Tennessee § 62-3-124 - Instructors — Certificates of registration — Continuing education.

§ 62-3-124. Instructors — Certificates of registration — Continuing education.

The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor to a person who: Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129; Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has been duly registered as a master barber for a period of at least three (3) consecutive years prior to filing an application to be an instructor; Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent; Completes an examination prescribed by the board; and For all applications submitted on or after July 1, 2017, completes a three-hundred-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; or Files an application with the board on or before June 30, 2017, in a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129; Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has completed a four-hundred-fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent; and Completes an examination prescribed by the board. After registration, each barber instructor shall biennially submit to the board satisfactory proof of attendance in a barber instructor training program of at least sixteen (16) hours' duration, approved by the board; however, the board may, in its discretion, grant up to one (1) additional year for submission of such proof when an instructor satisfactorily demonstrates a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of registration under § 62-3-120. A certificate of registration as a barber instructor shall become invalid if the registrant: Ceases to hold a valid certificate of registration as a master barber; or Fails to comply with subsection (b). The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor assistant to a person who: Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by § 62-3-129; Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and is currently enrolled in a four hundred fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; and Has completed the tenth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent. A barber instructor assistant shall not be employed as such for more than three (3) years. All certificates or renewals of certificates shall expire on September 1 and shall become invalid thereafter. Acts 1951, ch. 231, § 3 (Williams, § 7123); Acts 1965, ch. 267, § 5; 1967, ch. 177, § 1; 1967, ch. 249, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 161, § 3; Acts 1980, ch. 703, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-327; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 10; 1984, ch. 547, § 1; 1986, ch. 921, §§ 20, 21; 1990, ch. 963, § 3; 1996, ch. 895, §§ 10, 11; 2001, ch. 99, § 3; 2014, ch. 964, § 13; 2015, ch. 402, § 8; 2016, ch. 991, § 5. Compiler's Notes. 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. Cross-References. Instructor examination and certificate of registration fees, § 62-3-129 .