65-1812. Qualifications for licensure as a barber; temporary license. (a) Any person shall be qualified to receive a license to practice barbering if such person:

(1) Is at least 16 years of age and of good moral character and temperate habits;

(2) has graduated from a high school accredited by the appropriate accrediting agency or has otherwise obtained the equivalent of a high school education;

(3) is a graduate of a barber school or barber college approved by the board or has satisfactorily completed the barber course at an institution under the control of the secretary of corrections or the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth or has been certified in a related industry, such as barbering in any branch of the United States military service, and has completed a course of study in a licensed Kansas barber college or barber school as prescribed by the board under K.S.A. 65-1810(e), and amendments thereto, or has been a cosmetologist licensed by the Kansas board of cosmetology and has completed a course of study in a licensed Kansas barber college or barber school as prescribed by the board under K.S.A. 65-1810(e), and amendments thereto; and

(4) has paid an examination fee and has passed the examination conducted by the board to determine the fitness of such person to practice barbering.

(b) Any person who fails to pass an examination conducted by the board to determine such person's fitness to practice barbering shall be entitled to take the next examination conducted by the board.

(c) The board may issue a temporary license to practice barbering to any person who has graduated from an approved barber school or barber college and who makes application to take the next examination for licensure to practice barbering. Such license shall be effective only until the results of the examination are announced. No more than three temporary licenses shall be issued to any one person.

History: L. 1939, ch. 241, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 380, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 255, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 272, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 244, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 190, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 248, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 265, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 225, § 4; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 36; L. 2016, ch. 91, § 4; July 1.