Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1801 › Chapter 6 - Barber Shops/Schools Regulations › Rule 30-1801-6.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The Following Rules and Regulations Must Be Displayed In
				  Barber Shops and Barber Schools
A. The
				Barber Board shall adopt and enforce sanitary regulations.
B. Any change of ownership and/or management
				will be reported to the Barber Board at once. In the event of a change of
				ownership, a new application for a shop license and the required fees will
				accompany such information.
C. Any
				shop in the State of Mississippi must be under the active management and
				control of a duly registered Barber.
D. All applications for shop license shall be
				submitted on the forms provided by the Barber Board and shall be accompanied by
				a fee of $15.00 for each chair manned by a registered barber as well as the fee
				of $25.00 for the new shop license. This latter fee is non-transferable and is
				required by law at any time a shop changes ownership or a new shop begins
				operation.
E. All rules and
				regulations of the State Board of Health of the State of Mississippi as well as
				of the Federal Government will pertain to barber shops and barber schools and
				are hereby adopted by this Barber Board and shall be adhered to by those
				persons practicing barbering in the State of Mississippi.
F. All barber schools shall be subject to the
				same inspections as barber shops. All instructors in licensed barber schools
				must apply for and be examined as to their qualifications for the privilege of
				being licensed as an instructor.
G. Every registered barber and barber
				instructor who continues in active practice or service shall annually on or
				before the anniversary date of the issuance of his certificate of registration
				renew the certificate by paying the required fee and meeting all applicable
				requirements of the State Board of Health. Every certificate of registration,
				which has not been renewed within thirty (30) days of its anniversary date,
				shall expire. A registered barber or barber instructor, whose certificate of
				registration has expired, may have his certificate restored immediately upon
				payment of the renewal fee plus the required restoration fee. After five (5)
				years an appropriate examination is required.
H. The Barber Board of Inspectors shall
				periodically inspect and grade individual shops and practitioners. Any person,
				partnership or corporation found to be in violation of these regulations upon a
				hearing as provided by law shall suffer the suspension of certificate and /or
				license for such period of time as the Barber Board may decide commensurate
				with the violation. In no event shall a suspension be less than fifteen (15)
				days nor more than two (2) years; however, a revocation shall be permanent, or
				until such time as the Barber Board may be satisfactorily shown that
				reinstatement would be in order.
I. Shop owners or managers must display a
				recognizable sign indicating that it is a barber shop or barber style shop with
				such sign being clearly visible at the main entrance of the shop.
J. Barbers in barber shops must be clean and
				neatly dressed.
K. Before the
				opening of any new barber college in the State of Mississippi, the Said owners
				must comply with specifications of the State Board of Barber Examiners. Upon
				request, they will be issued such specifications and required materials of
				compliance. The State Board of Barber Examiners must be notified thirty (30)
				days prior to the opening date.
L.
				Students shall not have less than (1500) hours of barbering in an approved
				school of barbering by the State Board of Barber Examiners of Mississippi
				before applying for the registered barber examination. However, a licensed
				cosmetologist must have six hundred (600) hours of barbering in such school
				before so applying.
M. Any person
				applying for an instructor's examination shall:
1. be twenty-one (21) years of age or older
2. be of good moral and temperate
				habits
3. be able to read, write
				and speak English
4. Possess a
				high school education or its equivalent
5. Have successfully completed not less than
				fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the State Board
				of Barber Examiners and hold a valid certificate of registration to practice
				barbering
6. Have not less than
				two (2) years of active experience as a registered barber
7. Have successfully completed not less than
				six hundred (600) hours of barber instructor training at a school approved by
				the Board and
8. Have passed a
				satisfactory examination conducted by the Board to determine his fitness to
				practice as a barber instructor.