Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1807 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/09/2021

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1807 	By: Bennett and Bell of the 
House   
 
  and 
 
  Garvin of the Senate  
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to professions and occupations ; 
amending 59 O.S. 2011, Sections 199.1, as last 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 62 , O.S.L. 2018, 199.3, 
as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 62, O.S.L. 
2018, 199.4, as amended by Section 88, Chapter 229, 
O.S.L. 2013, 199.6, as last amended by Section 4, 
Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014, 199.7, as last amended by 
Section 5, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014, 199.8, as last 
amended by Section 6, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014, 
199.9, as last amended by Section 7, Chapter 260, 
O.S.L. 2014, 199.10, as last amended by Section 1, 
Chapter 265, O.S.L. 2016, 199.11, as last amended by 
Section 9, Chapter 363, O.S.L. 2019 and 199.14, as 
last amended by Section 4, Chapter 62, O.S.L. 2018 
(59 O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 199.1, 199.3, 199.4 
199.6, 199.7, 199.8, 199.9, 199.10, 199.11 and 
199.14), which relate to the Oklahoma Cosmetology and 
Barbering Act; modifying and adding definitions, 
powers of board, executive director, penalties, 
apprentices, inspections and renewal of license; 
modifying definitions; providing for certificates; 
making certain information confidential; allowing 
evidence information to be public; exempting 
information for report i nspection; providing for 
fines; setting maximum fine amount; making each day 
of violation a separate offense; providing for 
regional accreditation recognized by the Department 
of Education; increasing number of apprentices; 
modifying and adding fees; and providing an effective 
date. 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.1, as 
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 62, O.S.L. 2018 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.1), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.1 As used in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering 
Act: 
1.  "Apprentice" means a person who is engaged in learning the 
practice of cosmetology or barbering in a cosmetology or barbering 
establishment; 
2.  "Barber" or "barber stylist" means any person who engages in 
the practice of barbering; 
3.  "Barbering" means any one or any combination of the 
following practices, when done upon the upper part of the human body 
for cosmetic purposes and when done for payment eith er directly or 
indirectly for the general public , constitutes the practice of 
barbering, to wit:  Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the 
hair; giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, 
creams, lotions or other preparations, either by ha nd or mechanical 
appliances; singeing, shampooing or applying lighteners or color to 
the hair or applying hair tonics; applying cosmetic preparations, 
antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or 
upper part of the body; and removing superfluous hair from the face, 
neck or upper part of the body;   
 
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4.  "Barber establishment " means an establishment or place of 
business where one or more persons are engaged in the practice of 
barbering, but shall not include barber schools or colleges; 
5. "Barber school" or "barber college" means an establishment 
operated for the purpose of teaching barbering; 
6.  "Board" means the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; 
7.  "Cosmetic studio" means any place or premises where 
demonstrators give demonstr ations, without compensation, for the 
purpose only of advertising and selling cosmetics; 
8.  "Cosmetician Cosmetician/stylist" means a person licensed by 
the Board to perform patron services limited to hair arranging and 
application of makeup, including, b ut not limited to, using 
hairstyling tools and products.  Services must be performed in a 
licensed establishment; 
9.  "Cosmetology" means any one or a combination of practices 
generally and usually performed by and known as the occupation of 
beauticians, beauty culturists, beauty operators, cosmeticians, 
cosmetologists, or hairdressers, or of any other person holding 
himself or herself out as practicing cosmetology by whatever 
designation and within the meaning of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and 
Barbering Act and in or upon whatever place or premises.  
Cosmetology shall include, but not be limited to, any one or 
combination of the following practices:  bleaching, cleansing, 
curling, cutting, coloring, dressing, removing, singeing, styling,   
 
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waving, or similar wo rk, upon the hair of any person by any means , 
whether and with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or 
appliances.  Nothing in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act 
shall be construed to prohibit the use of hands or mechanical or 
electrical apparatus or appliances any of the devices for the 
nonpermanent removal of hair from the human body without puncturing 
of the skin, or by the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, 
tonics, lotions, or creams, or massaging, cleansing, stimulating, 
exercising, beautifying, or similarly working the scalp, face, neck, 
arms, bust, upper part of the body or the manicuring of the nails of 
any person, exclusive of such of the foregoing practices as are 
within the scope of the practice of the healing arts as provid ed by 
law; 
10.  "Cosmetology establishment " means an establishment or place 
of business where one or more persons are engaged in the practices 
of cosmetology but shall not include cosmetology schools or 
colleges; 
11.  "Cosmetology or barber school/college " means any place or 
premises where instruction in any or all the practices of 
cosmetology or barbering is given.  Any person, firm, institution or 
corporation, who holds himself, herself or itself out as a school to 
teach and train, or any person, firm, in stitution or corporation who 
shall teach and train any other person or persons in any of the 
practices of cosmetology or barbering is hereby declared to be   
 
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engaged in operating a cosmetology and/or barber school, and shall 
be subject to the provisions of t he Oklahoma Cosmetology and 
Barbering Act.  Licensed cosmetology and/or barber schools may offer 
education to secondary and postsecondary students in this state; 
12.  "Demonstrator" means a person who is not otherwise licensed 
in this state as an operator or instructor pursuant to the Oklahoma 
Cosmetology and Barbering Act and who demonstrates any cosmetic 
preparation.  The person shall be required to obtain a Demonstrator 
license and pass a state written exam relating to general safety and 
sanitation from the Board before making any such demonstrations; 
13.  "Facial/Esthetics instructor " means a person licensed by 
the Board as a qualified teacher of the art and science of facial 
and esthetics theory and practice; 
14. "Facialist/Esthetician " means any person who gives facials 
for compensation; 
15. 14. "Hairbraiding technician " means a person certified by 
the Board to perform hairbraiding , hairweaving hair-weaving 
techniques, and hair extensions in a licensed cosmetology 
establishment; 
16. 15. "Hybrid learning" means courses that combine face -to-
face classroom instruction with on -line, computer-based learning; 
17. 16. "Manicurist/Nail technician " means a person who gives 
manicures, gives pedicures, or applies artificial nails;   
 
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18. "Manicurist/Nail technicia n instructor" means a person 
licensed by the Board as a qualified teacher of the art and science 
of nail technology theory and practice; 
19. 17.  "Master barber instructor" means a person who gives 
instruction in barbering or any practices thereof licensed by the 
Board as a qualified teacher of the art and science of one of the 
following disciplines: cosmetolo gy, barbering, facial and esthetics 
or nail technology theory and practice ; 
20.  "Master cosmetology instructor " means a person who gives 
instruction in cosmetology or any practices thereof; 
21. 18.  "Postsecondary institution" means a school licensed to 
teach students according to prescribed curriculum as in paragraph 1 
of subsection G of Section 199.7 of this title and in Board rule 
175:10-3-34(a); 
22. 19.  "Public school" means any state-supported institution 
conducting a cosmetology program; 
23. 20.  "Salon suites" are "mini-salons" in a large commercial 
space.  These are independent rooms with a lockable door which 
allows for an independent salon/sh op/establishment business address. 
Salon suites require an establishment license issued by the Oklahoma 
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering for each individually 
operated room; 
21. "Secondary institution " means a school licensed to teach 
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subjects as prescribed in paragraph 2 of subsection G of Section 
199.7 of this title and in Board rule 175:10 -3-34(b); and 
24. 22.  "Student" means a person who is enrolled in and 
attending a cosmetology or barbering school for the purpose of 
learning the practice of cosmetology or barbering. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.3, as 
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 62, O.S.L. 2018 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.3), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.3 A.  In order to safeguard and protect the health 
and general welfare of the people of the State of Oklahoma, the 
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby vested with the 
powers and duties necessa ry and proper to enable it to fully and 
effectively carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and 
Barbering Act. 
B.  The Board shall have the powers and duties to: 
1.  Promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures 
Act relating to standards of sanitation which must be observed and 
practiced by all cosmetology and barber establishments, cosmetology 
or and barber schools, master cosmetology instructors, master barber 
instructors, barbers, apprentices, students , and board licensees 
persons licensed or certified by the Board .  The Board shall furnish 
copies of the rules to the owner or manager of each cosmetology 
school, barber school and cosmetology and barber establishment 
operating in this state.  It shall be the duty of each owner or   
 
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manager to post a copy of the rules in a conspicuous place in each 
of the establishments or schools; 
2.  Conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of 
registration licensure or certification as manicurists 
manicurist/nail technicians , cosmetologists, facial operators 
facial/estheticians, hairbraiding technician technicians, 
manicurist/nail technician instructor, facial/esthetics instructor, 
master cosmetology instructor, cosmetician cosmetician/stylists , 
barber, barbers or barber instructor master instructors at such 
times and places determined by the Board.  Applications for all 
examinations shall be made on forms approved by the Board; 
3.  Keep a record of all its proceedings.  The Board shall keep 
a record of all applicants for certificates, licen ses and permits, 
showing the name of the applicant, the name and location of the 
place of occupation or business, if any, and the residence address 
of the applicant, and whether the applicant was granted or refused a 
certificate, license or permit.  The re cords of the Board shall be 
valid and sufficient evidence of matters contained therein , and 
shall constitute public records.  Records shall be open to public 
inspection at all reasonable times and subject to the Oklahoma Open 
Records Act.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
contrary, records and information obtained in connection with an 
investigation of alleged violations, including complaints, identity 
of a complainant, investigative reports, and documentation or images   
 
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generated or receive d during the course of an investigation, shall 
be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure .  However, 
the Board may provide such information to law enforcement and other 
public agencies as necessary and appropriate for the discharge of 
that agency's duties; 
4.  Issue all certificates of registration, licenses, permits, 
notices and orders; 
5.  Establish and conduct examinations for limited specialty 
licenses for cosmetician, facial/esthetics instructor, 
manicurist/nail technician instructor, maste r barber instructor, or 
master cosmetology instructor and certificates within the practice 
of cosmetology or barbering.  The Board shall also promulgate rules 
for special said specialty licenses and certificates, including but 
not limited to reduced curric ulum requirements, as the Board may 
deem appropriate and necessary to further the purposes of the 
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act; 
6.  Make regular inspections of all cosmetology and barber 
barbering schools and cosmetology and barber barbering 
establishments licensed to operate in this state, and reports 
thereof shall be kept and maintained in the office of the Board; 
7.  Make investigations and reports on all violations of the 
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;   
 
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8.  Take samples of beauty suppl ies for the purpose of chemical 
analysis; provided, that if the owner demands payment for the sample 
taken, payment at the regular retail price shall be made; 
9.  Refuse, revoke, Revoke or suspend licenses, certificates of 
registration or permits after not ice and an opportunity for a full 
hearing, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures 
Act, on proof of violation of any of these provisions of the 
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act or the rules established by 
the Board; 
10.  Enter into any contracts necessary to implement or enforce 
the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act or 
rules promulgated thereto; and 
11.  Apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order 
enjoining an unlicensed a person not licensed or certi fied by the 
Board from practicing cosmetology or barbering or holding himself or 
herself out as a practitioner of cosmetology or barbering.  
Injunctive relief granted by the court shall be without bond. 
C.  1.  Any person whose license, certificate of registration, 
or permit has been suspended or revoked may, after the expiration of 
thirty (30) days, make application to the Board for reinstatement 
thereof. 
2.  Reinstatement of any such license, certificate of 
registration, or permit shall rest in the sound discretion of the 
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3.  Any action of the Board in refusing, revoking, or suspending 
a license, certificate of registration, or permit may be appealed to 
the district court of the county of the appellant 's residence 
pursuant to the Administrati ve Procedures Act. 
D.  1.  In any case where a licensee person licensed or 
certified by the Board becomes a member of the Armed Forces of the 
United States, such license or certificate shall not lapse by reason 
thereof but shall be considered and held in full force and effect 
without further payment of license or certificate fees during the 
period of service in the Armed Forces of the United States and for 
six (6) months after honorable release therefrom.  At any time 
within six (6) months after honorable release from the Armed Forces 
of the United States the licensee person may resume practice 
pursuant to a license or certificate without other or further 
examination by notifying the Board in writing. 
2.  The period of time in which the licensee person licensed or 
certified by the Board shall have been a member of the Armed Forces 
of the United States shall not be computed in arriving at the amount 
of fee or fees due or to become due by such licensee person. 
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011 , Section 199.4, as 
amended by Section 88, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2013 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020, 
Section 199.4), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.4 The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering 
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office of the Board.  The executive director shall have such 
qualifications as shall be established by rules of the Board; 
provided, the executive director shall not be actively engaged in 
the practice of cosmetology or barbering while serving as exec utive 
director.  The executive director shall: 
1.  Devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office; 
2.  Receive salary and benefits as provided by law; 
3.  Keep and preserve all books and records pertaining to the 
Board; 
4.  Have authority, in th e name of and in behalf of the Board, 
to issue all licenses, certificates of registration, permits, 
registrations, orders, and notices; 
5.  Have authority to collect all fees and penalties provided 
for by the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act; 
6.  Make quarterly reports to the Board of all monies collected 
and the sources from which derived; 
7.  Have authority to approve payrolls and all claims for the 
Board; 
8.  Have authority to employ staff; 
9.  Keep a continuous inventory of all properties, excludi ng 
supplies, belonging to the Board; and 
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SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.6, as 
last amended by Section 4, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.6), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.6 A.  The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering 
is hereby authorized to promulgate rules for governing the 
examination and licensure or certification of cosmetologists, 
manicurists, nail techni cians manicurist/nail technicians , 
estheticians facial/estheticians, cosmeticians cosmetician/stylists , 
hair braiding technicians, master cosmetology instructors, 
manicurist instructors, esthetics instructors, barbers, and master 
barber instructors.  The Board is hereby authorized to promulgate 
rules to govern the sanitary operation of cosmetology and barbering 
establishments and to administer fines not to exceed Fifty Dollars 
($50.00) for those licensed and not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00) for those not licensed.  Each day a violation continues 
shall be construed as a separate offense. 
B.  The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall have the 
power and duty to implement rules of the Board, to issue and renew 
licenses and certificates, to inspect cosmetology and barbering 
establishments and schools, and to inspect the sanitary operating 
practices of cosmetology and barbering licensees, including sanitary 
conditions of cosmetology and barbering establishments and schools. 
C.  It shall be unla wful and constitute a misdemeanor, 
punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars   
 
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($50.00), nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, 
or both such fine and imprisonment, for any person, firm , or 
corporation in this state to: 
1.  Operate or attempt to operate a cosmetology school/college, 
cosmetology or barber establishment, cosmetology or barber school or 
college that offers cosmetology, barbering or both without having 
obtained a license therefor from the State Board of Cosmetology and 
Barbering; 
2.  Give or attempt to give instruction in cosmetology or 
barbering, without having obtained an instructor 's license from the 
State Board of Cosmetology and Barb ering; 
3.  Practice or offer to practice barbering, cosmetology or 
manicuring without having obtained a license therefor from the 
Board; 
4.  Operate a cosmetic studio without having obtained a license 
therefor from the Board; 
5.  Demonstrate a cosmetic pre paration without having obtained a 
demonstrator's license from the Board; 
6.  Permit any person in one 's employ, supervision , or control 
to practice cosmetology or barbering unless that person has obtained 
an appropriate license or certificate from the Board;   
 
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7.  Willfully violate any rule promulgated by the Board for the 
sanitary management and operation of a cosmetology or barber 
establishment, cosmetology school or barber college; or 
8.  Violate any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology 
and Barbering Act. 
D.  The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall have the 
authority to levy administrative fines not to exceed Five Hundred 
Dollars ($500.00) for persons practicing cosmetology or barbering 
without a license or certificate, and for owners of licensed 
establishments who allow unlicensed individuals persons who are not 
licensed or certified by the Board to practice cosmetology or 
barbering without a license in their establishment , and for persons 
who violate any provision of the Oklahoma Cosme tology and Barbering 
Act or rules of the Board .  Each day a violation continues shall be 
a separate offense.  The administrative fine shall not exceed a 
total of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) . 
E.  No person shall place a barber pole in a location, or use a 
barber pole in its advertising or signage, that would create or tend 
to create the impression to the public that the business offers 
barbering services unless the business is licensed as a barbering 
establishment or is licensed as a cosmetology establish ment that 
employs licensed barbers .  For the purpose of this subsection, 
"barber pole" means a pole or cylinder with alternating stripes of 
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white and blue, or any object of a similar natur e, regardless of its 
actual shape or coloring . 
F. The provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act 
shall not apply to the following persons while such persons are 
engaged in the proper discharge of their professional duties : 
1.  Funeral directors; 
2.  Persons in the Armed Services; 
3.  Persons authorized to practice the healing arts or nursing; 
or 
4.  Regularly employed sales people working in retail 
establishments engaged in the business of selling cosmetics in 
sealed packages. 
SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.7, as 
last amended by Section 5, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.7), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.7 A.  Each cosmetology and barber school shall be 
licensed annually by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.  
Application for the first year 's license for a cosmetology and 
barber school shall be accompanied by a fee of Four Hundred Dollars 
($400.00), which shall be retained by the Board if the application 
is approved and a license is issued.  The annual renewal license fee 
for cosmetology or barber schools shall be One Hundred Twenty -five 
Dollars ($125.00).   
 
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B.  1.  No license or renewal thereof for a cosmetology or 
barber school shall be issued unless the o wner thereof furnishes to 
the Board a good and sufficient surety bond in the principal sum of 
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the first instructor and an 
additional One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each additional 
instructor, executed by a surety company authorized to do business 
in this state, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the 
terms and conditions of all contracts entered into between the owner 
of the cosmetology or barber school and all persons enrolling 
therein. 
2.  The surety bond shall be in a form approved by the Attorney 
General and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.  Suit may 
be brought on the bond by any person injured by reason of the breach 
of the conditions thereof. 
C.  It shall be the duty of the owner or ma nager of a 
cosmetology or barber school to enter into a written contract with 
all students before permitting students to attend any classes.  
Contracts shall be made out in triplicate, the original copy to be 
retained by the school, the duplicate to be giv en to the student, 
and the triplicate to be filed with the executive director of the 
Board. 
D.  A school licensed or applying for licensure shall maintain 
recognition as an institution of postsecondary study by meeting the 
following conditions:   
 
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1.  The school shall admit as a regular student only an 
individual who has earned a recognized high school diploma, or who 
is beyond the age of compulsory high school attendance; 
2.  The school shall be licensed by name, or in the case of an 
applicant, shall apply fo r licensure by name, to offer one or more 
training programs beyond the secondary level. 
E.  No license for a cosmetology or barber school shall be 
issued unless the owner thereof presents evidence satisfactory to 
the Board that the school has satisfactory facilities and equipment 
and has instructors qualified to give a course of study as provided 
in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act. 
F.  There shall be included in the curriculum for cosmetology 
and barber schools, courses of study in the theory of cosmetology 
and barbering related theory, studies in manipulative practices, 
sterilization and sanitation, shop management, and such other 
related subjects as may be approved by the Board. 
G.  1.  The Board shall adopt a curriculum of required courses 
of instruction in theory and training of either one thousand five 
hundred (1,500) clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours 
as recognized by the United States Department of Education or a 
regional or national accreditation entity recognized by the Un ited 
States Department of Education in a basic course to be taught in all 
cosmetology or barbering schools in the state.  The basic 
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students completing the course to take the examination for a 
license. 
2.  Cosmetology and barber students in vocational, trade, and 
industrial cosmetology and barbering classes in public schools, 
parochial, private schools or home schools shall qualify by 
completing one thousand (1,000) hours in a basic course of 
cosmetology or barbering and five hundred (500) hours of approved 
related subjects to be selected from, but not limited to, the 
following high school courses in a public school, parochial, private 
or home school: psychology, biology, general science, American 
history, art, typing I, typing II, business arithmetic, 
salesmanship, bookkeeping I, bookkeeping II, related mathematics, 
English II, English III and English IV. 
H.  1.  No person shall be eligible to give instruction in 
cosmetology or barbering unless the person is the holder of a 
current unrevoked instructor 's license issued by the Board. 
2.  Each cosmetology or barber school shall employ at least one 
instructor for the first fifteen students registered therein, and at 
least one additional instructor shal l be employed for each 
additional group of fifteen students, or major fraction thereof. 
3.  Students utilizing hybrid learning programs are included in 
the total student number as referenced in the ratio in paragraph 2 
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I.  A cosmetology or barbering school may be operated in and as 
part of an accredited high school. 
J.  No cosmetology or barber school owner or an establishment 
owner shall charge students or apprentices for cosmetic materials, 
supplies, apparatus, or machines used by them in practice work.  A 
reasonable charge may be made by a cosmetology or barber school for 
clinical work performed by students upon persons who are not 
students therein.  No instructor shall be permitted to do 
professional or clinical work in a cosmetology or barber school at 
any time. 
K.  No cosmetology or barber establishment shall ever be 
operated in or as a part of a cosmetology school. 
L.  1.  Students shall: 
a. have an eighth-grade education or the equivalent 
thereof, and 
b. be at least sixteen (16) years of age unless they are 
public or private school students who will be sixteen 
(16) years of age by November 1 of the year in which 
cosmetology or barbering instruction begins. 
2.  Credit shall not be given to any person by the Board or by a 
cosmetology or barber school for hours spent in attending a 
cosmetology or barber school unless the person has registered with 
the Board as a student prior to the attendance, except that a 
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may receive credit for such attendance for transfer upon proper 
certification as provided by rule of the Board. 
3.  No student shall be credited with more than eight (8) hours ' 
attendance in a cosmetology or barber school in any one (1) day. 
4.  No person shall be eligible to take the Board -issued 
examination for a license unless such person is at least seventeen 
(17) years of age or a high school graduate. 
M.  1.  No student shall be eligible to take the examination for 
a Board-issued license without fu rnishing to the Board the affidavit 
of the owner of the cosmetology or barber school that the student 
has satisfactorily completed the requirements specified in paragraph 
1 of subsection F G of this section, except public and private 
school students who wi ll complete the requirements specified in 
paragraph 2 of subsection F G of this section by the close of the 
current school year may take the examination next preceding the end 
of the school year. 
2.  Students who are eligible to take the examination shall be 
given an oral examination if requested by their instructor and proof 
of qualifying disability is proven. 
N.  No person shall be eligible to register for the examination 
for an instructor's license unless such person is a high school 
graduate, or has obt ained a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) as to 
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Board and conducted by qualified examiners selected by the Board, 
and has: 
1.  Satisfactorily completed all hours required for the 
appropriate specialty course and an additional one thousand (1,000) 
instructor training hours or equivalent number of credit hours as 
recognized by the United States Department of Education or as 
recognized by a regional or national accreditation entity prescribed 
by the Board recognized by the United States Department of Education 
in a cosmetology school in this state; or 
2.  Completed all hours required for the appropriate specialty 
course, three hundred (300) instructor training hours, prescribed by 
the Board in a cosmetology school in this state and has been engaged 
in the practice of cosmetology for at least the preceding two (2) 
years. 
O.  The Board shall have the power to conduct examinations 
around the state at public locations including, but not limited to, 
technology center schools. 
P.  Each cosmetology or barber school shall prominently display 
in a conspicuous place above or to the side of the entrance thereto 
a sign identifying it as an institute of learning.  Wording on sign 
shall be in plain letters at l east three (3) inches high and at 
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SECTION 6.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.8, as 
last amended by Section 6, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.8), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.8 A.  Each person training as an apprentice shall 
be required to have the same qualifications as a student for 
admission into a cosmetology or barber school, and shall be 
registered with the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering before 
commencing the training. 
B.  No apprentice shall engage in any of the practices of 
cosmetology or barbering except under the immediate supervision of a 
licensed instructor in a cosmetology or barber establishment 
approved by the Board for apprentice training. 
C.  All apprentices must wear a badge which designates them as 
an apprentice and is furnished by the Board with the apprentice 
registration receipt. 
D.  Only one apprentice two apprentices may be registered to 
receive training in any a cosmetology or barber establishment at any 
one time. 
E.  Completion of three thousand (3,000) hours of apprentice 
training in a cosmetology or barber barbering establishment is the 
equivalent of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours' training in a 
cosmetology or barber sch ool and shall entitle the apprentice to 
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SECTION 7.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.9, as 
last amended by Section 7, Chapter 260, O.S.L. 2014 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.9), is amended to read as follo ws: 
Section 199.9 A.  The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering 
shall not issue a license for a cosmetology or barber establishment 
until an inspection has been made of the salon establishment and 
equipment, including the sanitary facilities thereof.  Temporary 
approval pending inspection may be made upon sworn affidavit by the 
license applicant that all requirements have been met.  No license 
shall be issued for a cosmetology or barber establishment to be 
operated in a private home or residence unless the salon 
establishment is located in a room or rooms not used or occupied for 
residential purposes. 
B.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Cosmetology 
and Barbering Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice 
cosmetology or barberin g in any place other than a licensed 
establishment or school licensed by the Board. 
2.  In an emergency such as illness, invalidism , or death, a 
practitioner licensed operator or certified by the Board may perform 
cosmetology or barbering services for a pe rson by appointment in a 
place other than a licensed cosmetology or barber establishment or 
cosmetology or barber school. 
C.  A person licensed as a cosmetologist may perform cosmetology 
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may perform barbering services in a cosmetology establishment.  Any 
salon establishment which provides both cosmetology and barbering 
services must obtain a license from the Board. 
SECTION 8.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.10, a s 
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 265, O.S.L. 2016 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.10), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.10 A.  All licenses and certificates issued under 
the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act shall 
be issued for a period of one (1) year.  The expiration date of the 
license shall be the last day of the month in which the applicant 's 
birthday falls.  The public display of a licensee 's personal 
residential address on the face of any license issued pursuant to 
the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act shall 
be prohibited on and after July 1, 2016, and such personal address 
information, if publically displayed on a valid license, may be 
redacted by the licensee until the license is renewed and no longer 
bears his or her personal residential address. 
B.  Applications for renewal must be made on or before the last 
day of the month in which the applicant 's birthday falls, and shall 
be accompanied by the appropriate fees. 
C.  Any person who fail s to renew the license or certificate 
within the required time may make application for renewal at any 
time within five (5) years from the expiration date of the license 
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fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), which becomes due two (2) months after 
the expiration date. 
D.  Any person who fails to renew within the required time may 
make application with subsequent five (5) years shall not be 
eligible for licensure or certification until the person subm its 
payment for all cumulative renewal and penalty fees and successfully 
passes the Board's safety and sanitation exam . 
E.  Before a person may take an examination to renew an expired 
license after a period of five (5) years, such person shall register 
in a cosmetology or barber school for the given number of review 
hours in accordance with the following timetable and schedule based 
upon the type of license held. 
 	Expired Five Review 
License Type 	Years or More Hours Required 
Basic Cosmetologist 	250 hours 
Barber  	250 hours 
Master Cosmetology 
Instructor  	100 hours 
Master Barber 
Instructor  	100 hours 
Facial/Esthetics 
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Instructor  	100 hours 
Manicurist  	100 hours 
Facial Operator 	100 hours 
Cosmetician  	100 hours 
Hairbraiding 
Technician  	100 hours 
F.  Each person holding a license shall notify the Board of any 
change in the mailing address of such person within thirty (30) days 
after any change. 
SECTION 9.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199. 11, as 
last amended by Section 9, Chapter 363, O.S.L. 2019 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.11), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.11 A.  The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering 
is hereby authorized to deny, revoke, suspend , or refuse to renew 
any license, certificate , or registration that it is authorized to 
issue under the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act for any of 
the following causes: 
1.  Conviction of a felony crime that substantially relates to 
the practice of cosmetology and poses a reasonable threat to public 
safety; 
2.  Gross malpractice or gross incompetence; 
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4.  A license or certificate holder 's continuing to practice 
while afflicted with an infectious, contagious, or communicable 
disease; 
5.  Habitual drunkenness or addiction to use of habit -forming 
drugs; 
6.  Advertising by means of statements known to be false or 
deceptive; 
7.  Continued or flagrant violation of any rules of the Board, 
or continued practice by a Board licensee licensed or certified 
person in a cosmetology or barber establishment wherein violations 
of the rules of the Board are being committed within the knowledge 
of the licensee licensed or certified person ; 
8.  Failure to display licen se or certificate as required by the 
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act; 
9.  Continued practice of cosmetology or barbering after 
expiration of a license or certificate therefor; 
10.  Employment by a salon or barber establishment owner or 
manager of any person to perform any of the practices of cosmetology 
or barbering who is not duly licensed or certified to perform the 
services; 
11.  Practicing cosmetology or barbering in an unprofessional 
manner; 
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13.  Unsanitary operating practices of a licensee practitioner 
licensed or certified by the Board . 
B.  As used in this section: 
1.  "Substantially relates " means the nature of criminal conduct 
for which the person wa s convicted has a direct bearing on the 
fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or 
responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and 
2.  "Poses a reasonable threat " means the nature of criminal 
conduct for which the person was con victed involved an act or threat 
of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability 
to serve the public or work with others in the occupation. 
SECTION 10.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 199.14, as 
last amended by Section 4, Chapter 62, O.S.L. 2018 (59 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 199.14), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 199.14  A.  The following fees shall be charged by the 
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering: 
Registration as a student Student registration ...... $  5.00 
Apprentice registration ................................ 10.00 
Examination for license or certificate................ 35.00 
Cosmetology and Barber school license (initial) .......400.00 
Cosmetology and Barber school license (renewal) .......125.00 
Apprentice Registration ................................ 10.00 
Renewal Advanced Operator lice nse (annual).............25.00 
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Cosmetology license (annual )........................... 25.00 
Barber license (annual) ................................ 25.00 
Manicurist license (annual) ............................ 25.00 
Facial/Esthetics Instructor license (annual) ...........30.00 
Cosmetician license (annual) ........................... 25.00 
Manicurist/Nail Technician Instructor license (annual) .30.00 
School license (initial) .............................. 400.00 
School license (renewal) .............................. 125.00 
Annual license or certificate renewal..................25.00 
Annual master instructor license r enewal...............50.00 
Establishment license (initial) ........................ 50.00 
Establishment license (renewal)........................ 30.00 
Demonstrator license (annual) .......................... 20.00 
Master Cosmetology Instructor license (annual) ........50.00 
Master Barber Instructor license (annual) ..............50.00 
Cosmetology establishment license (initial) ............45.00 
Cosmetology establishment license (renewal) ............30.00 
Barber establishment license (initial) .................45.00 
Barber establishment license (renewal) .................30.00 
Cosmetic Studio license (initial) ...................... 50.00 
Cosmetic Studio license (renewal) ..................... 30.00 
Nail Salon (initial) ................................ ..45.00 
Nail Salon (renewal) ................................ ..30.00 
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Reciprocity processing fee ............................. 30.00 
Duplicate license (in case of loss or 
destruction of original) .............................. 5.00 
Notary fee................................ ..............1.00  
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Certification of Records ............................... 10.00 
Duplicate license (in case of loss or destruction 
  of original)................................ ..........5.00 
B.  In addition to the fees specified in subsection A of this 
section, the Board shall charge a total penalty of Ten Dollars 
($10.00), as provided for in Section 199.10 of this title. 
C.  Any person licensed as an advanced operator prior to July 1, 
1985, may renew the advanced cosmetologist that license annually by 
payment of the fee required by this section and by being in 
compliance with the rules promulgated by the State Board of 
Cosmetology and Barbering. 
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Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2021. 
 
 
 
  
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Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021. 
 
 
 
  
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