Instructors — Certificates of Registration — Continuing Education

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  1. The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor to a person who:
      1. Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129;
      2. Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has been duly registered as a master barber for a period of at least three (3) consecutive years prior to filing an application to be an instructor;
      3. Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent;
      4. Completes an examination prescribed by the board; and
      5. For all applications submitted on or after July 1, 2017, completes a three-hundred-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; or
      1. Files an application with the board on or before June 30, 2017, in a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129;
      2. Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has completed a four-hundred-fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school;
      3. Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent; and
      4. Completes an examination prescribed by the board.
  2. After registration, each barber instructor shall biennially submit to the board satisfactory proof of attendance in a barber instructor training program of at least sixteen (16) hours' duration, approved by the board; however, the board may, in its discretion, grant up to one (1) additional year for submission of such proof when an instructor satisfactorily demonstrates a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of registration under § 62-3-120.
  3. A certificate of registration as a barber instructor shall become invalid if the registrant:
    1. Ceases to hold a valid certificate of registration as a master barber; or
    2. Fails to comply with subsection (b).
    1. The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor assistant to a person who:
      1. Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by § 62-3-129;
      2. Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and is currently enrolled in a four hundred fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; and
      3. Has completed the tenth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent.
    2. A barber instructor assistant shall not be employed as such for more than three (3) years.
    3. All certificates or renewals of certificates shall expire on September 1 and shall become invalid thereafter.


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