(A) The board shall issue a license to practice as a barber assistant to a person who:

1. (1) is at least sixteen years of age;
2. (2) has passed a physical examination prescribed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control;
3. (3) has been issued a student permit and completed six weeks' training as a barber assistant under the supervision of a registered barber who is qualified to train an assistant barber as provided for in Section 40-7-290;

4. (4) has been examined by the board and has been determined to be qualified to give shampoos and manicures.

   A barber assistant only may work under the direct supervision of a licensed registered barber.

   The board may promulgate regulations for the purpose of examination, supervision, and licensing of these persons.

   A barber assistant employed as of February 1, 1976, may within sixty days obtain a barber assistant license without further training or examination by paying the required fee.

(B) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered barber apprentice to a person who:

1. (1) is at least sixteen years of age and has achieved a ninth grade education or its equivalent;
2. (2) has passed a physical examination prescribed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control;
3. (3) has completed at least nine months' course of fifteen hundred hours in a reliable barber school or college approved by the board; or twelve months' training under the personal supervision of a registered barber who has been examined by the board and who has been determined to be qualified to train student barbers under laws governing barber training in this State;
4. (4) has passed the examination prescribed by the board;
5. (5) has submitted the applicable fees established by the board in regulation.

(C) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered barber to a person who:

1. (1) is at least seventeen years of age;
2. (2) has passed a physical examination as prescribed by the board;
3. (3) has practiced as a registered apprentice for twelve months under the direct supervision of a registered barber, and this practice must have included at least one thousand nine hundred twenty hours, proof of which must be submitted to the board by affidavit of three registered barbers or by other methods of proof that the board may prescribe;

4. (4) has passed the registered barber examination prepared and conducted by the board to determine if the applicant has:

   1. (a) the requisite skill to perform properly all the duties associated with the practice of barbering including, but not limited to, the ability of the applicant in the preparation of tools, shaving, haircutting, and all the duties and services incident to them;
   2. (b) sufficient knowledge concerning diseases of the face, skin, and scalp.

(D) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a master hair care specialist to:

1. (1) a cosmetologist licensed under Chapter 13 who has:

   1. (a) satisfied educational requirements prescribed by the board in regulation;
   2. (b) passed the examination required by the board.
2. (2) a person who after July 1, 1985, meets the requirements of subsection (C) and has passed a written and practical examination conducted by the board to determine the person's ability to use chemicals to wave, relax, straighten, or bleach the hair;
3. (3) a cosmetologist licensed under Chapter 13 who has two or more years' experience working as a cosmetologist and after successfully completing a practical examination prescribed and conducted by the board. The examination shall include a basic tapered haircut.