Mississippi § 73-5-8 - Qualifications for certificate of registration as barber instructor [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 73-5-8 — Qualifications for certificate of registration as barber instructor [Repealed effective July 1, 2020]., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-5-8. Qualifications for certificate of registration as barber instructor [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].
Any person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a barber instructor who: Is eighteen (18) years of age or older; Is of good moral and temperate habits; Is able to read, write and speak English; Possesses a high school education or its equivalent; Has successfully completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and holds a valid certificate of registration to practice barbering; Has (i) not less than two (2) years of active experience as a registered barber and has successfully completed not less than six hundred (600) hours of barber instructor training at a school approved by the board, or (ii) less than two (2) years of active experience as a registered barber and has successfully completed not less than one thousand (1,000) hours of barber instructor training at a school approved by the board; and Has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to practice as a barber instructor. All persons who have received a certificate of registration as a barber instructor from the board before July 1, 2002, shall be considered to have met the requirements of this section, and all those certificates of registration shall be renewable as otherwise provided in this chapter. The board will implement an active and inactive instructor license. In order to renew an active license, instructors holding an active license shall be required to submit proof of twelve (12) hours of continuing education each year to the Board of Barber Examiners. That education shall be acquired in classes or trade shows teaching materials that are approved by the board. Instructors holding an inactive license shall be required to submit proof of twelve (12) hours continuing education before upgrading to an active status.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 73-5-8 cover?
Section 73-5-8 ("Qualifications for certificate of registration as barber instructor [Repealed effective July 1, 2020].") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. 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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