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NY Gen Bus L § 431 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 431 - Definitions.

§  431.  Definitions.    As  used  in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:   1. "Department" means the department of state.   2.  "Person"  means  an  individual,  firm,  company,  partnership  or corporation.   3. "Barber" means a person who engages in the practice of barbering.   4.  "Practice  of  barbering"  or  "barbering"  means and includes the performance of the following practices upon the head of  a  human  being for  any  purpose  whatsoever  except for the treatment of disease or of physical or mental ailments:  (a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair of humans;  (b) Giving facial or scalp massage with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances;  (c) Singeing, shampooing, arranging, dressing or dyeing  the  hair  or applying hair tonic;  (d)  Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face or neck.   5. "Licensee" means a person permitted to engage in  the  practice  of barbering pursuant to this article.   6. "Satisfactory" means satisfactory to the secretary of state.   7.  "Apprentice"  means  a  person  pursuing in good faith a course of study in the practice of barbering under the tutelage,  supervision  and direction of a licensee and who assists such licensee in such practice.   8.  "Barber shop" means any store, establishment, place or premises or part thereof where the practice of barbering is engaged in.   9. "Barber shop owner" is a person who operates or conducts  a  barber shop as defined by subdivision eight of this section.   10.  "Fee",  "examination  fee", "license fee", "registration fee" and "renewal fee" mean the fees required to  accompany  an  application  for examination  for  or  issuance  of  any  license  or  for  registration, including any temporary or  renewal  license  or  renewal  registration, pursuant to this article. Such fees shall be non-refundable.
NY Gen Bus L § 432 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 432 - Practice of Barbering; License Required; Apprentices.

§  432.  Practice  of  barbering;  license required; apprentices.   No   person shall engage for compensation in the practice of barbering and no   person shall maintain or operate a  barber  shop  after  October  first,   nineteen hundred forty-seven, or hold himself out as being able so to do   after such date unless he is licensed therefor pursuant to this article.   After  such  date  no  person  shall act as an apprentice or perform any   service as such unless he is registered pursuant to this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 433 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 433 - Powers of the Secretary of State.

§ 433. Powers of the secretary of state. In addition to the powers and   duties  elsewhere  prescribed  in  this  article, the secretary of state   shall have power: 1.  To  appoint  an  adequate  number  of  assistants,   inspectors  and  other  employees  as  may be necessary to carry out the   provisions of this article, to prescribe their duties, and to fix  their   compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.2.  To  examine  into the qualifications and fitness of applicants for   licenses or  certificates  and  of  prospective  applicants  under  this   article.3. To require all persons licensed or registered under this article to   submit  to  physical  examination  by  a physician or nurse practitioner   selected by the secretary of state.4. To keep records of all licenses issued, suspended or revoked.5. To prepare a manual of rules and regulations  for  the  conduct  of   examinations  and to furnish copies thereof to persons desiring the same   upon payment of a reasonable fee therefor.6. To adopt such rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the   provisions of this article, as may be necessary with respect to the form   and  content  of  applications  for licenses, the reception thereof, the   investigation  and  examination   of   applicants   and/or   prospective   applicants  taking  examinations and their qualifications, and the other   matters incidental or appropriate to the secretary of state's powers and   duties as prescribed by this article and for the  proper  administration   and  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this article, and to amend or   repeal any of such rules and regulations.7. To  grant  a  temporary  license  to  engage  in  the  practice  of   barbering,  in  his  own discretion, where a situation exists which will   render a hardship on a community to be without a licensed  barber.  Such   temporary  license  shall  be  granted  to  a holder of a certificate of   registration as an apprentice who has had some training or experience in   the practice of barbering and  shall  be  valid  only  as  long  as  the   secretary  of  state  may  decide,  or as long as the hardship condition   exists.
NY Gen Bus L § 436 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 436 - Sanitary Rules.

§  436.  Sanitary  rules.    All  barber shops shall be maintained and   operated in accordance with the provisions of the state  sanitary  code,   except  in  the city of New York where the city health code shall apply,   and  all  licensees  or  persons  employed  or  engaged  therein  or  in   connection therewith shall comply with the provisions of such rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 437 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 437 - Apprentices.

§   437.   Apprentices.   1.  Each  applicant  for  a  certificate  of   registration as an apprentice shall  make  an  application  which  shall   include  the  physician's  certificate required by paragraph (c) and the   certificate of completion required by paragraph (e-1) of subdivision one   of section four hundred thirty-four, two recent photographs,  and  which   certificate  shall  contain  such  other  information  required  by such   section and in such form as the secretary of state may prescribe.2. A certificate of registration as  an  apprentice  shall  be  for  a   period of four years.3. Each certificate of registration issued as provided in this section   shall  be  posted  in some conspicuous place in the barber shop in which   the apprentice is actually engaged in the practice of  barbering  as  an   apprentice.4.  A  certificate of registration expiring in any year, which has not   been revoked, may, upon payment of the fee prescribed by  this  article,   be  renewed  for  additional  periods  of  four  years  upon  filing  an   application therefor and the certificate mentioned in subdivision two on   condition, however, that no certificate of registration  may  be  issued   after  one  renewal,  unless  the  applicant  for  such  certificate  of   registration has complied  with  all  the  provisions  of  this  article   relating to apprentices.
NY Gen Bus L § 438 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 438 - Barber Shop Owners' License; Requirements.

§  438.  Barber  shop  owners'  license; requirements. 1. On and after   October first, nineteen hundred  forty-seven  no  person  shall  own  or   operate  a  barber  shop  unless  a barber shop owners' license is first   obtained from the secretary of state  for  each  barber  shop  owned  or   operated.2.  The  establishment of itinerant shops is hereby prohibited and the   maintenance of a bona fide establishment with a permanent  and  definite   location  shall  be  a  prerequisite  for  the issuance of a barber shop   owner's license.2-a. The holder of a certificate  of  registration  as  an  apprentice   shall not be entitled to a barber shop owner's license.3.  An applicant for a barber shop owner's license must establish that   he or she is the real owner and possesses title to or is entitled to the   possession of the shop. He or she must furnish satisfactory evidence  of   proper  location  of  the shop, proper layout and adequate equipment for   the shop, sanitary conditions in the shop  and  its  surroundings.  Such   applicant   must  also  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  good  moral   character,  except  that  in  determining  an  applicant's  good   moral   character,  the secretary of state shall not automatically disqualify an   applicant on the basis of a criminal  conviction.  The  secretary  shall   review  such  criminal  history  information  in accordance with article   twenty-three-A of the correction law.4. A license issued under this section must at all  times  during  the   term thereof be displayed in the barber shop for which issued.5.  Notice  in  writing  shall  be given the secretary of state at his   office in Albany by the holder of a barber shop owner's license  of  any   change  in  address  of  the  barber  shop  together  with the return of   license, whereupon a properly signed endorsement will  be  made  on  the   face  of  the license as to such change and the license then returned to   the licensee.  A change of address by a licensee without such notice and   endorsement of license shall operate to cancel the license.
NY Gen Bus L § 440 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 440 - Fees.

§  440.  Fees.  1.  The fee for a license to engage in the practice of   barbering shall be forty dollars and for each renewal  thereof  the  fee   shall be forty dollars.2.  The  fee  for  a  license  to conduct a barber shop shall be sixty   dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be sixty dollars.3. The fee for taking a written or practical  examination  under  this   article shall be fifteen dollars.4.  The fee for the registration or the renewal of the registration of   an apprentice shall be twenty dollars.5. The fee for issuing a duplicate license  in  substitution  for  one   lost, destroyed or mutilated shall be ten dollars.6. The fee for changing a name on a license shall be thirty dollars.7. The fee for changing the address on a license shall be ten dollars.8.  The  fees hereinabove set forth shall be those for licenses issued   for the license period of four years. Notwithstanding the provisions  of   subdivision  one  of  section  four hundred thirty-nine of this article,   after April first, two thousand eleven, the  secretary  of  state  shall   assign  staggered  expiration  dates  for outstanding licenses that have   been previously renewed and such licenses shall thereafter  expire  four   years  from  the  assigned  date  unless renewed. The secretary of state   shall assign dates to existing licenses in a manner which  shall  result   in a term of not less than four years.
NY Gen Bus L § 441 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 441 - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Certificates.

§  441. Suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates.  (a) A license to engage in the practice of barbering or to  conduct  a  barber shop or a certificate of an apprentice may be suspended or revoked or in lieu  thereof  a  fine not exceeding five hundred dollars payable to the department of state or a reprimand may be imposed by  the  secretary  of state, for any one or more of the following causes:   1. Refusal  to  submit  to  physical  examination  when ordered by the secretary of state,  pursuant  to  subdivision  three  of  section  four hundred thirty-three.   2. Practice by a person having an infectious or communicable disease.   3. Habitual drunkenness or unlawful use of a habit-forming drug.   4. Fraud  or  bribery in securing a certificate by an apprentice or in securing a license or permission to take an examination therefor.   5. The making of any false statement as to a material  matter  in  any application or other statement or certificate required by or pursuant to this article.   6. Incompetency.   7. Failure  to  display the license or certificate as provided in this article.   8. Violation of any provision of this  article,  or  of  any  rule  or regulation adopted hereunder, or of any applicable sanitary code.   9. Conviction of any crime or offense involving moral turpitude.   10.  Conviction  under  subdivision  one  of section sixty-five of the alcoholic beverage control law where such conviction was for the sale of alcohol to a person actually under the age of twenty-one and the offense occurred at the barber's place of business.  (b) Whenever the license to  practice  barbering  or  the  license  to conduct  a  barber  shop or the certificate of an apprentice is revoked, such license or certificate shall not be reinstated  or  reissued  until after  the  expiration  of  a  period  of one year from the date of such revocation.
NY Gen Bus L § 442 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 442 - Hearing on Charges; Decision.

§  442.  Hearing on charges; decision. No license or certificate shall   be suspended or revoked or any fine or reprimand imposed upon the holder   thereof until after a hearing had before an officer or employee  of  the   department  designated  for such purpose by the secretary of state, upon   notice to the licensee of at least ten days. The notice shall be  served   either  personally  or  by  certified  mail and shall state the date and   place of hearing and set forth the ground or  grounds  constituting  the   charges  against the licensee. The licensee or registrant shall be heard   in his defense either in person or by counsel and may produce  witnesses   and testify in his behalf. A stenographic record of the hearing shall be   taken and preserved. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The   person  conducting  the  hearing  shall  make  a  written  report of his   findings and a recommendation to the secretary of  state  for  decision.   The secretary of state shall review such findings and the recommendation   and,  after  due deliberation, shall issue an order accepting, modifying   or rejecting such recommendation and dismissing the charges,  suspending   or  revoking  the  license  or certificate or in lieu thereof imposing a   fine or reprimand upon the licensee. For the purpose  of  this  article,   the  secretary  of  state  or  any officer or employee of the department   designated by  him,  may  administer  oaths,  take  testimony,  subpoena   witnesses  and  compel  the  production  of  books,  papers, records and   documents deemed pertinent to the subject of investigation.
NY Gen Bus L § 443 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 443 - Judicial Review.

§  443.  Judicial  review.  The  action  of  the secretary of state in   suspending, revoking  or  refusing  to  issue  or  renew  a  license  or   certificate  or  imposing  any fine or reprimand upon the holder thereof   may be reviewed by a proceeding brought under and  pursuant  to  article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Gen Bus L § 444 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 444 - Violations and Penalties.

§  444.  Violations  and  penalties.  Any person who shall directly or   indirectly engage in the practice of barbering or hold  himself  out  to   the  public  as  being able so to do, or conduct a barber shop without a   license therefor, or who shall violate any of  the  provisions  of  this   article,  or having had his license suspended or revoked, shall continue   to engage in the practice of barbering or  who  directly  or  indirectly   employs,  permits  or  authorizes  an unlicensed person to engage in the   practice of barbering or who directly or indirectly employs, permits  or   authorizes  an unregistered apprentice to act as an apprentice, shall be   guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,  shall  be  punishable  by   imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than   five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment and each such   violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
NY Gen Bus L § 444-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 444-A - Official Acts Used as Evidence.

§  444-a.  Official  acts  used  as evidence. The official acts of the   secretary of state and department, shall be prima facie evidence of  the   facts  therein  and  shall be entitled to be received in evidence in all   actions at law and other legal proceedings in any court  or  before  any   board, body or officer.
NY Gen Bus L § 445 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 445 - Disposition of Moneys Derived From Operation of Article.

§  445.  Disposition  of moneys derived from operation of article. All   moneys derived from the operation of this article shall be deposited  to   the  credit  of  the business and licensing services account established   pursuant to section ninety-seven-y of the state finance law.
NY Gen Bus L § 446 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 446 - Application of Article.

§  446.  Application of article. 1. This article shall not apply to or   affect the practice of their professions by  duly  licensed  physicians,   osteopaths,  dentists,  optometrists,  nurses or physiotherapists, or to   the practice of their vocations by hairdressers or  cosmetologists,  nor   to  any hospital which operates a barber shop solely for the convenience   of its patients and which is not open to the public.2. This article shall not be construed to apply to, affect or  prevent   the  practice  of beauty culture as now conducted in the beauty shops of   the state, or the operation of beauty shops and barber schools.3. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to furnish  a   means of evading the provisions of this article relating to the practice   of  barbering  and  in  any  prosecution  for  a  violation  of any such   provision, the terms "hairdresser, " "cosmetologist,  "  "beauty  shop,"   and "practice of hairdressing and cosmetology" shall have their commonly   accepted meanings.
NY Gen Bus L § 447 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28 - Practice of Barbering 447 - Separability Clause.

§  447. Separability clause.  If any part or provision of this article   or the application thereof to any person or  circumstances  be  adjudged   invalid  by  any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be   confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly   involved in the controversy in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been   rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of   this   article   or   the   application  thereof  to  other  persons  or   circumstances and the legislature hereby declares  that  it  would  have   enacted this article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such   provision or application thereof been apparent.
NY Gen Bus L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28-A - Cemetery Property and Funeral Services 450 - Unlawful Acts Relating to Sales of Cemetery Property.

§  450. Unlawful acts relating to sales of cemetery property. The sale   or procuring any agreement for sale of cemetery lots  or  plots,  or  of   crypts or niches in a community mausoleum, or niches in a columbarium or   crematorium,  upon  the promise, representation or inducement of re-sale   at a financial profit is hereby prohibited.   Any person  or  individual   who  shall  make,  or  attempt  to  make, either on his own behalf or on   behalf of another  a  sale  conveyance  or  agreement  contrary  to  the   provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 450-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28-A - Cemetery Property and Funeral Services 450-A - Unauthorized Sale of Cemetery Markers and Flag Holders.

§  450-a.  Unauthorized  sale  of  cemetery  markers and flag holders.   Except for a veterans' organization,  those  businesses  which  normally   carry  on such trade, or are authorized by veterans' organizations to do   so,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association   or   corporation to engage in the buying or selling of metal cemetery markers   and  flag  holders  bearing  the  insignia of any veterans' organization   placed upon the graves of veterans. A violation  of  the  provisions  of   this  section  shall constitute a violation and shall be punishable by a   fine of not more than five hundred dollars or not more than fifteen days   imprisonment or both.
NY Gen Bus L § 451 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28-A - Cemetery Property and Funeral Services 451 - Cemetery to State True Location.

§  451.  Cemetery to state true location.  Any cemetery corporation or   employee or agent thereof that shall advertise in a newspaper,  magazine   or  other  publication  or  in  the  form  of  a book, notice, circular,   pamphlet, letter, poster, card, or over any radio  station,  or  in  any   other way for the purpose of selling lots, plots or parts thereof in its   cemetery  shall in such advertisement state the location of the cemetery   grounds, including the city, town or village, and the county and  state.   A  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall constitute a   misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine  of  not  more  than  five   hundred dollars or not more than six months imprisonment or both.
NY Gen Bus L § 452 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 28-A - Cemetery Property and Funeral Services 452 - Unauthorized Charges in Connection With Permits for Burials or Erection of Monuments.

§  452. Unauthorized charges in connection with permits for burials or   erection of monuments.  It shall be unlawful for a society or  fraternal   organization  or a representative thereof to obtain, receive or exact or   attempt to obtain, receive or exact, a fee or thing of value in addition   to the regular dues or charges required  to  be  paid  pursuant  to  the   by-laws,   constitution,   or   rules   of  such  society  or  fraternal   organization as a condition to granting  a  permit  for  or  consent  to   burial  in  or the erection of a monument or memorial upon a lot or plot   in  a  cemetery.  A  violation  of  this  section  shall  constitute   a   misdemeanor  and  shall  be  punishable  by a fine of not more than five   hundred dollars or not more than six months imprisonment or both.