PURPOSE: This rule outlines and explains the requirements and procedures for obtaining a license for a barbershop.

1. (1) To operate a barbershop, an applicant shall submit an application to the board at least thirty (30) days prior to the anticipated opening of the shop with applicable fee. Application for shop licenses shall be made on the forms provided by the board and may be obtained by writing or calling the board. The address is PO Box 1335, Jefferson City, MO 65102 and the telephone number is
2. (573) 751-0805. The TDD number is (800) 735-2966.
3. (2) The board shall not consider any application for a shop license, unless it is fully completed and accompanied by the applicable fee.
4. (3) Barbershop licenses will not be approved and issued by the board until the shop facility has been inspected and the shop is in compliance with 4 CSR 60-4.015 Sanitation Rules.
5. (4) No barbershop shall open for business before a license has been obtained. If a shop opens for business before approved by the board for licensure, the applicable delinquent fee shall be imposed.

6. (5) Original Licensure. Each license for a shop shall be valid only for the premises located at the address provided on the initial application for the shop. If, at any time, the physical location or operation of the shop is moved to a new address or if ownership is changed or a co-owner(s) added, the existing license for the shop shall become void.

   1. (A) Change of Location. No shop shall be opened at a new location until a new application accompanied by the applicable fee is received by the board; the shop facility is inspected and is in complete compliance with

4 CSR 60-4.015 Sanitation Rules; and approved by the board.

1. (B) Change of Ownership. It is the responsibility of the new owner(s) to submit to the board an application accompanied by the applicable fee.
2. (C) Adding a Co-Owner. It shall be the responsibility of the co-owners to submit to the board an application accompanied by the applicable fee.
3. (D) Deleting a Co-Owner. It shall be the responsibility of the shop’s co-owners to immediately notify the board in writing of any ownership change. The written notice shall serve as documentation of the change and a new application and fee shall not be required.
4. (E) Name Change of Shop. The board shall be notified immediately in writing of a name change.

1. (6) Display of License. The current shop license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at all times. The barber license shall be posted at each respective work station.
2. (7) Open to Inspection. A member, representative, or inspector of the board may inspect the shop for compliance with Chapter 328, RSMo and rules adopted by the State Board of Barber Examiners during normal working hours or at reasonable times as requested by the board.

3. (8) Apprenticeship Program.

   1. (A) Any licensed barber desiring to initiate a program of apprenticeship training in a licensed barber shop shall provide to the board the following information at the same time as the necessary application for the apprentice supervisor listed in subsection (9)(A):

      1. 1. The name and address of the licensed

shop;

1. 2. The floor plan of the shop.
2. (B) It shall be required for the licensed shop to be duly inspected and approved by the board or its authorized representative prior to commencement of apprentice training.
3. (C) Any shop advertising the services of an apprentice, in addition, shall provide notice, in print one-half (1/2) the size of the shop name, that the apprentice is a student of barbering.
4. (D) The licensed shop shall not hold itself out as a school and shall not train/supervise more than one (1) apprentice at a time. The licensed shop shall not accept any fee from the apprentice or any representative of the apprentice.
5. (E) Subjects of apprenticeship study shall conform to Column B in 4 CSR 60-3.015(1).
6. (F) The apprentice license shall be conspicuously posted at the appropriate station at all times and shall have a photograph attached which has been taken within the last two (2) years. The apprentice license is not transferable.

1. (9) Apprentice Supervisors.

   1. (A) Any person desiring to practice as an apprentice supervisor shall have been licensed as a barber in Missouri for not less than two (2) years immediately prior to application as an apprentice supervisor. Said person shall provide to the board—

      1. 1. The name and address of the appren-

tice to be supervised;

1. 2. The contract, if any, between the

apprentice supervisor and the apprentice;

1. 3. Apprentice supervisor application

properly completed on a form supplied by the board;

1. 4. Two (2) letters of character reference

for the apprentice supervisor;

1. 5. Proof of apprentice being at least sev-

enteen (17) years of age;

1. 6. Two (2) bust photographs measuring

two inches square (2" × 2") taken within the last two (2) years;

1. 7. An affidavit attesting that the appren-

tice supervisor shall be physically present at all times that his/her apprentice is receiving credited hours toward the required minimum for testing. For emergency purposes one (1) secondary licensed barber from the apprentice shop shall be named as acting apprentice supervisor. The acting supervisor shall not be responsible for more than a total of five percent (5%) or one hundred fifty (150) hours of supervision for a barber apprentice. The designation of an acting supervisor is limited to cases of sickness, vacation, or emergencies of the apprentice supervisor and any misuse of this privilege shall result in said supervisor’s certificate revocation, and may be grounds for the board to seek discipline against the barber license and/or shop license; and

1. 8. Application for a board-approved

training session emphasizing teaching methodology. The session shall be eight (8) hours in length. Those apprentice supervisor applicants who currently are licensed instructors in the state of Missouri may forego the training session for becoming a supervisor.

1. (B) Upon the receipt by the board of all items required by subsection (9)(A), the board shall schedule the applicant for seminar training as an apprentice supervisor.
2. (C) Upon the successful completion of the seminar, the board shall issue the applicant a certificate as an apprentice supervisor. The apprentice supervisor certificate shall expire upon the apprentice’s completion of training hours. The apprentice supervisor certificate is nontransferable and nonrenewable. The apprentice supervisor certificate shall be conspicuously displayed within the apprentice shop with a photograph taken within the last two (2) years.
3. (D) The apprentice supervisor shall not hold him/herself out as a school and shall not train/supervise more than one (1) apprentice at a time. The apprentice supervisor shall not accept any fee from the apprentice or any representative of the apprentice for instruction, rent, supplies, equipment or any other necessary tools for instruction.
4. (E) The apprentice supervisor must provide the following equipment: barber station, mannequin, current textbook on theory, barbering supplies and other equipment as deemed necessary and reasonable by the board.
5. (F) The apprentice supervisor shall submit quarterly reports by the tenth day of the following month for the apprentice in training on forms supplied by the board. Upon termination of training by the apprentice, the apprentice supervisor shall submit to the board within two (2) weeks a properly completed termination form supplied by the board. The form shall list the total number of training hours completed by the apprentice, allocated by subject area, the date the appren- 20 CSR 2060-2

tice terminated training, and shall be accompanied by the apprentice’s license and any unused materials supplied by the board.

1. (G) The apprentice supervisor has thirty

1. (30) days to begin training of apprentice subsequent to attending the board-approved training session.

   1. (H) The board shall grant a waiver of the training session fee and completion of a board-approved training session provided—

      1. 1. Within the first six (6) months of the

date of issuance of the apprentice supervisor certificate either party terminates the training; and

1. 2. The apprentice supervisor reapplies

to supervise a new apprentice within the same six (6) months.

AUTHORITY: sections 328.115.3 and 338.120, RSMo 2000 and 328.075.3, RSMo Supp. 2004.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 60-2.040. Original rule filed Nov. 12, 1997, effective May 30, 1998. Amended: Filed April 1, 2005, effective Sept. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2060-2.040, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 328.075, RSMo 2004; 328.115, RSMo 1981; 328.120, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1951, 1959, 1981, 1993, 1995.