board or department shall mean the State Department of Health.
(2) * * * There is
created the Barber Advisory Council, which shall consist of five (5) members,
with four (4) members to be appointed by the Governor * * * with the advice and consent of the Senate,
one (1) member to be appointed from each of the congressional districts as
existing on January 1, * * *
2023. Each of these four (4) members shall be a practical
barber and a qualified elector of this state * * * who has been engaged in
the practice of barbering in the State of Mississippi for at least five (5)
years immediately before the time of his or her appointment and * * * is a person of good moral
character. The term of office for all members of the council shall be four (4)
years from the date of appointment. * * *
(2) In addition to the barber members of the council, there shall be one (1) consumer member of the council to be appointed by the Governor from the state at large with the advice and consent of the Senate. The consumer member shall have no interest in any barber school and shall have no involvement in the profession of barbering.
(3) The council shall meet quarterly upon the call of the State Health Officer to advise the State Department of Health on matters pertinent to the admission to practice of barbers and the regulation of barbers and barbering schools. The council shall have no power to regulate the admission to practice or the practice of barbering or the operation of barbering schools.
SECTION 3. Section 73-5-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-5. (1) All fees and
any other monies received by the * * * department under this chapter
shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury and
shall be used for the implementation and administration of this chapter when
appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose. The monies in the special
fund shall be subject to all provisions of the state budget laws that are
applicable to special fund agencies, and disbursements from the special fund
shall be made by the State Treasurer only upon warrants issued by the State
Fiscal Officer upon requisitions * * * from the department. Any interest
earned on this special fund shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the
fund and shall not be paid into the State General Fund. Any unexpended monies
remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into
the State General Fund.
(2) The State Auditor shall
audit the financial affairs of the * * * department under this chapter and
the transactions involving the special fund at least once a year in the same
manner as for other special fund agencies. In addition, the Governor, in his
discretion, shall have the power from time to time to require an audit of the
financial affairs of the * * *board department under this chapter, the same to be
made by the State Auditor upon request of the Governor. * * *
SECTION 4. Section 73-5-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-7. (1) The * * * department
shall have authority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the
administration of the provisions of this chapter. * * * The * * * department
shall adopt regulations for the guidance of registered barbers in the operation
of a shop and in the practice of barbering except, however, it shall be
optional with the individual barber as to whether he or she uses a mug. Any
member or designee of the * * *Board of Barber Examiners department shall have the authority
to enter upon and inspect any barbershop or barber school at anytime during
business hours. A copy of the rules and regulations of the * * * department
shall be furnished to the owner or manager of each shop and barber school
affected by this chapter, and such copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in such barbershop or barber school.
(2) The * * * department shall have authority to
establish rules and regulations governing schools of barbering in this state
except those schools operated by a state institution of higher learning or by a
public community or junior college. The * * * department shall have further authority
to establish curriculum for such regulated schools of barbering in this state.
Each regulated school of
barbering shall submit the following to the * * * department before enrolling students:
(a) The address of proposed school, and the type and size of building in which the school is to be located;
(b) The names and addresses of owners and officers of such school, and the names, addresses and instructor license number of managers, supervisors and instructors of such school;
(c) A list of equipment and teaching aids; and
(d) A copy of the contract to be used between the school and the student.
All regulated schools of
barbering in the State of Mississippi shall be required to maintain a surety
bond in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to ensure that * * * if a school ceases
operation, that all unused tuition fees will be refunded to the students
concerned. This bond shall remain in effect for the duration of the school's
operation.
(3) The * * * department
shall adopt rules and regulations establishing a procedure for the processing
and investigation of complaints filed with the * * * department. The * * * department shall keep records of
all complaints, and such records shall indicate the action taken on the complaints.
(4) The * * * department
shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to the issuance, refusal,
suspension and revocation of certificates of registration. The record shall
also contain the name, place of business and the residence of each registered
barber, and the date and number of his certificate of registration. The record
shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
SECTION 5. 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 * * * department, a
person shall be at least sixteen (16) years of age, have a * * * minimum education of tenth
grade 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 * * * department, or three thousand (3,000) hours in an
apprenticeship program approved by the department in lieu of schooling. Apprenticeships
shall only be monitored and mentored by those with an instructor license, and
there shall only be one (1) apprentice per mentor; and
(d) Who has passed a
satisfactory examination conducted by the * * * department to
determine his or her 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 * * * department or three
thousand (3,000) hours of a department-approved apprenticeship. 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.
(4) The ability to read, write and speak English shall not be a requirement for licensure as a barber.
SECTION 6. Section 73-5-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-17. * * * The department
shall contract for administrators of the examinations required by this section.
The administrator or administrators selected 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 * * * department.
Examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as barber
instructors shall be conducted at a time and place selected by the * * * department.
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 * * *
department deems necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to
practice as a barber instructor.
SECTION 7. Section 73-5-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-27. The * * * department may
neither refuse to suspend or revoke, nor revoke or suspend any certificate of
registration as a registered barber or barber instructor, for any of the causes
enumerated in this chapter, unless the holder of such certificate has been given
at least twenty (20) days' notice, in writing by registered mail, * * * setting forth the charges against such holder of
such certificate and naming the time and place for a hearing upon the charge or
charges, and a public hearing thereof by the * * * department.
The person shall return a written response within ten (10) business days
acknowledging receipt of the letter and confirmation of attendance at the * * * department hearing no later than
the close of business of the tenth day.
Upon the hearing of any such
charge or charges, the * * * department may issue all subpoenas
for all necessary witnesses for and against the accused, and require their
attendance upon such hearing, may administer oaths, and may procure by process
the production of all necessary books and papers, bearing or touching upon such
charges against the accused.
SECTION 8. Section 73-7-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-1. (1) This chapter shall be administered by the State Department of Health. Any reference in this chapter to State Board of Cosmetology, board or department shall mean the State Department of Health.
(2) There is * * *
created the Cosmetology Advisory Council, composed of five (5) members to
be appointed by the Governor * * * with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
whose term of office shall be four (4) years from the date of appointment * * *.
Membership of the council shall consist of two (2) cosmetologists, one (1) of
whom is a salon owner, one (1) manicurist, one (1) esthetician, and one (1)
member of the public who is not a cosmetologist, barber or related profession and
has no interest in any activity related to cosmetology. The four (4) licensed members
of the council shall be appointed from congressional districts, with one (1)
member to be appointed from each of the congressional districts as existing on
January 1, 2023, and the consumer member shall be appointed from the state at-large.
* * *
(3) The council shall meet quarterly upon the call of the State Health Officer to advise the department on matters pertinent to the regulation and admission to practice of cosmetologists, manicurists or estheticians and the regulation of cosmetology schools, but shall have no power to regulate the admission to practice or the practice of the professions licensed under this chapter or the operation of cosmetology schools.
SECTION 9. Section 73-7-2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-2. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Board" or
"department" means the State * * * Department of Health.
(b) "Cosmetology" means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices if they are performed on a person's head, face, neck, shoulder, arms, hands, legs or feet for cosmetic purposes:
(i) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair and hair pieces.
(ii) Styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent waving, straightening, cleansing, bleaching, tinting, coloring or similarly treating hair and hair pieces.
(iii) Cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying or applying oils, antiseptics, clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or electrical apparatus.
(iv) Arching eyebrows, to include tweezing, waxing, threading or any other methods of epilation, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.
(v) Removing superfluous hair by the use of depilation.
(vi) Manicuring and pedicuring.
For regulation purposes, the term "cosmetology" does not include persons whose practice is limited to only performing makeup artistry, threading or applying or removing eyelash extensions; however, a person may perform a combination of not more than three (3) such practices and still be exempt from this chapter.
(c) "Cosmetologist" means a person who for compensation, whether direct or indirect, engages in the practice of cosmetology.
(d) "Esthetics" means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices:
(i) Massaging the face or neck of a person.
(ii) Arching eyebrows to include trimming, tweezing, waxing, threading or any other method of epilation or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.
(iii) Tinting eyelashes or eyebrows.
(iv) Waxing, stimulating, cleaning or beautifying the face, neck, arms or legs of a person by any method with the aid of the hands or any mechanical or electrical apparatus, or by the use of a cosmetic preparation.
The term "esthetics" shall not include the diagnosis, treatment or therapy of any dermatological condition. For regulation purposes, the term "esthetics" does not include persons whose practice is limited to only performing makeup artistry, threading or applying or removing eyelash extensions; however, a person may perform a combination of not more than three (3) such practices and still be exempt from this chapter.
(e) "Esthetician" means any person who, for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of esthetics.
(f) "Instructor" means a person licensed to teach cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or all of those, pursuant to this chapter, and shall include those persons engaged in the instruction of student instructors.
(g) "Manicuring and pedicuring" means any one (1) or a combination of the following practices:
(i) Cutting, trimming, polishing, coloring, tinting, cleansing or otherwise treating a person's nails.
(ii) Applying artificial nails.
(iii) Massaging or cleaning a person's hands, arms, legs or feet.
(h) "Manicurist" means a person who for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of manicuring and pedicuring.
(i) "Master" means a person holding a cosmetology, manicuring and esthetics license who has completed the minimum course of continuing education prescribed by Section 73-7-14.
(j) "Salon" means an establishment operated for the purpose of engaging in the practice of cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or wigology, or all of those.
(k) "School" means an establishment, public or private, operated for the purpose of teaching cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or wigology, or all of those.
SECTION 10. Section 73-7-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-5. (1) All fees and any
other monies received by the * * * department under this chapter shall
be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury and shall be
used for the implementation and administration of this chapter when appropriated
by the Legislature for such purpose. The monies in the special fund shall be subject
to all provisions of the state budget laws that are applicable to special fund agencies,
and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer only upon warrants issued by the State
Fiscal Officer upon requisitions * * *
from the department. Any interest earned on this special fund shall be credited
by the State Treasurer to the fund and shall not be paid into the State General
Fund. Any unexpended monies remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal
year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.
(2) The State Auditor shall
audit the financial affairs of the * * * department under this chapter and the
transactions involving the special fund at least once a year in the same manner
as for other special fund agencies. In addition, the Governor, in his discretion,
shall have the power from time to time to require an audit of the financial affairs
of the * * *
department under this chapter, the same to be made by the State Auditor upon
request of the Governor. * * * The Governor shall have the power to suspend any member of the board who
shall be found in default in any account until such time as it shall be determined
whether such default was a result of an act of dishonesty on the part of the member,
and in the event it is found that such default is an act of dishonesty, misfeasance
or nonfeasance on the part of the member, such member shall be immediately removed
by the Governor from office.
SECTION 11. Section 73-7-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-7. (1) The * * * department shall have authority to
make reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of
this chapter. The * * *
department shall set up a curriculum for operation of schools of cosmetology
and the other professions it is charged to regulate in this state. The * * * department shall receive and consider
for adoption recommendations for rules and regulations, school curriculum, and related
matters from the Mississippi Cosmetology Council, whose membership shall consist
of * * * five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology
Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology School
Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Independent Beauticians
Association, and five (5) elected delegates from the School Owners and Teachers
Association.
(2) The * * * department may revoke the license of
any cosmetologist, esthetician, manicurist, instructor, school of cosmetology, or
salon, or may refuse to issue a license to any cosmetologist, esthetician, manicurist,
instructor, school of cosmetology, or salon that fails or refuses to comply with
the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the * * * department in carrying out the provisions
of this chapter.
( * * *3) The * * * department shall have authority to
prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing sanitation of schools of cosmetology
and beauty salons for the guidance of persons licensed under this chapter in the
operation of schools of cosmetology, or a beauty salon, and in the practice of cosmetology,
esthetics, manicuring and pedicuring, and wigology. * * *
(4) When the * * * department has reason to believe that
any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the * * * department have been violated, either
upon receipt of a written complaint alleging such violations or upon the * * * department's own initiative, the * * * department, or any of its authorized
agents, shall investigate same and shall have authority to enter upon the premises
of a school of cosmetology or salon at any time during the regular business hours
of that school or salon to conduct the investigation. Such investigation may include,
but not be limited to, conducting oral interviews with the complaining party, school
or salon owner(s) and/or students of the school, and reviewing records of the school
or salon pertinent to the complaint and related to an area subject to the authority
of the * * *
department. Such investigation shall not include written interviews or surveys
of school employees or students, and the privacy of patrons shall be respected by
any person making such investigation.
( * * *5) * * * The * * * department shall adopt regulations
to ensure that all fingernail service products used by licensed cosmetologists,
manicurists and other licensees do not contain methyl methacrylate (MMA) as a monomer
agent for cosmetic nail applications.
( * * *6) If the * * * department finds that a violation of
the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the board has occurred,
it may cause a hearing to be held as set forth in Section 73-7-27.
SECTION 12. Section 73-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-13. (1) The * * * department shall admit to examination
for a cosmetology license any person who has made application to the * * * department in proper form, has paid
the required fee, and who (a) is at least * * * sixteen (16) years of age,
(b) * * * has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred
(1500) hours over a period of no less than nine (9) months in a licensed school
of cosmetology or has successfully completed three thousand (3,000) hours in
an apprenticeship program certified by the department, and ( * * *c) has a * * * tenth grade education or its
equivalent or has been successfully enrolled in a community college. Apprenticeships
authorized in this subsection may be monitored or mentored by a master
cosmetologist or a licensed cosmetology instructor. Only one (1) apprentice
may be mentored by any person at the same time.
(a) The * * * department may, in its discretion,
issue to any student who has completed the prescribed hours in a licensed
school and paid the required fee a temporary permit until such time as the next
examination may be held, but such student shall be issued only one (1) temporary
permit. Application for an examination and license shall be accompanied by two
(2) passport photographs of the applicant. No temporary permit will be issued
to an applicant from any other state to operate a beauty salon or school of cosmetology
in this state unless in case of emergency.
(b) Applicants for the
cosmetologist examination, after having satisfactorily passed the prescribed examination,
shall be issued a cosmetology license which * * * shall be valid for two (2) years, and all those licenses
shall be subject to renewal.
(c) Any barber who * * * has successfully
completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours in a licensed barber school,
and who holds a current valid certificate of registration to practice barbering
and who holds a current valid license, is eligible to take the cosmetology examination
to secure a cosmetology license upon successfully completing five hundred (500)
hours in a licensed school of cosmetology. All fees for application, examination,
registration and renewal thereof shall be the same as provided for cosmetologists.
(2) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.
(3) Any licensed cosmetologist,
esthetician, or manicurist who is registered but not actively practicing
in the State of Mississippi at the time of making application for renewal, may apply
for registration on the "inactive" list. Such "inactive" list
shall be maintained by the * * * department and shall set out the names
and post office addresses of all persons registered but not actively practicing
in this state, arranged alphabetically by name and also by the municipalities and
states of their last-known professional or residential address. Only the cosmetologists,
estheticians and manicurists registered on the appropriate list as actively
practicing in the State of Mississippi shall be authorized to practice those professions.
For the purpose of this section, any licensed cosmetologist, esthetician or manicurist who has actively practiced his or her profession
for at least three (3) months of the immediately preceding license renewal period
shall be considered inactive practice. No cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist
shall be registered on the "inactive" list until the person has furnished
a statement of intent to take such action to the * * * department. Any licensed cosmetologist,
esthetician, manicurist or wigologist registered on the "inactive" list
shall not be eligible for registration on the active list until either of the following
conditions have been satisfied:
(a) Written application
shall be submitted to the * * *State Board of Cosmetology department stating the reasons
for such inactivity and setting forth such other information as the * * * department may require on an individual
basis and completion of the number of clock hours of continuing education as approved
by the * * *
department; or
(b) Evidence to the satisfaction
of the * * *
department shall be submitted that they have actively practiced their profession
in good standing in another state and have not been guilty of conduct that would
warrant suspension or revocation as provided by applicable law; and
(c) Payment of the fee
for processing such inactive license shall be paid biennially in accordance to * * * department rules.
SECTION 13. Section 73-7-18, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-18. (1) The * * * department shall admit to examination
for an esthetician's license any person who has made application to the * * * department in proper form, has paid
the required fee, and who:
(a) Is not less than * * * sixteen (16) years of age;
* * *
( * * *b) Has a * * * tenth grade education or its
equivalent; and
( * * *c) Has successfully completed a course
of training in esthetics of not less than six hundred (600) hours in an accredited
school in which the practice of esthetics is taught, including not less than one
hundred (100) hours of theory and five hundred (500) hours of skill practice,
or has successfully completed twelve hundred (1200) hours in an apprenticeship
program certified by the department. Apprenticeships authorized in this paragraph
may be monitored or mentored by a person with a master or instructor license in
cosmetology or esthetics. Only one (1) apprentice may be mentored by any
person at the same time.
* * * Licensed estheticians desiring to
pursue additional hours to be eligible for a license as a cosmetologist may be
credited with any hours acquired in studying and training to be an esthetician,
which may be applied to the number of hours required for a cosmetology license
examination.
* * *
( * * *2) Each application or filing made under
this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance
with Section 93-11-64 * * *.
SECTION 14. Section 73-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-21. (1) The * * * department shall admit to examination
for a manicurist's license any person who has made application to the * * * department in proper form, has paid
the required fee, and who:
(a) Is at least * * * sixteen (16) years of age;
* * *
( * * *b) Has successfully completed no less than
three hundred fifty (350) hours of practice and related theory in manicuring and
pedicuring over a period of no less than nine (9) weeks in an accredited school
of cosmetology in this or any other state, or has successfully completed seven hundred (700) hours in an apprenticeship program certified
by the department. Apprenticeships authorized in this paragraph may be
monitored or mentored by a person with a master or instructor license in
cosmetology or manicuring. Only one (1) apprentice may be mentored by any
person at the same time; and
( * * *c) Has a * * * tenth grade education or its
equivalent, or has been successfully enrolled in a community college.
(2) Licensed manicurists desiring
to pursue additional hours to be eligible for a license as a cosmetologist may be
credited with * * * any hours acquired in studying and training
to be a manicurist, which may be applied to the number of hours required
for a cosmetology license examination.
(3) The * * * department shall adopt regulations
governing the use of electric nail files for the purpose of filing false or natural
nails.
(4) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.
SECTION 15. Section 73-5-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides for the officers, employees and compensation of the Board of Barber Examiners, and Section 73-7-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides for the employees and compensation of the State Board of Cosmetology, are repealed.
SECTION 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.