Mississippi Code Title 73. Professions and Vocations § 73-7-13.1

(1) The board shall admit to examination for a barbering license any person who is at least sixteen (16) years old and who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who (a) has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the board or three thousand (3,000) hours of board-approved apprenticeship training, and (b) has a high school education or its equivalent or has been successfully enrolled in a community college. Apprenticeships shall only be monitored and mentored by those with an instructor license, and there shall be only one (1) apprentice per mentor.

(2) The board may, in its discretion, issue to any student who has completed the prescribed hours in a licensed school or approved apprenticeship training and paid the required fee a temporary permit to practice barbering until the next examination is given but not exceeding six (6) months. In no event shall a person be allowed to practice barbering on a temporary permit beyond the date the next examination is given, except because of personal illness.

(3) Applicants for the barbering license, after having satisfactorily passed the prescribed examination, shall be issued a barbering license which shall be valid for two (2) years, and the license shall be subject to renewal. No license issued by the board may be renewed until all monetary fines and penalties assessed by the board to the licensee are paid in full.

(4) Any cosmetologist who has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours in a licensed cosmetology school and who holds a current valid certificate of licensure to practice cosmetology is eligible to take the barbering examination to secure a barber license upon successfully completing six hundred (600) hours in a licensed school of barbering. All fees for application, examination, licensure, and renewal thereof shall be the same as provided for barbers.

(5) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.