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

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

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: 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: Scientific fundamentals of barbering, hygiene and bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves; Structure of the head, face and neck; Elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptic; Diseases of the skin, hair and glands; Massaging and manipulating of the muscles; and All of the practices of barbering included in § 62-3-105; Provide at least one (1) registered barber instructor or barber instructor assistant for every fifteen (15) students enrolled; and Provide a true and exact copy of the standard contract that each prospective student shall be required to execute for enrollment. No barber student may render clinical services on patrons until the student has completed at least one hundred (100) hours of instruction. No barber school or college may operate without the presence of a registered barber instructor. 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. Each school, including any public school conducting a vocational education program in the field of barbering, shall: Keep a daily record of the attendance of each student enrolled; and Submit to the board on the prescribed form a monthly progress report on each student enrolled. 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: Fifty percent (50%) of the hours needed for a specific certificate of registration pursuant to §§ 62-3-110 and 62-3-124, from classroom instruction in a registered barber school or college; and Fifty percent (50%) of the hours needed for a specific certificate of registration pursuant to §§ 62-3-110 and 62-3-124, from apprenticing under the supervision of a person: Who has a certificate of registration issued under §§ 62-3-110 and 62-3-124; Who has at least ten (10) years of experience; and Who is in good standing with the board. 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; 2014, ch. 863, § 1; 2014, ch. 964, § 13; 2015, ch. 402, §§ 6, 7; 2016, ch. 991, §§ 1, 4. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2014, ch. 863, § 4, effective May 1, 2014, and expiring June 30, 2015, provided that the board of barber examiners may promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of Section 1 of this act, which added former subsection (e) to this section. All such rules shall be promulgated in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, title 4, chapter 5. Acts 2015, ch. 402, § 34 provided that the board of cosmetology and barber examiners is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this act. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.