Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 17 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESSES (§§ 17-1-101 — 17-107-311) › Subtitle 2 - NONMEDICAL PROFESSIONS (§§ 17-10-101 — 17-56-202) › Chapter 20 - BARBERS (§§ 17-20-101 — 17-20-503) › Subchapter 4 - BARBER SCHOOLS AND POSTSECONDARY BARBER SCHOOLS (§§ 17-20-401 — 17-20-424) › Section 17-20-407 - Curriculum

(a)
A school or college of barbering shall not be approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and a license shall not be issued to operate or conduct any school or college of barbering until the applicant demonstrates to the board that it is fully qualified to thoroughly educate and instruct students in all subjects necessary and required to qualify them as competent barbers.
(b)
A school of barbering shall not be approved by the board unless it:
(1)
Meets the admission requirements under this subchapter; and
(2)
(A)
Requires as a prerequisite to graduation a course of instruction and practice of not fewer than five hundred fifty (550) hours for licensed cosmetologists, and for all other students not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of continuous study and practice of not more than eight (8) hours in any one (1) day, five (5) days a week, within a period of not fewer than nine (9) months from the date of enrollment.
(B)
The course of instruction shall include the following subjects, with the curriculum hours as specified in the rules and procedures of the board:
(i)
Scientific fundamentals for barbering;
(ii)
Physiology;
(iii)
Hygiene;
(iv)
Elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics;
(v)
Massaging and manipulating the muscles of the face, neck, and scalp;
(vi)
Hair cutting;
(vii)
Bobbing;
(viii)
Waving;
(ix)
Shaving;
(x)
Beard trimming; and
(xi)
Chemical services.
(c)
Each barber college shall abide by the following guidelines:
(1)
Conduct a course of study and training which shall consist of not fewer than five hundred fifty (550) hours for students who are licensed cosmetologists, and as to all other students not fewer than one thousand five hundred (1,500) clock hours. The average daily schedule of each student shall consist of the following:
(A)
One and one-fourth (11/4) clock hours of theoretical study in a classroom;
(B)
One and one-fourth (11/4) clock hours of scientific barber practice in a classroom other than general clinic; and
(C)
Five (5) clock hours of general barber practice. Each barber college shall average five (5) services per day per student;
(2)
Teach no fewer than one-third (1/3) of its total enrollment scientific barbering practice, theory, or general barber practice at one (1) time;
(3)
Post a daily schedule of its course of study in its general clinic where it can be easily read by all students; and
(4)
Require a maximum attendance in all subjects. A student shall not be permitted to spend more than eight (8) hours in the college in any one (1) day.
(d)
The board shall promulgate rules that distinguish between a secondary and a postsecondary education curriculum.
(e)
The curriculum described in this section may be completed through supervisory learning in a classroom, online, or on a distance education platform for up to fifty percent (50%) of the student's training program as authorized by the United States Department of Education as existed on January 1, 2021.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 724,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 1060,§ 25, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1417,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1961, No. 109, §§ 3, 8, 12; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 71-525, 71-530, 71-534; Acts 1989, No. 388, § 11.