Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 317.430.Kentucky Board of Barbering; membership; terms; compensation

(1) There is hereby created an independent agency of the state government to be known as the Kentucky Board of Barbering, which shall have complete supervision over the administration of the provisions of this chapter relating to barbers, barbering, barber shops, mobile barber shops, independent contract owners, barber schools, and the teaching of barbering.

(2) The board shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the Governor. Four (4) members shall be barbers holding a valid license and practicing in Kentucky. One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially interested in barbering. At all times in the filling of vacancies of membership on the barber board, this balance of representation shall be maintained.

(3) The two (2) members appointed to fill the terms beginning on February 1, 2008, shall serve until February 1, 2011, and the three (3) members appointed to fill the terms beginning on February 1, 2007, shall serve until February 1, 2010. All subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three (3) years, with terms ending on February 1.

(4) The Governor shall not remove any member of the board except for cause.

(5) The board shall elect from its members one (1) to serve as chairman, one (1) to serve as vice chairman, and a third to serve as secretary.

(6) Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(7) In addition to the other qualifications specified in this section, barber members of the board shall be at least twenty-three (23) years of age, citizens of the United States, residents of Kentucky, and must have engaged in the practice of barbering in this state for a period of at least five (5) years.

(8) No member of the board shall be financially interested in, or have any financial connection with, any barber or cosmetology school, wholesale cosmetic or barber supply or equipment business, nor shall any member of the barber board teach barbering, cosmetology, or manicuring for monetary considerations.

(9) Each member of the board shall receive a compensation of one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the board, and shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses.

(10) The board shall hold its meetings within the state and when deemed necessary by the board to discharge its duties.