Section 313-A:2 Board.
I. There shall be a board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics consisting of 7 members as follows: one licensed barber, one licensed cosmetologist, one licensed esthetician, one licensed manicurist, one owner of a licensed cosmetology school who shall be a resident of New Hampshire or a designee of such owner who shall be a licensed cosmetologist and a resident of New Hampshire, one owner of a registered tanning facility and one public member; each to be appointed by the governor with the consent of the council to a term of 5 years. No board member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee's eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. Only board members provided for in this paragraph shall have the authority to vote in board determinations.
II. The barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, and manicurist members shall be the professional members of the board. Professional members of the board shall have been engaged in the practice of their profession within the state for not less than 5 years. In addition, no professional member shall be the owner or operator of any school or be directly or indirectly associated in the manufacture or wholesale distribution of cosmetic or barber appliances or supplies.
III. Each public member shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the barbering, cosmetology, or esthetics profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of barbering, cosmetology, or esthetician services, or an activity directly related to such professions, including the representation of the board of any such professions for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment.
IV. Members shall annually elect, from among themselves, a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary.
V. The board shall hold at least 6 regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be called at such times as the rules of the board may provide. A quorum of the board shall consist of no fewer than 4 members. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, except when the board conducts a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A.
VI. The board shall be an administratively attached agency, under RSA 21-G:10, to the department of health and human services.
Source. 2000, 118:1. 2004, 177:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2009, 196:1, eff. July 1, 2009.