HB 2234 -- Licensure of Barbers and Cosmetologists

Sponsor:  Pratt

This bill changes the laws regarding the licensure of barbers and
cosmetologists.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Increases the minimum required training hours for barber
students from 1,000 to 1,500 and the minimum hours required under
direct supervision of a licensed instructor for an apprentice
barber applicant from 2,000 to 3,000;

(2)  Requires a barber instructor to submit at each license
renewal proof of attendance at a board-approved teacher training
seminar or workshop at least once every two years;

(3)  Authorizes the issuance of an inactive license for a
licensed barber but prohibits him or her from practicing as a
barber until receiving an active license;

(4)  Changes the Class MO-manicurist classification to a Class
NT-nail technician and Class CA-hairdressing and manicuring to
Class CA-hairdressing and nail technology;

(5)  Changes the membership of the Board of Cosmetology and
Barber Examiners within the Department of Insurance, Financial
Institutions and Professional Registration from 11 to seven
members;

(6)  Requires the board to maintain a public register of the
names of all licensees, apprentices, and students;

(7)  Prohibits a licensee from body waxing on or near the genital
areas of a minor without parental consent;

(8)  Changes the training and minimum curriculum hours for nail
technicians, estheticians, and cosmetologists;

(9)  Allows the board to waive the requirement that a student
must pay all fees owed to a cosmetology school before being
allowed to apply for a licensure examination if the student or
his or her designated representative can provide proof that the
student has unsuccessfully attempted to pay or contact the school
or for any other good cause as determined by the board;

(10)  Authorizes the board to recognize student and apprentice
hours toward meeting the minimum requirements for examination for
a period of five years from the date the board issues his or her
license;

(11)  Authorizes certain licensing and renewal exemptions for a
cosmetologist who has been honorably discharged from the United
States armed forces and has not renewed his or her license; and

(12)  Increases the penalty for an unlicensed person practicing
cosmetology from an infraction to a class C misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm