California 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB384 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 10/08/2023

                            Senate Bill No. 384 CHAPTER 603An act to amend Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to barbering and cosmetology.  [ Approved by  Governor  October 08, 2023.  Filed with  Secretary of State  October 08, 2023. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 384, Bradford. Barbering and cosmetology.Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairstyling, skin care, and nail care by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Under existing law, the board is authorized to assess administrative fines for a violation of the act or a violation of any rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the act. Existing law requires the board to determine by regulation when a fine is required to be assessed to both the establishment license holder and the individual licensee for the same violation and also when a fine is required to be assessed to only the establishment license holder or to only the individual licensee for the same violation.This bill would require the board to establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation. The bill would authorize the board to impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).

 Senate Bill No. 384 CHAPTER 603An act to amend Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to barbering and cosmetology.  [ Approved by  Governor  October 08, 2023.  Filed with  Secretary of State  October 08, 2023. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 384, Bradford. Barbering and cosmetology.Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairstyling, skin care, and nail care by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Under existing law, the board is authorized to assess administrative fines for a violation of the act or a violation of any rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the act. Existing law requires the board to determine by regulation when a fine is required to be assessed to both the establishment license holder and the individual licensee for the same violation and also when a fine is required to be assessed to only the establishment license holder or to only the individual licensee for the same violation.This bill would require the board to establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation. The bill would authorize the board to impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Senate Bill No. 384 CHAPTER 603

 Senate Bill No. 384

 CHAPTER 603

An act to amend Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to barbering and cosmetology. 

 [ Approved by  Governor  October 08, 2023.  Filed with  Secretary of State  October 08, 2023. ] 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 384, Bradford. Barbering and cosmetology.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairstyling, skin care, and nail care by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Under existing law, the board is authorized to assess administrative fines for a violation of the act or a violation of any rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the act. Existing law requires the board to determine by regulation when a fine is required to be assessed to both the establishment license holder and the individual licensee for the same violation and also when a fine is required to be assessed to only the establishment license holder or to only the individual licensee for the same violation.This bill would require the board to establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation. The bill would authorize the board to impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairstyling, skin care, and nail care by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Under existing law, the board is authorized to assess administrative fines for a violation of the act or a violation of any rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the act. Existing law requires the board to determine by regulation when a fine is required to be assessed to both the establishment license holder and the individual licensee for the same violation and also when a fine is required to be assessed to only the establishment license holder or to only the individual licensee for the same violation.

This bill would require the board to establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation. The bill would authorize the board to impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).

SECTION 1. Section 7407.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).

7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).

7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).



7407.1. (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation. The board shall also determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to only the holder of the establishment license or to only an individual licensee for the same violation. In making these determinations, the board shall consider the egregiousness of the violation of the health and safety regulations and whether the violation is a repeated violation by licensees within the same establishment.

(b) (1) The board shall establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation.

(2) The board may impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program described in paragraph (1).