Any person practicing the occupation of barber without having obtained a certificate of registration or permit as provided in this chapter, or willfully employing a barber who has not such certificate or permit managing or conducting a barber school or college, without first securing a permit from such board, or falsely pretending to be qualified to practice as a barber or instructor or teacher of such occupation under this chapter, or failing to keep the certificate, card or permit mentioned in this chapter properly displayed or for any extortion or overcharge practiced, and any barber college, firm, corporation or person operating or conducting a barber college without first having secured the permit provided for by this chapter, or failing to comply with such sanitary rules as the board, in conjunction with the department of health and senior services, prescribes, or for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor. Prosecutions under this chapter shall be initiated and carried on in the same manner as other prosecutions for misdemeanors in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 10139, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 13534; 1919 § 12175; 1909 § 1192