§ 62-3-123 — Certification of barbering schools - Instructions - Services - Reporting

(a) Any person, firm or corporation desiring a certificate of registration to own, operate or conduct a barber school or college of barbering shall submit an application to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form. In order to be eligible to receive the certificate, the applicant must: (1) Require, as a prerequisite to graduation, a course of no less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of continuous instruction, including no more than ten (10) hours per day, six (6) days per week, or forty-eight (48) hours per week, in the following subjects: (A) Scientific fundamentals of barbering, hygiene and bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves; (B) Structure of the head, face and neck; (C) Elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptic; (D) Diseases of the skin, hair and glands; (E) Massaging and manipulating of the muscles; and (F) All of the practices of barbering included in § 62-3-105 ; (2) Provide at least one (1) registered barber instructor or barber instructor assistant for every fifteen (15) students enrolled; and (3) Provide a true and exact copy of the standard contract that each prospective student shall be required to execute for enrollment. (b) (1) A school shall only enroll a student who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. (2) Public and vocational schools are exempt from this section, except as provided in subsection (f). (c) No barber student may render clinical services on patrons until the student has completed at least one hundred (100) hours of instruction. (d) No barber school or college may operate without the presence of a registered barber instructor. (e) A school shall employ at least one (1) licensed barber instructor for each barber instructor assistant who shall be under the personal supervision of the licensed barber instructor. (f) Each school, including any public school conducting a vocational education program in the field of barbering, shall: (1) Keep a daily record of the attendance of each student enrolled; and (2) Submit to the board on the prescribed form a monthly progress report on each student enrolled. (g) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the board shall promulgate rules enabling a barber school or college to develop courses of instruction pursuant to subsection (a) that require a student to earn: (1) Fifty percent (50%) of the hours needed for a specific certificate of registration pursuant to § 62-3-110 or § 62-3-124 , from classroom instruction in a registered barber school or college; and (2) Fifty percent (50%) of the hours needed for a specific certificate of registration pursuant to § 62-3-110 or § 62-3-124 , from apprenticing under the supervision of a person: (A) Who has a certificate of registration issued under § 62-3-110 or § 62-3-124 ; (B) Who has at least ten (10) years of experience; and (C) Who is in good standing with the board. See 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 863, s 5.

Legislative History

Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 33, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 549, s 13, eff. 10/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 549, s 12, eff. 10/1/2021. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 991, s 1, s 4eff. 7/1/2016. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 402, s 6, eff. 7/1/2015and s 7eff. 1/1/2016. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 863, s 1, eff. 5/1/2014. Acts 1951, ch. 231, § 3 (Williams, § 7123); 1965, ch. 267, § 4; 1967, ch. 249, § 5; 1971, ch. 346, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §62-326; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 9; 1986, ch. 921, §§ 17-19; 1988, ch. 674, § 3; 1990, ch. 963, §§ 1, 2; 1996, ch. 895, § 9.