§ 17-20-502 - Certification. - Arkansas Statutes

17-20-502. Certification.

(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall issue a barber technician certification to a person who has:

(1) Completed the twelfth grade of school;

(2) Completed at least twenty (20) full working days' study at an approved school of barbering, which study shall include subjects designated by the board;

(3) Completed not fewer than twenty (20) hours' study of sterilization of tools and of the barber laws of the State of Arkansas; and

(4) Satisfactorily passed an examination prepared by and conducted by the board to determine the applicant's fitness and ability to practice as a barber technician.

(b) (1) Alternatively, the board shall issue a barber technician certification provided the person has:

(A) Completed the twelfth grade of school;

(B) Completed a sixty-day apprenticeship program under the instruction of a licensed barber and designed by the board, which shall include a thorough study of sterilization of tools and of the barber laws of the State of Arkansas; and

(C) Satisfactorily passed an examination prepared and conducted by the board to determine the applicant's fitness and ability to practice as a barber technician.

(2) Any person participating in the aforementioned apprenticeship program shall be allowed to take the examination prepared by the board only upon certification by the instructing barber that the person has completed the course as designed by the board.