Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0758 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,
16	16	COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS
17	17	Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Gallo, Britto, and McKenney
18	18	Date Introduced: March 23, 2023
19	19	Referred To: Senate Commerce
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 5-10-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled "Barbers, 1
24	24	Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
25	25	5-10-9. Classes of licenses. 3
26	26	Licenses shall be divided into the following classes and shall be issued by the division to 4
27	27	applicants for the licenses who have qualified for each class of license: 5
28	28	(1) A “hairdresser’s and cosmetician’s license” shall be issued by the division to every 6
29	29	applicant for the license who meets the requirements of § 5-10-8 and has completed a course of 7
30	30	instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology consisting of not less than twelve hundred (1,200) one 8
31	31	thousand (1,000) hours of continuous study and practice. 9
32	32	(2) An “instructor’s license” shall be granted by the division to any applicant for the license 10
33	33	who has held a hairdresser’s and cosmetician’s license, a barber’s license, a manicurist’s license, 11
34	34	or an esthetician’s license, issued under the laws of this state or another state, for at least the three 12
35	35	(3) years preceding the date of application for an instructor’s license and: 13
36	36	(i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8; 14
37	37	(ii) Has satisfactorily completed three hundred (300) hours of instruction in hairdressing 15
38	38	and cosmetology, barber, manicurist, or esthetician teacher training approved by the division as 16
39	39	prescribed by regulation; 17
40	40	(iii) Has satisfactorily passed a written and a practical examination approved by the 18
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44	44	division to determine the fitness of the applicant to receive an instructor’s license; 1
45	45	(iv) Has complied with § 5-10-10; and 2
46	46	(v) Has complied with any other qualifications that the division prescribes by regulation. 3
47	47	(3) A “manicurist license” shall be granted to any applicant for the license who meets the 4
48	48	following qualifications: 5
49	49	(i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8; and 6
50	50	(ii) Has completed a course of instruction, consisting of not less than three hundred (300) 7
51	51	hours of professional training in manicuring, in an approved school. 8
52	52	(4) An “esthetician license” shall be granted to any applicant for the license who meets the 9
53	53	following qualifications: 10
54	54	(i) Meets the requirements of § 5-10-8; 11
55	55	(ii) Has completed a course of instruction in esthetics, consisting of not less than six 12
56	56	hundred (600) hours of continuous study and practice over a period of not less than four (4) months, 13
57	57	in an approved school of hairdressing and cosmetology; and 14
58	58	(iii) Any applicant who holds a diploma or certificate from a skin-care school, that is 15
59	59	recognized as a skin-care school by the state or nation in which it is located, and meets the 16
60	60	requirements of subsection (4)(i) of this section, shall be granted a license to practice esthetics; 17
61	61	provided, that the skin-care school has a requirement that, in order to graduate from the school, a 18
62	62	student must have completed a number of hours of instruction in the practice of skin care, which 19
63	63	number is at least equal to the number of hours of instruction required by the division. 20
64	64	(5) A “barber” license shall be issued by the division to every applicant for the license who 21
65	65	meets the requirements of § 5-10-8 and: 22
66	66	(i) Has completed a course of instruction in barbering consisting of not less than one 23
67	67	thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of continuous study and practice in an approved school; 24
68	68	(ii) Has possessed, for at least two (2) years prior to the filing of the application, a certificate 25
69	69	of registration in full force and effect from the department of health of the state specifying that 26
70	70	person as a registered, apprentice barber, and the application of that applicant is accompanied by 27
71	71	an affidavit, or affidavits, from his or her employer, or former employers, or other reasonably 28
72	72	satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in barbering as an 29
73	73	apprentice barber in the state during those two (2) years; or 30
74	74	(iii) A combination of barber school training and apprenticeship training as determined by 31
75	75	the rules and regulations prescribed by the division. 32
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79	79	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1
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86	86	EXPLANATION
87	87	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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89	89	A N A C T
90	90	RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,
91	91	COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS
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93	93	This act would decrease the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for 1
94	94	hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from twelve hundred (1,200) hours to one thousand (1,000) 2
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96	96	This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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