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*1 ‘I’ ‘, GENERAL EA~~ORNEY Q,F TEXAS Aucmnr~~.~~s
PRICE DANIEL ATTORNEY GENERAL
June 2, 1948 Hon. J. B. Buxris, President
Board of Barber Examfnsrs
Austin, Texas opieion He. V-595
Rez Authority of the State Board of Barber kanin- em8 to grant licenses to beauty operators and beauty ~schools.
Dear Sir:
Your requert for our opinion on the above sub- ject matter is 98 follows:
‘1. M.11 It be possible for UI to accept for Class ‘lb1 Registered applicatloas li- ceme flrem beauty operatora who oan prove that they $ractlced hairoutting in beau- ty parlor for two years rior to the tak- ing effect of the Texas ti arber Law, and havlq been continuously engaged in the profession since the enactment of the law.
"2. Will it be possible to grant retro- active approval to beauty schools if they have been approved by the State Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, and owe have certain knowledge that they would have qualified under Section 9 of the Texas Barber Law aa barber schools; thus making it possible to accept their grad- uates a8 applicants for Class 'Bf license; such license to be Issued only~upon auc- cessful examlnatlon. (Either for Assin- tant 'B' or Registered 'Bc, depending on the amount of experience as in the case of Class 'A' barberas)
"3. May we accept a pllcants for examlna- tion for Assistant E lass 'B' license from graduates of beauty schools approved by *2 Eu. J. l . Burris, page 2 (V-595)
tha Board a8 barbor schools uadabr 8oc- tloa 9 of thm Tezas IarM Law."
Sootlen 6 ud 16 ,8f Artiola 734a, V. ?. C., a8 ameaded by Smut8 BIT1 He, 20, Aat of the 428t L4gr islature, 5th C,S., 1930, pravtdo, ia part, a# follewsi pmwu wha far a *ho. 6. . .
perled of twm years ps- 0 Co the taklag effeot of this act, was bebbiy m outtixq hair In any baautj shop or hair &wuOg l stablisbmmt shall b8 aatltl4d to L 08r- tifloate witheut taMn(; L1 rx8riuti*n6 Application ahal% bs *d8 in th8 aam8 mm xar aa that rc ~C3ms At. ‘CaastJ A’ aad
tCla88 1' a8 used &mM.n &all rof8r to the cla~sitlaatirr~ #rasmriba(( kin&a ua shall lralude Ragimtwed #arbor8 and Re- gIstwe& JbatsWnt krhrs a8 bitnod mad used in the smetimms *i this mot. , ."
“6~. 16. TLrrt w pm* WLH hai3 rr two years ~d~~lf pe&edi~# t5lte t&Umg 8ff8ct 8r this rat bram rbsttiuhr emgag- l d ir th4 paaticr rf bWber1 at etaa or T.a wre l 8tabliahed #We88 bf bum l S9, Bbrll of rogistrstben am
be @-anted 8 osrtlfloat* t Rrgisteroa Bmb#sr Wtheut rxarin8tlsn by m&tin& applicatA8n tl thr Pearl cn or bdere the o~jlratien ef sixty days after the pass- rri 'a8 refrrred tl) haMIn shall wan ten but e@TtifiOIt@a shall be ibsued d@llara, ts tAoa4 emtitWd thQCete acasrdiag ta the olassifioation undrr which thq #ay fall, ta vltt ‘Class At aad tClar8 Bqr
In view of the rkro quetod prevlsiens, those p8rrms vke had pmatlood halp outtiy ir a boauty shop or halmAawssi* estabtib~t fsr reri8d 8f st least two ~8are *in t8 th8 H$moti+s datm.oS ktlole 734s m&entltled te e &8rtifi@atr Withant takl*(:~am a8mj.e CenstrullpCI aisctienr 6 an4 16 t4gethar, It Is ap- par& that the LyWlrWre lntwibd, howovrr, that the oxoopl&st~ warn te apply te ei81r tka8e por;eems who mde li88tins to -8 ka?Jd M el? bmirWa?**r~klb8 xp~Patlm or ty days arter tha passage ei the A.&i* Ye *ra support- x *3 . .
Hon. J. 1. bl.rFis, page 3 (v-595) e in He .B, 329, Actr oi the
sd +aotion 26 kfthqut ckr 4pd Leglmlaturo, ~R,b, p. $02, tiereform, you 4~4 rdvimed t@at rppliorntm for. c3.488 1) 1ioOn8e8 who had jractioed h&'OUtt$lI# ia beauty shop8 for a eriod bf two 74ms p,~l.or e .the l tfeetivo d4t0 of the ?i 0~48 Barber .L*w (tit e 7314& f, but ‘did sot Ike' appllcatieaI within 'the m.rtJ-4ay Qsrlod artier- the l Sfeotive'date of ArtioZr'?34a,0 atay~aot b8 @ma L oor~ tiiscrte withotit exulnrti,@B. Eowever, you nby l oq*pt their l ppllaatioom fop oxrrinrtlonm proolded, of oourme, they meet the other roqulrsmentm of the Barber Lmw,
Section 9 of Article 734s provider% “Any flrr, oorporatlon or pepmm de.erlrlng to oonduot or operate a barber mohool OP oollege In this stats mhall f t obtain from the orrd of Barber * 48lnsrr L pertit to CL4 SO, rnd uhll k8.p. the MIR proUaent%y dimp1ry.d.~ so siltih 80h001 OX' OOllOgO Sk&d1 be l ppwved i18Qosb ,such school orcollege ro~u$rem a8 a pPeFequi8ite t0 ~~~Udrt~Dn.~ ~ouT8e of lnmtruotlis3 of not terns than one thou- sand hours (l,OOO), 30 be corpleted wlth- in period of ,not lega than sir months.
and unle~ss maid school OP collage requires Asia prerequisite to the ammelon there- to, appli~antm to QeamstP~te their abil- ity to rmad intml,ll.gmntl~ +nd Wite olur- 1~ the English laii@ageg and 8%~ oertfficate or pez%lt shall be'i88ued to an applioult aa pro+$drd for herein0 unless maid appli- cant de onmtrrtes his or her ability tb rud 1st eliigenfly and cite olerrl~ the F English language as, deterrinod by an ex- a&nation eamducted by the BoaFd.
"guoh~mohoolm or ool&egem .&all iti- struot studeM. in'muah subSoots [48] May be neoemmar~.and,beneffol.al In tq(rcbing the practice of barberi.ng, ,iaclndil;M the fol- lowiry: subjectas Soiaatsrio fMentali~ of barberQg; hygienic baotsri~logj; mm- tology of the ha-,. ski-n, Rusoles and nerves; Structurs of the head> face and neok; Elerentrry chmrimtry relrtlng to 8tePillzatlOn and ultlmspticst Dlijiases *4 Hon. J. B. BUPPIS, pqe 4 (v-595) the skin and hair; h~~a~lq ad rreip-
Of ._ ._ u1at the musoles or the scalp, ram, and =%a neok: lrautting, shavl aad bleaahihg YP and &ping of the hair. owevmr, if said school does not care to teach persons who 'Class A8 but only Class B Cgtr- apply for ifieates, need not be taught. shaving Emphasis added) There is no provision In ~the Barb,or Law which would prohibit a beauty school from also beinQ a schoal of barber- provided it neta the prerrquisltes af sec- tion g. -It is noted;howevsr, section 9 requires that any firm, corporation, or person desiring to opsrate a. barber school shall first obtain a permit from the Bar- ber Board. Therefore, although a beauty school.may meet the rdquirements of section 9 of the Barber Law, suoh establlsbment cannot be recognized as ‘a school of bar- beriug” until it has received a permlt to operate as such. fin answer to hour second quration, it Is our opin- ion that if the beauty schools referred-to possess the prerequisites of section 9 above quatad, they may be glv- en a permit to operate a barber school as well as a beau- ty school; but these permits cannot aparate retroactlve- lg.
Section 8 of Article 734s provides: 'Any person Is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a rogls- tered assistant barber
at least sixteen and age; and
“(b). who is of good moral charac- ter and temperate habits; and
“(a). Who has passed a satisractorf examination conducted by the Board to de- termlns his fitness to practice as a mgis- tered sslstaut barber.
If beauty sohoel has bren approved by the It is QUP opinion that such BearQ sf barber ikam&nqrs, school then becomes a school of b@rberlng approved by *5 Boa. J. B.. Bun-is, page 5 (V-595)
the BoardCwlthln the meaning of.sectlorn 8, as x011 a8 a beauty echoel, and you may aeoept its graduates aa ap- plloants tar xamlnatione for assistant’s license.
The Barr8 ef Barber Xxaminere oan- not &rant certif$oates without examlna- tlens to persona who had prabticed hair- cutting for a period of two years. rlor to the 6ffeotivb date of~&tlc.fs 7 4a,- v. P. c., but who failed to make applica- tions within sixty days after the passage of the Act. The Board of Bsrber Exatafn- era may, however,, accept their appllca- tlons~for examlnatlons, If they meet the other qualiflcatlons set out in the Bar- ber Law.
The Board or Barber Examiners may Issue a permit tom beout. school to oon- duct also a barber soho% If such estab- lishment meets the requirements of section 9 of Artlole 734a, but such permit cannot operate retroactively. Graduates of ruoh pohools after the pezrlt is granted are
graduates of a schoal of barbering ap- proved bj the Board.
Yours very truly, ATTOltR6Y 0-L OF ‘i’RX&3 JRrmw