BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING, the official text

00Enrolled HB 243
01Relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers and the 
02 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and providing for an 
03 effective date. 
04 _______________ 
05 * Section 1. AS 08.13.030(b) is amended to read: 
06 (b) The board shall 
07 (1) examine applicants and authorize [APPROVE] the Department of 
08 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to issue [ISSUANCE OF] 
09 licenses and permits to practice; 
10 (2) authorize the Department of Commerce, Community, and 
11 Economic Development to issue [ISSUANCE OF] licenses for schools of barbering, 
12 hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics; 
13 (3) develop written instructions and notices that tattooing, permanent 
14 cosmetic coloring, and body piercing shop owners and practitioners are required to

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