Sec. 20-236. Qualifications for license as barber. Licensure without examination. Barber schools.
Sec. 20-236. Qualifications for license as barber. Licensure without examination. Barber schools. (a)(1) Any person desiring to obtain a license as a barber shall
apply in writing on forms furnished by the Department of Public Health and shall pay
to the department a fee of fifty dollars. The department shall not issue a license until
the applicant has made written application to the department, setting forth by affidavit
that the applicant has (A) successfully completed the eighth grade, (B) completed a
course of not less than fifteen hundred hours of study in a school approved in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter, or, if trained outside of Connecticut, in a barber
school or college whose requirements are equivalent to those of a Connecticut barber
school or college, and (C) passed a written examination satisfactory to the department.
Examinations required for licensure under this chapter shall be prescribed by the department with the advice and assistance of the board. The department shall establish a passing
score for examinations required under this chapter with the advice and assistance of the
board.
(2) Any person who (A) holds a license at the time of application to practice the
occupation of barbering in any other state, the District of Columbia or in a commonwealth or territory of the United States, (B) has completed not less than fifteen hundred
hours of formal education and training in barbering, and (C) was issued such license on
the basis of successful completion of an examination, shall be eligible for licensing in
this state and entitled to a license without examination upon payment of a fee of fifty
dollars. Applicants who trained in another state, district, commonwealth or territory
which required less than fifteen hundred hours of formal education and training, may
substitute no more than five hundred hours of licensed work experience in such other
state, district, commonwealth or territory toward meeting the training requirement. If the
examination was taken in a language other than English, the applicant shall demonstrate
successful completion of an English proficiency examination as prescribed by the department.
(3) Any person who holds a license to practice the occupation of barbering in any
other state, the District of Columbia, or in a commonwealth or territory of the United
States, and has held such license for a period of not less than forty years, shall be eligible
for licensure without examination. No license shall be issued under this section to any
applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject
of an unresolved complaint.
(b) Barber schools shall obtain approval pursuant to this section prior to commencing operation. In the event that an approved school undergoes a change of ownership or
location, such approval shall become void and the school shall apply for a new approval
pursuant to this section. Applications for such approval shall be on forms prescribed by
the Commissioner of Public Health. In the event that a school fails to comply with the
provisions of this subsection, no credit toward the fifteen hundred hours of study required
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be granted to any student for instruction
received prior to the effective date of school approval.
(1949 Rev., S. 4570; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 2277d; 1959, P.A. 306; 1969, P.A. 389, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 75; 1972,
P.A. 127, S. 45; P.A. 74-113, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 440, 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 119, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 100, 174, 176;
P.A. 81-471, S. 51, 71; P.A. 84-173, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 30, 117; P.A. 93-296, S. 5, 10; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-166, S. 7, 9; P.A. 04-221, S. 13; P.A. 05-272, S. 10.)
History: 1959 act deleted stipulation that manager barber certificate be to own or manage as well as operate a shop;
1969 act raised license fees for barber and manager barber from $15 to $25; 1971 act increased fees to $30; 1972 act
lowered minimum age for applicants from 19 to 18, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 74-113 changed expiration
date of license from first day of October in odd-numbered years to first day of May annually; P.A. 77-614 transferred
duties of board of examiners to department of health services and later repealed section, effective January 1, 1979; P.A.
78-303 amended repealer in P.A. 77-614 to delete reference to repeal of section; P.A. 80-484 transferred remaining duties
of board to department, replaced certificates of registration with licenses, deleted requirement that applicant be at least
eighteen and of good moral character, replaced reference to apprenticeship with "working as a barber", required that
acceptance of other state's license depends on license requirements which call for equivalent or higher entry standards,
added reference to master barber, made licenses good for one year rather than until the following May first, removed
provision which required one-year waiting period before reexamination in cases where applicant has failed three successive
examinations, deleted provisions re manager barber certificates and re forfeiture of fee after failure to appear for examinations three times in succession and added provisions prohibiting issuance of licenses to persons involved in disciplinary
action or unresolved complaint, requiring annual notification of board of number of applicants and establishing passing
score; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to period of working as a barber required prior to licensure and added a specific
requirement of 1,500 hours of study and a provision authorizing licensure without examination in some cases; P.A. 84-173 required examinations for licensure to be prescribed by the department with the advice and assistance of the board
and required the board's advice and assistance rather than consent in establishing a passing score; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised examination fee from $30 to $50; P.A. 93-296 added new Subsec. (b) re approval of barber schools and change
of location or ownership, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 replaced department and commissioner
of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993;
P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and
Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-166 amended Subsec. (a) to add, to eligibility for licensure
without examination, anyone with a license in another state or territory for at least 40 years, effective June 4, 1998; P.A.
04-221 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing former provisions with Subdivs. (1) to (3) re qualifications for licensure; P.A.
05-272 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) by removing provision re equivalency examination prepared by Commissioner of
Education.
Former statute cited. 113 C. 563.