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 62-3-124

(a)
The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor to a person who:
(1)
(A)
(i)
Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by the examination fee required by §
62-3-129
;
(ii)
Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has been duly registered as a master barber for a period of at least three (3) years prior to filing an application to be an instructor;
(iii)
[deleted by 2024 amendment]t;
(iv)
Completes an examination prescribed by the board; and
(v)
For all applications submitted on or after July 1, 2017, completes a three-hundred-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school;
(B)
(i)
Files an application with the board on or before June 30, 2017, in a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the examination fee required by §
62-3-129
;
(ii)
Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has completed a four-hundred-fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school;
(iii)
[deleted by 2024 amendment]t; and
(iv)
Completes an examination prescribed by the board; or
(C)
(i)
Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by a fee as required by the board;
(ii)
Holds a valid license to instruct in a school pursuant to §
62-4-110(c)
; and
(iii)
Completes three hundred (300) hours in a registered barber school or college regarding the fundamentals of straight razor shaving and barbering technique;
(2)
Successfully completed, as part of the hours of instruction described in this subsection (a) or §
62-3-110
, up to one (1) hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the person, 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)
After registration, each barber instructor shall biennially submit to the board satisfactory proof of attendance in a barber instructor training program of at least sixteen (16) hours' duration, approved by the board; however, the board may, in its discretion, grant up to one (1) additional year for submission of such proof when an instructor satisfactorily demonstrates a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of registration under §
62-3-120
.
(c)
A certificate of registration as a barber instructor shall become invalid if the registrant:
(1)
Ceases to hold a valid certificate of registration as a master barber; or
(2)
Fails to comply with subsection (b).
(d)
(1)
The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor assistant to a person who:
(A)
Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by §
62-3-129
;
(B)
Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and is currently enrolled in a four hundred fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; and
(C)
Has completed the tenth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent.
(2)
A barber instructor assistant shall not be employed as such for more than three (3) years.
(3)
All certificates or renewals of certificates shall expire on September 1 and shall become invalid thereafter.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 36, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 35, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 34, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 955, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 117, s 6, eff. 4/13/2021.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 991, s 5, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 402, s 8, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1951, ch. 231, § 3 (Williams, § 7123); Acts 1965, ch. 267, § 5; 1967, ch. 177, §1; 1967, ch. 249, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 161, § 3; Acts 1980, ch. 703, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §62-327; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 10; 1984, ch. 547, §1; 1986, ch. 921, §§20, 21; 1990, ch. 963, § 3; 1996, ch. 895, §§ 10, 11; 2001, ch. 99, § 3.