§ 3B-16

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 3B-16. Exceptions for public schools. The Secretary may waive any requirement of this Act or of the rules enacted by the Department pursuant to this Act pertaining to the operation of a barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology school owned or operated by the Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, or a county jail or county department of corrections and located in a correctional facility to educate inmates that is inconsistent with the mission or operations of the Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, or a county jail or county department of corrections or is detrimental to the safety and security of any correctional facility or for any other reason related to the operation of the facility. The Secretary may waive any requirement of this Act or of the rules enacted by the Department pursuant to this Act pertaining to the operation of a barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology school owned or operated by a public Secondary School including a high school, a School for a Designated Purpose, or a Alternative High School under the School Code, and located on the school's property to educate students that is inconsistent with the mission or operations of the public school or is detrimental to the safety and security of the school, or any other reason related to the operation of the school. Nothing in this Section 3B-16 exempts the Department of Corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a county jail or county department of corrections, or Secondary Schools defined as high schools, Schools for a Designated Purpose, and Alternative High Schools under the School Code from the necessity of licensure.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 104-153, eff. 1-1-26 .)