New Jersey § 45:5b-6

§ 45:5b-6.

The board shall: a. Review the qualifications of applicants for licensure; b. Devise examinations for licensure which include practical and written portions; c. Administer and grade examinations or employ competent examiners to administer and

grade examinations but in no case shall the board permit a person having any affiliation

with a licensed school to examine or grade an applicant who has been a registered

student at the school with which the examiner has an affiliation; d. Issue and renew licenses of any cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician, barber,

manicurist, skin care specialist, teacher, shop, or school; e. Issue student permits to senior students, which permits shall remain valid during

the period that the student is registered at a licensed school or enrolled in an approved

vocational training program; f. Issue temporary permits to applicants for licensure who are awaiting scheduling

for or results from an examination; g. Issue registration cards to registered students; h. Suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license and exercise investigative powers

pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c. 73 ( C.45:1-14 et seq. ); i. Appoint and employ an executive director and an assistant executive director subject

to the approval of the Attorney General, and other employees as necessary to carry

out the provisions of this act; j. Determine the duties that the executive director and the assistant executive director

shall perform; k. File with the Attorney General a petition to remove any executive director or assistant

executive director for cause, which petition shall be acted upon by the Attorney General

in a manner which he deems appropriate; l . Establish fees for initial licensure, permits, renewals and restoration of licenses

as well as for duplication of lost licenses pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1974, c.

46 ( C.45:1-3.2 ); m. Maintain records of all practicing licensees and all licensed teachers. Records shall include the latest work address of each licensee, as provided on applications

for licensure and renewals thereof; n. Maintain a record of all registered students and all persons holding student permits; o . Maintain a record of all shops licensed by the board to offer one or more of the

services encompassed within the definition of cosmetology and hairstyling; p. Maintain a record of all schools licensed by the board to offer courses of instruction

or training in the practice and theory of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture,

barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty to registered students,

which courses shall be approved by the board for the awarding of credit for licensure; q. Make available for public inspection all records required to be kept pursuant to

this section; r. Promulgate regulations governing the practice and teaching of cosmetology and hairstyling,

beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty as are

necessary to implement this act and to insure that cosmetology and hairstyling services

and instruction in those services are being offered both in a manner which is sanitary

and safe and in a manner which is not intended to deceive or mislead the general public; s. Promulgate regulations governing the conduct of shops , including but not limited to mobile facilities, and schools as are necessary to implement this act, including, but not limited to,

regulations that ensure that all schools offer instruction on cosmetology and hairstyling,

beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty by instructors

who are knowledgeable in the practice and teaching of cosmetology and hairstyling,

beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty, as the

case may be, and to assure that cosmetology and hairstyling services and instruction

in those services are being offered both in a manner that is sanitary and safe, and

in a manner not intended to deceive or mislead the general public, students of the

schools, or organizations awarding financial aid to the students and to clarify or

define any term used in the act and to define any activity included in hairstyling

and cosmetology, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care

specialty; t. Review curricula offered by licensed schools in courses of instruction offered

to registered students and approve those curricula which offer comprehensive training

in cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding

and skin care specialty; u. Direct the conduct of inspections or investigations of all licensed shops and schools; v. Direct the conduct of inspections or investigations of any premises from which

the board may have reason to believe that cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture,

barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty services are being offered,

or that courses of instruction are being offered to registered students; and w. Establish criteria and standards for education and experience required for licensure.