62-4-103 - Board of cosmetology.
62-4-103. Board of cosmetology.
(a) The practice of cosmetology shall be under the supervision of a board known as the state board of cosmetology.
(b) The board shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the governor. There shall be at least two (2) members from each grand division of the state.
(1) Five (5) members shall be cosmetologists, each of whom has been a licensed cosmetologist in this state for at least five (5) years. No such member shall, while serving on the board, be an instructor, owner or manager of a school, an employee in a school or in any manner connected with a school.
(2) Two (2) members shall be persons at least twenty-one (21) years of age who are not engaged in the occupation of cosmetology.
(A) One (1) of the public members shall be a person who holds a baccalaureate degree with a major in education, and the person shall participate in all activities of the board except administration of practical portions of examinations and inspection of schools.
(B) No educational degree requirements shall apply for the second public member, and this member shall participate in all activities of the board except composition of examinations, administration of practical portions of examinations and inspection of schools.
(3) One (1) member shall be an instructor who has held a valid instructor's license, issued by the board, for at least five (5) years. This member shall be entitled to participate in all activities of the board, except administration of examinations and inspection of schools.
(4) One (1) member shall be an owner of a school licensed by the board. This member shall be entitled to participate in all activities of the board, except administration of examinations and inspection of schools.
(5) Each member shall have been a bona fide resident of this state for a period of at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of appointment.
(6) In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the board is a member of a racial minority.
[Acts 1986, ch. 817, § 3; 1988, ch. 902, §§ 18, 19; 1988, ch. 1013, § 28.]