2023 Tennessee Code › Title 62 - PROFESSIONS, BUSINESSES AND TRADES (§§ 62-1-101 — 62-76-203) › Chapter 3 - BARBERS (§§ 62-3-101 — 62-3-135) › Section 62-3-110 - Qualifications for technicians and master barbers

(a)
(1)
Any person who desires a certificate of registration as a technician, authorizing the person to apply tints or dyes to the hair, shampoo hair, manicure nails and apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body, shall submit an application for examination to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form.
(2)
The application shall be accompanied by proof of satisfactory completion of a course in a registered barber school or college of no less than three hundred forty (340) hours of continuous instruction, including no more than eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week in the following subjects:
(A)
Scientific fundamentals of shampooing, tinting, dyeing, manicuring, the application of cosmetic preparations, hygiene and bacteriology;
(B)
Histology of the hair and hair structure; and
(C)
Massaging and manipulation of the muscles of the arms, hands and scalp.
(3)
The application must also contain proof that the applicant:
(A)
Is at least sixteen (16) years of age; and
(B)
Successfully completed up to one (1) hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the applicant, by a nonprofit anti-domestic violence organization recognized by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault on domestic violence that focuses on how to recognize the signs of domestic violence, how to respond to these signs, and how to refer a client to resources for victims of domestic violence.
(b)
Any person who desires a certificate of registration as a master barber shall submit an application for examination to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant:
(1)
Is at least sixteen (16) years of age;
(2)
[deleted by 2024 amendment];
(3)
Either:
(A)
Has satisfactorily completed a course of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in a registered barber school or college; or
(B)
Holds a valid Tennessee cosmetology license and has completed three hundred (300) hours in a registered barber school or college regarding the fundamentals of straight razor shaving and barbering technique; and
(4)
Successfully completed up to one (1) hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the applicant, by a nonprofit anti-domestic violence organization recognized by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault on domestic violence that focuses on how to recognize the signs of domestic violence, how to respond to these signs, and how to refer a client to resources for victims of domestic violence.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 32, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 114, s 40, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 549, s 11, eff. 10/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 549, s 10, eff. 10/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 117, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 4/13/2021.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 226, s 2, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 402, s 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 402, s 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1929, ch. 118, § 5; Code 1932, § 7122; Acts 1961, ch. 67, § 1; 1967, ch. 249, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 90, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 131, § 1; Acts 1975, ch. 146, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-310; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 3; 1986, ch. 921, §§8, 9; 1996, ch. 895, §§ 3-7.