By: Goldman H.B. No. 2698
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allowing approved barber and cosmetology schools to
administer practical examinations for licensure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1603.252(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may accept, approve, develop, or
contract for the examinations required by this chapter, including
the administration of the examinations.
SECTION 2. Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The following persons may administer a practical
examination required under this subchapter:
(1) the department; [or]
(2) a person with whom the department contracts under
Section 1603.252; or [.]
(3) a barber school, private beauty culture school, or
public secondary or postsecondary beauty culture school as approved
under Section 1603.252.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.