PURPOSE: This rule establishes qualifications and requirements for barber students.

1. (1) It shall be the responsibility of the school to submit to the board at least two (2) weeks prior to the anticipated date of student barber training the following:

   1. (A) A completed student application for admission to barber training;
   2. (B) Pursuant to section 328.080, RSMo, a medical examination form;
   3. (C) Proof of age—copy of a birth certificate or driver’s license (applicant must be seventeen (17) years of age by the time application is made for examination);
   4. (D) Two (2) small two inch square (2" × 2") passport photographs of the student; and
   5. (E) Applicable fee.
2. (2) For any person enrolling in a postsecondary barber school, the completed student application must indicate that the individual: has earned a high school diploma; has

10 earned a general education development (GED) certification; 10 has completed a home schooling program meeting the requirements of the state in which it occurred and has provided to the board office a written notarized statement from his/her principal instructor demonstrating completion of at least twelve (12) high school credits; or has provided to the 30 barber school proof of a prior enrollment, commencing at any date prior to July 1, 2012, at a Title IV eligible postsecondary institution in a Title IV eligible academic program.

1. (3) Any person desiring to enroll in a secondary barber school shall meet all of the requirements set forth in subsections (1) (A)–(E) of 20 CSR 2085-12.035.
2. (4) Upon board approval of a student application for admission to barber training, the board shall issue to the school a student registration which shall be conspicuously posted at each student’s work station.
3. (5) Upon a successfully completed course of barber training, provided the board is in receipt of a completed student transcript and student registration, the student may apply for the barber examination by submitting to the board at least fourteen (14) days prior to examination date, a completed application and applicable fee.
4. (6) Upon graduation from barber training, the student registration to work under the supervision of a licensed barber operating in a current licensed barber establishment may be extended by the board to ten (10) days following the date of the first available examination for licensure. Extended student registration shall be posted in front of the working chair. Extended student registration shall be received by the board upon its expiration.
5. (7) No training received in a school may be credited towards the fulfillment of the hours necessary in an apprenticeship program and no training received in a barber establishment may be credited towards the hours necessary in a school to meet the minimum requirements necessary to qualify for a state examination.

AUTHORITY: sections 328.120 and 329.025.1, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Emergency amendment filed May 28, 2015, effective June 7, 2015, expired Feb. 25, 2016. Amended: Filed May 28, 2015, effective Nov. 30, 2015. *Original authority: 328.120, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1951, 1959, 1981, 1993, 1995, 2005; and 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008.