Alabama § 34-5-5 - Qualifications for Certification as Barber or Apprentice.
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§ 34-5-5. Qualifications for Certification as Barber or Apprentice.
(a) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license to practice barbering under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;
(2) He or she is at least 18 years of age;
(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;
(4) He or she has practiced as a registered apprentice in Alabama for not less than 18 months under the immediate supervision of a registered barber; and
(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice barbering. Any applicant for such a certificate of registration who fails to satisfactorily pass an examination conducted by the board shall have the right to apply again for another examination after a period of six months, and he or she may continue to apply every six months thereafter until he or she passed such examination; provided, that he or she has practiced as an apprentice during the time.
(b) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license as an apprentice under this chapter, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;
(2) He or she is at least 16 years of age;
(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;
(4) He or she has graduated from a barber college or school of barbering approved by the board; and
(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice as a registered apprentice.
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Section 34-5-5 ("Qualifications for Certification as Barber or Apprentice.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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