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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:152. Use of title "architect"; seal or stamp

RS 37:152 - Use of title "architect"; seal or stamp
A.(1) The name of the architect followed by the title "architect" shall appear on every publication, announcement, and letterhead used by a person practicing architecture in connection with his practice.
(2) Every registered architect shall have a seal or stamp. This shall contain his name, the words "Registered Architect, State of Louisiana," and the architect's license number. All contract drawings and specifications issued by the architect for use in this state shall be stamped or sealed. The removal of an architect's seal or stamp, and/or use of an architect's plans, unless otherwise provided by law or by written approval of the architect, shall be a violation of this Chapter and shall be subject to the penalties delineated in R.S. 37:154(B).
B. Except in the cases contemplated by R.S. 38:2317, no architect shall affix his seal or stamp or permit it to be affixed to any specification, drawing, or other related document which was not prepared either by him or under his responsible supervision. In those cases contemplated by R.S. 38:2317, the design professional reviewing state-owned plans, designs, specifications, or other construction documents shall remove the stamp or seal of the original architect and shall affix his stamp or seal to those documents that he has reviewed and approved for reuse. The design professional affixing his stamp or seal to documents approved for reuse shall assume all responsibilities for the documents which bear his stamp or seal. No architect shall use his seal or stamp or do any other act as an architect unless he is at the time duly registered.
Amended by Acts 1964, No. 21, §1; Acts 1972, No. 69, §1. Acts 1983, No. 472, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1012, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:156. Suits by board; injunction

RS 37:156 - Suits by board; injunction
The board shall have the right to go into court in the jurisdiction in which the provisions of this Chapter are being violated and, upon affidavit or other proof, secure a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction restraining and prohibiting any violation of this Chapter and the performance of any work then being done or about to be commenced in violation of this Chapter. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Chapter in any such proceeding shall pay to the board a civil penalty in an amount determined by the court which may include the board's attorneys fees, costs, investigation, and other expenses, but in no event shall the fine be less than the sum of one thousand dollars.
Acts 1983, No. 472, §1; Acts 1988, No. 583, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:158. Firm practice; licensure; promulgation of rules and regulation

RS 37:158 - Firm practice; licensure; promulgation of rules and regulation
A. All domestic firms and foreign firms qualifying to do business in the state of Louisiana, which practice or offer to practice architecture in the state of Louisiana are subject to regulation and supervision by the board, and the board, in implementation of this Section, may issue rules and regulations further governing the conduct and activities of such firms.
B. Within thirty days after the issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of incorporation of a Louisiana corporation formed pursuant to the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, R.S. 12:1 et seq., the Louisiana Nonprofit Corporation Law, R.S. 12:201 et seq., or the Louisiana Architectural-Engineering Corporation Law, R.S. 12:1171 et seq., or the issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of organization of a Louisiana limited liability company formed pursuant to the Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law, R.S. 12:1301 et seq., or the qualification of a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company in the state of Louisiana which practices or offers to practice architecture in the state of Louisiana, the firm shall file an application for licensure with the board on a form provided by the board.
C. Within sixty days after the firm files with the board the application required above, the board, in the event the firm is otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations issued by the board governing firms, shall issue a license. Any firm having been so licensed by the board shall have the authority to contract to deliver such architectural services, and therefore shall be subject to disciplinary action as provided in this Chapter.
Acts 2012, No. 514, §1, eff. June 5, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:211. Louisiana State Bar Association; recognition of association by legislature

RS 37:211 - Louisiana State Bar Association; recognition of association by legislature
The Louisiana State Bar Association is created and regulated under the rule-making power of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, pursuant to a memorial addressed to the court by the legislature in Act 54 of 1940.
The association may organize under the general corporation laws of this state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:212. "Practice of law" defined

RS 37:212 - "Practice of law" defined
A. The practice of law means and includes:
(1) In a representative capacity, the appearance as an advocate, or the drawing of papers, pleadings or documents, or the performance of any act in connection with pending or prospective proceedings before any court of record in this state; or
(2) For a consideration, reward, or pecuniary benefit, present or anticipated, direct or indirect;
(a) The advising or counseling of another as to secular law;
(b) In behalf of another, the drawing or procuring, or the assisting in the drawing or procuring of a paper, document, or instrument affecting or relating to secular rights;
(c) The doing of any act, in behalf of another, tending to obtain or secure for the other the prevention or the redress of a wrong or the enforcement or establishment of a right; or
(d) Certifying or giving opinions, or rendering a title opinion as a basis of any title insurance report or title insurance policy as provided in R.S. 22:512(17), as it relates to title to immovable property or any interest therein or as to the rank or priority or validity of a lien, privilege or mortgage as well as the preparation of acts of sale, mortgages, credit sales or any acts or other documents passing titles to or encumbering immovable property.
B. Nothing in this Section prohibits any person from attending to and caring for his own business, claims, or demands; or from preparing abstracts of title; or from insuring titles to property, movable or immovable, or an interest therein, or a privilege and encumbrance thereon, but every title insurance contract relating to immovable property must be based upon the certification or opinion of a licensed Louisiana attorney authorized to engage in the practice of law. Nothing in this Section prohibits any person from performing, as a notary public, any act necessary or incidental to the exercise of the powers and functions of the office of notary public, as those powers are delineated in Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 35, Section 1, et seq.
C. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any partnership, corporation, or other legal entity from asserting or defending any claim, not exceeding five thousand dollars, on its own behalf in the courts of limited jurisdiction or on its own behalf through a duly authorized partner, shareholder, officer, employee, or duly authorized agent or representative. No partnership, corporation, or other entity may assert any claim on behalf of another entity or any claim assigned to it.
D. Nothing in Article V, Section 24, of the Constitution of Louisiana or this Section shall prohibit justices or judges from performing all acts necessary or incumbent to the authorized exercise of duties as judge advocates or legal officers.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 515, §1; Acts 1980, No. 161, §1; Acts 1981, No. 535, §1; Acts 1985, No. 783, §1; Acts 1989, No. 22, §1, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 673, §1; Acts 2010, No. 24, §1; Acts 2011, No. 325, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:213. Persons, professional associations, professional corporations, and limited liability companies entitled to practice law; penalty for unlawful practice

RS 37:213 - Persons, professional associations, professional corporations, and limited liability companies entitled to practice law; penalty for unlawful practice
A. No natural person, who has not first been duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law by the supreme court of this state, no corporation or voluntary association except a professional law corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes, and no partnership or limited liability company except one formed for the practice of law and composed of such natural persons, corporations, voluntary associations, or limited liability companies, all of whom are duly and regularly licensed and admitted to the practice of law, shall:
(1) Practice law.
(2) Furnish attorneys or counsel or an attorney and counsel to render legal services.
(3) Hold himself or itself out to the public as being entitled to practice law.
(4) Render or furnish legal services or advice.
(5) Assume to be an attorney at law or counselor at law.
(6) Assume, use, or advertise the title of lawyer, attorney, counselor, advocate or equivalent terms in any language, or any phrase containing any of these titles in such manner as to convey the impression that he is a practitioner of law.
(7) In any manner advertise that he, either alone or together with any other person, has, owns, conducts, or maintains an office of any kind for the practice of law.
B. This Section does not prevent any corporation or voluntary association formed for benevolent or charitable purposes and recognized by law from furnishing an attorney at law to give free assistance to persons without means.
C. Any natural person who violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
D. Any partnership, corporation, or voluntary association which violates this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. Every officer, trustee, director, agent, or employee of a corporation or voluntary association who, directly or indirectly, engages in any act violating any provision of this Section or assists the corporation or voluntary association in the performance of any such violation is subject to the penalties prescribed in this Section for violations by a natural person.
Acts 1964, No. 357, §1; Acts 1990, No. 841, §1; Acts 1993, No. 475, §6, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 2001, No. 835, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:214. Visiting attorneys of other states; reciprocity

RS 37:214 - Visiting attorneys of other states; reciprocity
Except as provided in this Section, no person licensed or qualified to practice as an attorney at law or as an attorney and counsellor at law in any other state and temporarily present in this state shall practice law in this state, unless he has been first duly licensed to practice law by the supreme court of this state or unless he acts in association with some attorney duly licensed to practice law by the supreme court of this state.
Nothing in this Chapter prevents the practice of law in this state by a visiting attorney from a state which, either by statute or by some rule of practice accorded specific recognition by the highest court of that state, has adopted a rule of reciprocity that permits an attorney duly licensed and qualified to practice law in this state to appear alone as an attorney in all courts of record in the other state, without being required to be admitted to practice in such other state, and without being required to associate with himself some attorney admitted to practice in the other state.
Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:215. Procedure by visiting attorney for recognition in Louisiana courts under reciprocity rule

RS 37:215 - Procedure by visiting attorney for recognition in Louisiana courts under reciprocity rule
Whenever any visiting attorney desires to exercise the privilege of appearing alone as counsel of record in any case in any court of record in this state, under the provisions of the second paragraph of R.S. 37:214, he shall, before filing the first pleading or other appearance on behalf of his client in the cause, produce evidence satisfactory to the court before which he wishes to appear, or to the presiding judge if there be two or more judges of the court, to the effect that the state in which he is then licensed and qualified to practice law has in force a statute or rule of practice of the character specified in R.S. 37:214. Upon the judge being satisfied of this, he shall enter an order authorizing the appearance of the visiting attorney before his court in the case. This order shall specifically refer to the appropriate statutory provision or to the requisite judicial recognition of the appropriate rule of practice of the other state in question.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:216. Filing of pleadings by visiting attorney under reciprocity rule; proofs required by clerk

RS 37:216 - Filing of pleadings by visiting attorney under reciprocity rule; proofs required by clerk
No clerk of any court of record in this state shall file any pleading, brief, or other appearance signed on behalf of any party or litigant solely by a visiting attorney, unless it or some prior pleading, brief, or appearance filed in the cause by the visiting attorney is accompanied by an order of court of the character specified in R.S. 37:215. If any such pleading, brief, or other appearance is inadvertently filed without a compliance with the provisions of R.S. 37:215, it may be ordered stricken from the record ex parte on motion of any party at interest, or by the court of its own motion.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:217. Liability of attorney to client for neglect; costs

RS 37:217 - Liability of attorney to client for neglect; costs
If a nonsuit is entered, owing to the absence or neglect of the attorney without a reasonable excuse, the costs shall be paid by the attorney and he shall be liable to pay all the damages which his client suffers by being nonsuited or by any other neglect of the attorney, recoverable in a summary way, on motion after giving the accused notice.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:218. Contract for fee based on proportion of subject matter; stipulation concerning compromise, discontinuance, or settlement

RS 37:218 - Contract for fee based on proportion of subject matter; stipulation concerning compromise, discontinuance, or settlement
A. By written contract signed by his client, an attorney at law may acquire as his fee an interest in the subject matter of a suit, proposed suit, or claim in the assertion, prosecution, or defense of which he is employed, whether the claim or suit be for money or for property. Such interest shall be a special privilege to take rank as a first privilege thereon, superior to all other privileges and security interests under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial laws. In such contract, it may be stipulated that neither the attorney nor the client may, without the written consent of the other, settle, compromise, release, discontinue, or otherwise dispose of the suit or claim. Either party to the contract may, at any time, file and record it with the clerk of court in the parish in which the suit is pending or is to be brought or with the clerk of court in the parish of the client's domicile. After such filing, any settlement, compromise, discontinuance, or other disposition made of the suit or claim by either the attorney or the client, without the written consent of the other, is null and void and the suit or claim shall be proceeded with as if no such settlement, compromise, discontinuance, or other disposition has been made.
B. The term "fee", as used in this Section, means the agreed upon fee, whether fixed or contingent, and any and all other amounts advanced by the attorney to or on behalf of the client, as permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 595, §1; Acts 1975, No. 670, §1; Acts 1989, No. 78, §2, eff. June 16, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 128, §13, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:219. Unlawful payments by attorneys; unlawful solicitation of employment for legal practitioners; penalty

RS 37:219 - Unlawful payments by attorneys; unlawful solicitation of employment for legal practitioners; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any attorney to pay money or give any other thing of value to any person for the purpose of obtaining representation of any client.
B.(1) No person, firm, or entity shall solicit employment for a legal practitioner. This Paragraph shall not apply to a communication governed by the Louisiana State Bar Articles of Incorporation, Article 16, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.1.
(2) This Section does not prevent any corporation or voluntary association formed for benevolent or charitable purposes and recognized by law from furnishing an attorney at law to give free assistance to persons without means.
C.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than ninety days nor more than five years.
(2) For a second and each subsequent violation of the provisions of this Section, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than three years and for not more than fifteen years without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for the first five years.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 759, §1. Acts 1993, No. 420, §2; Acts 2001, No. 835, §1; Acts 2006, No. 684, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:220. Confidentiality, immunity; loss prevention programs

RS 37:220 - Confidentiality, immunity; loss prevention programs
Any past or present loss prevention counsel functioning as such in the position approved by the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association committee member, staff member, or person receiving information from such counsel, committee member, or staff member who has been involved in any loss prevention program, shall not be required to report any acts or disclose any information concerning the acts or omissions of a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association received during, or in connection with, loss prevention activities. Such counsel, committee member, and staff member shall be privileged and immune from any suit, claim, demand, court order, action, proceeding, or discovery request brought in connection with loss prevention duties or activities performed for any Louisiana State Bar Association member.
Acts 1992, No. 627, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:222. Limitation of liability; structured settlements; funding; "good faith" investments

RS 37:222 - Limitation of liability; structured settlements; funding; "good faith" investments
A. An attorney who acts in good faith shall not be liable for any loss or damages as a result of any act or omission in negotiating or recommending a structured settlement of a claim or the particular mechanism or entity for the funding thereof or in depositing or investing settlement funds in a particular entity, unless the loss or damage was caused by his willful or wanton misconduct.
B. As used in this Section:
(1) "Attorney" means a natural person, duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in this state, a professional law corporation organized pursuant to R.S. 12:801 et seq., or a partnership formed for the practice of law and composed of such natural persons or corporations, all of whom are duly and regularly licensed and admitted to the practice of law.
(2) "Good faith" is presumed to exist when the attorney recommends or negotiates, invests, or deposits funds with an entity which is funded, guaranteed, or bonded by an insurance company which, at the time of such act, had a minimum rating of "A+9" or "Double A", or an equivalent thereof, according to standard rating practices in the insurance industry.
Acts 1997, No. 608, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:341. Board of Barber Examiners

RS 37:341 - Board of Barber Examiners
A.(1) The Board of Barber Examiners, hereinafter referred to as the board, is hereby created. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be a practical barber who has followed the occupation of barbering in this state for five years continuously and in his district for two years prior to his appointment.
(2) One member shall be appointed from each public service commission district in the following manner:
(a) The Louisiana State Association of Journeymen Barbers, Hair Dressers, Cosmetologists, and Proprietors shall submit to the governor a list of three names for each vacancy that may exist on the board, one of whom shall be a member of a racial minority and a member of the nominating organization.
(b) When more than one vacancy exists at the same time, the name of any person may not appear on more than one list.
(c) Upon receipt of the lists, the governor shall select and appoint one member.
B. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
C. The governor shall designate one member to serve as chairman of the board.
D. The members of the board shall serve staggered terms of six years. However, no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
E. A vacancy occurring on the board for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 815, §1; Acts 1977, No. 275, §1, eff. July 7, 1977. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1. Acts 1984, No. 399, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 226, §2, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:345. Compensation and expenses of board

RS 37:345 - Compensation and expenses of board
A. The members of the board appointed pursuant to R.S. 37:341 shall receive compensation fixed by the board at not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars per day for each day in attendance upon its sessions and for necessary subsistence, hotel expenses, and travel expenses, covering travel from their domiciles to the place of meeting and return as set by regulation by the division of administration for executive branch agencies.
B. Board members shall be paid only actual expenses in the discharge of their duties. They shall give a correct itemized statement of their expenses.
C. The board shall be furnished suitable quarters.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 41, §1; Acts 1972, No. 244, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:346. Employment of assistants; qualifications

RS 37:346 - Employment of assistants; qualifications
The board may employ inspectors, instructors, and such other assistants as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter subject to any civil service law in effect. All inspectors shall be barbers who have had at least two years experience in this state. The board may employ an attorney to represent it in its functions pursuant to this Chapter.
Acts 1990, No. 597, §1; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:347. Salaries and expenses; how payable

RS 37:347 - Salaries and expenses; how payable
All salaries, per diem, and expenses due or incurred by the board shall be paid by vouchers drawn by the secretary. All such vouchers are payable only out of the barbers' board fund provided for in R.S. 37:376.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:348. Practice of barbering defined

RS 37:348 - Practice of barbering defined
Any one of the following practices or any combination thereof when done upon the human body above the seventh cervical vertebra for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments and when done for direct or indirect payment or without payment for the public generally constitutes the practice of barbering:
(1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair.
(2) Giving facial and scalp massages by applying oils, creams, lotion, or other cosmetic materials, either by hand or by mechanical appliances.
(3) Singeing, shampooing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonic.
(4) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powder, oils, clays, or lotions.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 41, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:349. Certificate of registration required for barbers; students excepted; apprenticeship certificates

RS 37:349 - Certificate of registration required for barbers; students excepted; apprenticeship certificates
A. No person shall practice or attempt to practice barbering without a certificate of registration as a registered barber issued by the board.
B. Students in certified barber colleges may perform acts included in the practice of barbering but only as clinical training and only on persons who have consented thereto after they have been specifically advised in advance that the operator is not a registered barber but only a student in training.
C. The board is authorized to adopt rules to allow a barber college to charge or accept directly or indirectly any money whatsoever for such clinical practice by the student or for materials used therein whether the money is considered payment for services or materials or as a gratuity.
D. A person participating in the Barber Apprenticeship Program registered with the Apprenticeship Council of the Louisiana Workforce Commission may perform acts included in the practice of barbering if he holds an apprenticeship certificate issued by the board. The board shall issue such an apprenticeship certificate to an applicant upon submission of an application accompanied by proof of his participation in such program and payment of the appropriate apprenticeship certificate fee.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §2. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:350. Persons exempt

RS 37:350 - Persons exempt
A. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:
(1) Persons authorized by law to practice medicine or surgery.
(2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Hospital Service.
(3) Registered nurses.
(4) Persons authorized by law to practice cosmetic therapy or beauty culture.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not authorize any of the above exempted persons to shave or trim the beard or to cut the hair of any person for cosmetic purposes.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:351. Employment of barbers

RS 37:351 - Employment of barbers
No person shall permit any person in his employ or under his supervision or control to practice as a barber unless the latter person has a certificate of registration as a registered barber, an apprenticeship certificate, or a certificate of registration as a cosmetologist issued by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology, or holds a valid permit from the Board of Barber Examiners issued pursuant to R.S. 37:368.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §3; Acts 1978, No. 57, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:352. Operation of barber shop; advertising; barber poles

RS 37:352 - Operation of barber shop; advertising; barber poles
A. No person shall operate a barber shop unless it is at all times under the direct supervision and management of a registered barber who is engaged in barbering full time in the same shop.
B. No person shall advertise barbering services unless the establishment and the personnel employed in such establishment are registered pursuant to this Chapter.
C. No person shall use or display a barber pole for the purpose of offering barber services to the consuming public without a barber shop registration issued pursuant to this Chapter. For purposes of this Subsection, "barber pole" means a cylinder or pole with alternating stripes of any combination, including but not limited to red and white or red, white, and blue, which run diagonally along the length of the cylinder or pole.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:353. Registration of barber shops; inspection; fees

RS 37:353 - Registration of barber shops; inspection; fees
A.(1) The owner or manager of a new barber shop shall give the board at least thirty days written notice before the initial opening of the barber shop.
(2) The board or its agents or employees shall inspect the barber shop.
(3) If it is a new shop, it shall not open to the public until the inspection has taken place and the shop has been approved as complying with all existing laws.
(4) If it is an operating shop, the change of ownership or management shall not be effected until the inspection provided for has taken place and the shop has been approved as complying with all existing laws.
(5) A fee set by R.S. 37:375 shall be charged for this inspection.
(6) An additional fee set by R.S. 37:375 shall be paid as a penalty for failure to comply with this Subsection.
B.(1) If a shop that has been in operation moves to a new location, the owner shall be required to have the same inspection as a new shop.
(2) When a new owner assumes operation of a shop already in operation, the owner shall be required to have the same inspection as a new shop.
(3) A fee set by R.S. 37:375 shall be charged for this inspection.
(4) An additional fee set by R.S. 37:375 shall be paid as a penalty for failure to comply with this Subsection.
Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:354. Qualifications for certificate to practice barbering

RS 37:354 - Qualifications for certificate to practice barbering
A. Any person shall be qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering if he complies with each of the following:
(1) Is at least eighteen years of age.
(2) Is of good moral character and temperate habits.
(3) Passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to practice barbering.
(4) Has met one of the following requirements:
(a) Successful completion of a course of instruction and receipt of a certificate of graduation from a barber college approved by the Louisiana State Board of Barber Examiners.
(b) Holding a current certificate of registration as a cosmetologist issued by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology.
(c) Successful completion of the Barber Apprenticeship Program registered with the Apprenticeship Council of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
B. Any applicant for a certificate of registration who fails to satisfactorily pass an examination conducted by the board may continue to appear before the board for examination every three months thereafter until he has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to receive his certificate of registration to practice as a barber.
C. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 470, §2.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 244, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2005, No. 470, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:355. Barber college defined

RS 37:355 - Barber college defined
As used in this Chapter, "barber college" shall include a school of barbering, college of barbering, barber school, barber college, and any other place or institution for the instruction or training of persons to engage in the practice of barbering.
Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:356. Certificate of registration for barber college required

RS 37:356 - Certificate of registration for barber college required
A. No person shall operate a barber college unless he holds a certificate of registration in good standing therefor issued by the board and unless such certificate is displayed at all times in a conspicuous place on the premises.
B. The board shall issue a certificate of registration for each college that complies with this Chapter and the regulations of the board.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §4; Acts 1978, No. 58, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:357. Application for barber college certificate; board hearing; inspection

RS 37:357 - Application for barber college certificate; board hearing; inspection
A. An applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a barber college shall file an application with the board in such form as the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by this Chapter. Upon receipt of the application, the board shall require the applicant, if an individual or a member, partner, or officer thereof if the applicant is a firm, partnership, or corporation, to appear personally before the board and submit information in such form as the board may by regulation prescribe showing the following:
(1) The location of the proposed college and its physical facilities and equipment.
(2) The proposed maximum number of students to be trained at one time and the number of instructors to be provided.
(3) The nature and terms of the applicant's right of possession of the proposed premises whether by lease, ownership, or otherwise.
(4) The financial ability of the applicant to operate the college in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter and the regulations of the board.
(5) Such other information as the board considers necessary.
B. Prior to the issuance of the certificate, the board or its representative shall inspect the college and shall determine that it complies with this Chapter and the regulations of the board. Before making such inspection, the board may require the applicant to furnish such evidence as is necessary to show compliance with any local laws governing the operation of barber colleges in the particular locality in which the college is to be located.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §5; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:359. Separate barber college locations; facilities in same central area as college

RS 37:359 - Separate barber college locations; facilities in same central area as college
A. For the purposes of this Chapter and the regulations of the board, each separate location at which the practice of barbering or any part thereof is taught shall be considered to be a separate college, and a separate certificate shall be required for each.
B.(1) However, facilities at which the practice of barbering or any part thereof is taught that are operated or maintained by a college in the same central area as the main establishment of the college shall not be deemed for the purposes of this Chapter to be a separate college.
(2) No such facility shall be operated or maintained by a college until and unless each such facility has been inspected and approved by the board in the same manner as is required before a certificate to operate a college may be issued, the fee prescribed by this Chapter paid, and a certificate to operate and maintain the particular facility is issued by the board.
(3) All other provisions of this Chapter governing the operation and maintenance of colleges except as expressly otherwise provided shall apply to each such facility as if the facility were a separate college but in no case shall a student who has filed an application for enrollment or attendance at a college be required to file another application to attend any facility of such college.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:360. Proof that establishment of new barber college will not be detrimental to public welfare; necessity; factors

RS 37:360 - Proof that establishment of new barber college will not be detrimental to public welfare; necessity; factors
A. Every applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a new barber college shall offer proof sufficient to the board that the establishment of a new barber college in a particular area will not be detrimental to the public welfare.
B. In considering whether the establishment of a new barber college in a particular area will be detrimental to the public welfare the board shall consider the need for barber college facilities or additional barber college facilities as the case may be in the community where the proposed barber college is to be located giving particular consideration to the following:
(1) The economic character of the community.
(2) The adequacy of existing barber shops and barber colleges in that community.
(3) The ability of the community to support the proposed barber college.
(4) The character of adjacent communities and the extent to which the establishment of the proposed barber college would draw patrons from such adjacent communities.
(5) The social and economic effect of the establishment of a barber college on the community where it is proposed to be located and on the adjacent communities.
(6) The expressed opinion of the registered barbers in the area of the proposed college as evidenced in person or by written petition to the board.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:361. Qualifications of college; entrance requirements and curriculum; sign

RS 37:361 - Qualifications of college; entrance requirements and curriculum; sign
A. The board shall not approve any barber college unless it requires as a prerequisite to admission graduation from high school or its equivalent thereof in education as determined by an examination conducted by the board and approved by the vocational education office of the State Department of Education and unless it requires as a prerequisite to graduation a course or instruction of not less than fifteen hundred hours completed within nine months, with no more than eight hours to any one working day, subject to the board's authority to determine by regulation the days and hours of school within these limits.
B. The course of instruction shall include the following subjects:
(1) Scientific fundamentals of barbering, hygiene, and bacteriology;
(2) History of the hair, skin, muscles, and nerves;
(3) Structure of the head, face, and neck;
(4) Elementary chemistry as it relates to sterilization and asepsis;
(5) Diseases of the skin and hair glands;
(6) The massaging and manipulating of the muscles of the body above the seventh cervical vertebra;
(7) Hair cutting and shaving; and
(8) The arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching, and tinting of the hair.
C. Every barber college shall maintain a sign in front of its premises reading "Barber College Only".
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:362. Instructors; certificate of registration required

RS 37:362 - Instructors; certificate of registration required
No person shall act as an instructor at a barber college and no barber college or owner or operator thereof shall hire or permit any person to act as an instructor at the barber college unless he has a current and valid certificate of registration as an instructor issued by the board.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:363. Instructor's certificates; application; qualifications

RS 37:363 - Instructor's certificates; application; qualifications
The board shall issue a certificate of registration as an instructor in a barber college to a person who complies with all of the following:
(1) Files an application with the board in such form as it may prescribe accompanied by the required fee.
(2) Is of good moral character and temperate habits.
(3) Holds a diploma evidencing successful completion of high school or has the equivalent education as determined by an examination conducted by the board and approved by the vocational education office of the Department of Education.
(4) Has held a valid certificate of registration as a barber in Louisiana and has practiced barbering in Louisiana for at least the last two years before issuance of the instructor's certificate.
(5) Has graduated from a barber college in a course embracing all the theory and scientific manipulation taught in barber schools.
(6) Passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to be an instructor.
(7) Attends, annually, sixteen hours of continuing education, eight of which must be through attendance of the Barber Board education workshop, the remaining through any board-approved continuing education program.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:364. Extension of time for completing course of instruction; application

RS 37:364 - Extension of time for completing course of instruction; application
A. The board in its discretion may extend for a reasonable period the time within which any course of instruction shall be completed by any student upon the showing of good cause that shall include but is not limited to:
(1) Interruptions in completing the course of instruction caused by any illness of or accident to the student;
(2) Enrollment and attendance in any secondary school or institute of higher learning; or
(3) Service in the armed forces of the United States.
B. Application for an extension of time pursuant to this Section shall be made to the board in writing.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:365. Applications for examination

RS 37:365 - Applications for examination
Each applicant for examination shall:
(1) Apply to the board on blank forms prepared and furnished by the board. This application shall contain proof under the applicant's oath of the particular qualifications set forth in the application.
(2) Furnish to the board two five-by-three inch signed photographs of the applicant, one to accompany the application and one to be returned to the applicant and to be presented to the board when he appears for examination.
(3) Pay to the board the fee provided in R.S. 37:375.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:366. Examination of applicants; notice

RS 37:366 - Examination of applicants; notice
A.(1) Every three months the board shall conduct an examination of:
(a) Applicants for certificates of registration to practice as registered barbers;
(b) Applicants for certificates of registration as instructors; and
(c) Applicants to enter an approved barber college to determine their educational qualifications.
(2) Notice of such examinations and the times and places thereof shall be given by mail to each applicant.
B. The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered barbers and as instructors shall include both a practical demonstration and a written and oral test and shall embrace the subjects usually taught in colleges of barbering approved by the board.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:367. Issuance of certificate of registration

RS 37:367 - Issuance of certificate of registration
A. When the provisions of this Chapter have been complied with, the board shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered barber or as an instructor as the case may be. Each member of the board shall sign every certificate.
B. No certificate of registration issued under this Chapter shall contain the complete social security number of the person to whom such certificate was issued. However, the certificate may contain the last four digits of the person's social security number if the board deems it necessary.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Professions and Occupations › §37:368. Permits for barbers pending examination

RS 37:368 - Permits for barbers pending examination
Any person who holds a valid current license to engage in the practice of barbering issued by any state of the United States or any foreign country may be issued a temporary permit to engage in the practice of barbering in this state pending examination by the board upon payment of the permit fee set by the board.
Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §6; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.