30 Miss. Code. R. 1801-6.1

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.

N. The grades used for inspecting all barber shops and barber schools are as follows: A-Excellent B-Fair C-Bad, must be improved

O. No alcoholic beverages permitted in barber shops or schools at any time.

P. There shall be no direct connection between a sleeping room and a barber shop.

Q. It shall be the duty of the head barber or manager of each barber shop or barber school to make certain that all employees know and observe these regulations.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 1801-6.1

Mississippi Code of 1972, 73-5-7 (4); 73-5-8 (5); 73-5-11(7); 73-5-25(13); 73-5-29(15); 73-5-33(17); 73-5-35(18).

Amended 4/13/2016