June 10, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Dean, Roy Schmidt, Lemmons, Gonzales, Kandrevas, Bledsoe, Robert Jones, Bettie Scott, Hammel, Polidori, Stanley, Espinoza, Melton, Lipton, Durhal, Johnson, Jackson, Tlaib, Switalski and Bauer and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled
"Occupational code,"
by amending sections 1105 and 1108 (MCL 339.1105 and 339.1108), as
amended by 1988 PA 463.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1105. (1) The department shall issue a student license
valid for 2 years to an individual who fulfills all of the
following requirements:
(a) Has completed the tenth grade of school or has an
equivalent education as determined by the department.
(b) Is of good moral character.
(2) Upon being licensed as a student by the department, a
student may render barber services to the public under the
supervision
of an instructor. A student shall not may receive
compensation for performing barber services. The department shall
promulgate rules to set the minimum number of training course hours
to be successfully completed before the rendering of barber
services to the public.
(3) A student may renew his or her license for 1 additional
year. An extension of a student license beyond that provided for in
this subsection requires approval by the board.
(4) Upon approval of the department, an individual who has
previously held a student license may be granted a new student
license or may transfer a student license to another barber
college.
Sec. 1108. (1) The department shall issue a license to
practice as a barber to an individual who fulfills all of the
following requirements:
(a) Is not less than 17 years of age.
(b) Is of good moral character.
(c) Demonstrates satisfactory completion of not less than a
2,000-hour course of study at a licensed barber college.
(d) Passes an examination approved by the board and the
department. The department, not later than 12 months after the
effective date of the amendatory act that amended this sentence,
shall adopt an abbreviated but substantively equivalent examination
that applies to students having documented experience and training
in another state or country and takes into consideration the
previous levels of accomplishment of those students. Where
necessary, the department shall accommodate the student with an
interpreter and allow the written portion of any examination to be
answered in the native tongue of the student.
(e) Has completed the tenth grade of school or has an
equivalent education as determined by the department.
(2) An individual who has held a license as a barber in
another state, jurisdiction, or country for 1 out of the 3 years
immediately preceding the date of application shall be issued a
license as a barber if the requirements for licensure in the other
state, jurisdiction, or country are substantially equivalent to the
requirements of subsection (1), as determined by the department.
However, a license may be denied or limited if the applicant has
been disciplined or disciplinary action is pending in another
state, jurisdiction, or country.
(3) For the purposes of fulfilling the requirement of
subsection (1)(c), an individual whose instruction as a barber was
received
in another state , jurisdiction, or country may substitute
experience as a barber or barber apprentice for instruction in the
ratio of 3 months of experience for 100 hours of instruction. The
department shall, by rule, determine a maximum amount of training
course hours successfully completed by the applicant in another
country, to be documented by the applicant for credit toward the
2,000-hour course of study required under subsection (1)(c).