Indiana § 25-8-3-5 - Board membership qualifications
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§ 25-8-3-5. Board membership qualifications
Sec. 5. (a) Each of the members of the board must reside in Indiana.
(b) Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, the members of the board must meet the following qualifications:
(1) Two (2) of the members must:
(A) possess a current cosmetologist license; and
(B) have practiced cosmetology in Indiana continuously for at least five (5) years immediately before appointment.
(2) Two (2) of the members of the board must:
(A) possess a current barber license; and
(B) have practiced barbering in Indiana continuously for at least five (5) years immediately before appointment.
(3) One (1) of the members must be an owner or operator of a beauty culture school.
(4) One (1) of the members must be licensed as an electrologist, an esthetician, or a manicurist.
(5) One (1) of the members must not have any association with the practice of beauty culture, except as a consumer.
As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.184-1991, SEC.6; P.L.84-2010, SEC.30; P.L.170-2013, SEC.16; P.L.158-2016, SEC.5; P.L.249-2019, SEC.57; P.L.29-2026, SEC.34.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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