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Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-20-301. Certificate required--Prohibitions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Unless certified by the State Board of Barber Examiners as required by this chapter, it shall be unlawful for an individual or entity to:

(1) Conduct or operate a barbering establishment, school of barbering, barbershop, or any other place of business in which any occupation of a barber is taught or practiced;

(2) Fail to comply with the sanitation provisions of this chapter;

(3) Act or attempt to act as a barber; or

(4) Operate a barbershop unless it is operated under the personal supervision and management of a registered barber.

(b) A person having charge of a barbering establishment or school of barbering, whether as an owner or an employee, shall not permit any room or part of a room in which any of the branches or practices of barbering are conducted, practiced, or taught to be used for sleeping, for residential purposes, or for any other purpose that would tend to make the room unsanitary.

(c) A barbering establishment shall have a direct entrance separate and distinct from any entrance in connection with private quarters.

(d)(1) It shall be unlawful for any individual or entity to employ or to allow to be employed a person not licensed by the board in or about a barber establishment as a barber manager.

(2) If at any time the name, location, owner, or manager changes at any barbershop or barber school or college, the owner shall report that change by application and be subject to the fee established.

(3) If a barbering establishment no longer employs a barber, or if a barbering establishment is closed, a new application shall be filed with the board.

(e) It shall be the responsibility of all barbershop owners to assure that employees of the barbershop or those who work in the establishment have appropriate licenses.

(f) Barber establishments that have persons licensed by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee shall also have the appropriate current licenses to practice.

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