South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 346

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               346
Ratification Number:       222
Act Number:                147
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                        Temporary master haircare
                           license
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(A147, R222, S346)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A REGISTERED BARBER WHO HAS USED CHEMICALS TO TREAT HAIR MAY RECEIVE A TEMPORARY MASTER HAIRCARE LICENSE WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS IS REAUTHORIZED; TO AMEND SECTION 40-7-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF BARBERING, SO AS TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION THE APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS TO WAVE, RELAX, STRAIGHTEN, OR BLEACH THE HAIR; AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 40-7-15, SO AS TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON FROM USING CHEMICALS TO WAVE, RELAX, STRAIGHTEN, OR BLEACH THE HAIR UNLESS LICENSED AS A MASTER HAIRCARE SPECIALIST.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Definition

SECTION 1. Item (3) of Section 40-7-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 700 of 1976, is further amended to read:

"(3) Singeing, shampooing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics or chemicals to wave, relax, straighten, or bleach the hair;".

License required

SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 40-7-15. No person may use chemicals to wave, relax, straighten, or bleach the hair in a barber shop unless a license as a master haircare specialist has been issued to him by the board.

No person may be issued a license by the board to practice as a master haircare specialist unless he is otherwise qualified under the provisions of Sections 40-7-100 and 40-7-120 and qualifies as a barber after July 1, 1985, and has passed a satisfactory written and practical examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to use chemicals to wave, relax, straighten, or bleach the hair."

Temporary license

SECTION 3. Any registered barber who has used chemicals to wave, relax, straighten, or bleach the hair prior to July 1, 1985, may receive a temporary master haircare specialist license without the examination required in Section 40-7-10 by notifying the board and certifying sixty hours of on-the-job experience with chemical applications. The temporary license shall remain in effect until the Board of Barber Examiners is reauthorized pursuant to the Reorganization Commission procedures.

Time effective

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.