OFFICE OF THiZ ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

This vlll acknovledg 

April 23, 19.940, ln vhloh y 

UpOIl tbs q?BBbtiOZUB thSXWill 

letter OS r0ii0tfS8 

quote rrom your 

ion 118, 0r the 

ho shall be regishaving bud at 

r graduated from a 

vould be oonaidered 

tee on their ori@nal appllthis Office that he or she haa 

hool eduoatlon, would this be 

vithout further aubstantirtton? 

on hafi held un operrrtor's 110ense ior 

t a&mot furnish proof of eotufbl praotlcal experlenae during the majority of the thvw yeam; 

vould he or she be elfglble for the lnatruator's 

examlnstiont" 

subseotlon (a) or Seotion 11 0r Article 734b 0r the 

Pew1 Code is: 
ma. Ella Mm Murphy, Page 2 

“BO school Or Beauty Culture elm11 be 

8 certlrlwto 0r regietrrti0n unle~8 it ehr r-" 1 ~lrrpx0~ 

and melntain upon its stair a etiri0ient mmbw or 

instmtore, who ehall be registered halrdveeeere or 

coemetologiate having bad at 1eaet three (3) year8 

pnotlcal experience and high sohool eduoation or the 

equIvalentthereoi,and eaIdInetructor8 eballbe 

mquiredto pace mexamIlutIonoonduotadby theBoard 

0r Examsnore to determwe their rim088 as terahsn, 

provided, holover, that the emtlon or tea&we 

eball not be nquired orpewone wh~hmro been tush2n.g the notioe 0r hairdreeeing, or ooametoloff r0r 

three (37 pare pr%or to the paeeage of th5.8 Aat3 and 

8h8ii ~~intaln 011 It8 8tsrr O- fkat0r 0r mdbb0, 

88 aoonsultant,vho ehall leoture nonthlyonemitation, eterlllaation and the uee or aatieeptIo8 eoneietent vIth the praotical aad theoretloal raquIreme&a 88 to the olaeeitled ooo\rgrtione ae proride by 

thls Aot, ud ehall poeeeae apparatue and e uiprwt 

rorthspr?o~rradruilt~O~0raii 8*00t8 9 0r 

ita OurriOUlua~ ehallkeepadaIlyrutooml0rths 

attendance 0r 8tuderk.s;arintanngd.m ala88 eta 

Instruction hours, eetablleh gmdoe and hold examlnatione berow isruing diplcme, and l hal1 reqm a 

eohool term Or not lees than o&e tboueand (1 000) 

hour6 to be completed In net lass than six (6) m&he 

HOP 8 0oPpl8te 00w8e 0r all or a PrJority 0r th0 

pra4mt2e8 0r haia0~8ing ud 0wm010gy.* 

We anaver your qwetiona in the order ia wbIoh they 

appear In your request. 

"Xqnivalent" means equal in value, row0, meuaq w 

like2 vhen equal so far as concerns ratter under c~eid6ratIoz-i 

OF equal In worth or value, paver, dohot, ImpoH and Uke. 

Vol. 1, worde & Phraeee, 4th 9er. p. 905. Cltlng Atlantic 

chrlatian College v. HInee, 152 S.E. 797. 

The vord "equivalent" meane equal in value, vorth, r0m8, 

or 8ignIrIWnw, but waning to be attached to word in each instance depends upon clroumstanoee. Vol. 2, Words (B Pha’ases, 5th 

Ser., PO 747. Citing CalIahan v. Telpier, 183 Atl. 400. 

The use by the Laglelatwe or the term "the eqgivalent 

thtmOrR in the above statute oontemplated that an applbant met 

prove that he or she either graduatad froe~ a high eohool OP had 

aoguiwd, by reason 0r 8tad;r and.sxperIence, IA eduoation 0r 

equrl value. 
Mrs. Ella Ibe Murphy, Page 3 

The anawr to your first question met neoesearIly 

depend upon the facts In eeoh Indlvldual case to be tested in the 

light or the above defmtlone. Your Board has the discretion to 

de such reaeonable requirements for the proor thereof as you 

see rit. 

In anever to your second queetlon, as to vhether or 

not the etatementofan8pplIcant that he or ahe had graduated 

from a high school would be eufrioient In the absence of eubetantIatIng facts, we point Out that the duty to meka proof of 

such facts rests upon the lndlvldual seekIng the lloenee. The 

Ewrd Is charged with the duty of passing upon the application 

tiled under the Act eml of' detemining vhether or not all requIrement8 of the lav have been met. We believe it to rest 

within the dleoretlon of your Board as to uhether you ~111 or 

till not require addItIons1 eubstantIatIng evldenoe. Belq 

&&r&id vlth the duty 0r detersdnimg the qual.IrlcatIone 0r the 

applicant, you are oharged rlth the exercise or a ruaonable 

secretion in the asoert8inment 0r the truth 0r statements m8de 

to you. 

The above statute, In providing that Inatrwtore shall 

rlrst pass an ezaplination, eetablIehoe certain mInimen reqtiremmt,s as a prerequisite to the right to take the examInatIon. 

one of those requIm3smnte~'~Ie that the 8pplIcant be a regIstered 

bairdretsser or coemetologIet. Another Iu thattheapplIoant 

puet have had at leaet three (3) years practical experlenoe. 

You state In your thlzd question that the appplgant 

cannot furnish proof 0r aotwl practical experience. 

question is theretoFa anevered In the negative. 

Yours very truly 

~XERALOFTEXAS 

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Aeeletant 

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