BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING, the official text

Enrolled HB 243 
 Relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers and the 
 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and providing for an 
 effective date. 
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 * Section 1. AS 08.13.030(b) is amended to read: 
 (b) The board shall 
 (1) examine applicants and authorize [APPROVE] the Department of 
 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to issue [ISSUANCE OF] 
 licenses and permits to practice; 
 (2) authorize the Department of Commerce, Community, and 
 Economic Development to issue [ISSUANCE OF] licenses for schools of barbering, 
 hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics; 
 (3) develop written instructions and notices that tattooing, permanent 
 cosmetic coloring, and body piercing shop owners and practitioners are required to

give or display under AS 08.13.215; 
 (4) enforce the provisions of this chapter, regulations adopted under 
 this chapter, and regulations relating to barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, 
 manicuring, and esthetics adopted under AS 44.46.020(a)(5)(C). 
 * Sec. 2. AS 08.13.030(c) is amended to read: 
 (c) The board may 
 (1) refuse to issue, suspend, or revoke a license or permit; 
 (2) on its own motion or upon receipt of a written complaint, conduct 
 hearings and request the 
 (A) Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 
 Development to investigate the practices of a person, shop, or school involved 
 in the practice or teaching of barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, 
 manicuring, or esthetics; or 
 (B) Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 
 Development or the Department of Environmental Conservation to investigate 
 the practices of a person, shop, or school involved in the practice or teaching of 
 body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring; 
 (3) adopt regulations or do any act necessary to carry out the 
 provisions of this chapter. 
 * Sec. 3. AS 08.13.110(d) is amended to read: 
 (d) The board shall authorize the issuance of [ISSUE] a license to a school of 
 manicuring if the school offers a curriculum of 12 hours of instruction or training 
 approved by the board that addresses health, safety, and hygiene concerns of 
 manicuring customers and practitioners that are relevant to the practice of manicuring. 
 A school of manicuring may offer instruction in addition to the 12 hours required for a 
 license, but the board may not authorize the issuance of [ISSUE] a license to a 
 school of manicuring if the school requires its students to complete more than 12 
 hours of the required instruction or training in health, safety, and hygiene concerns 
 before the school will certify that the student has completed the school's manicuring 
 course for purposes of AS 08.13.080(e). 
 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).