‘I’
EA~~ORNEY GENERAL ‘,
Q,F TEXAS
Aucmnr~~.~~s
PRICE DANIEL
ATTORNEYGENERAL
June 2, 1948
Hon. J. B. Buxris, President
Board of Barber Examfnsrs
Austin, Texas opieion He. V-595
Rez Authority of the State
Board of Barber kanin-
em8 to grant licenses
to beauty operators and
beauty ~schools.
Dear Sir:
Your requert for our opinion on the above sub-
ject matter is 98 follows:
‘1. M.11 It be possible for UI to accept
applicatloas for Class ‘lb1 Registered li-
ceme flrembeauty operatora who oan prove
that they $ractlced hairoutting in a beau-
ty parlor for two years rior to the tak-
ing effect of the Texas tiarber Law, and
havlq been continuouslyengaged in the
profession since the enactment of the law.
"2. Will it be possible to grant retro-
active approval to beauty schools if they
have been approved by the State Board of
Hairdressersand Cosmetologists,and owe
have certain knowledge that they would
have qualified under Section 9 of the
Texas Barber Law aa barber schools; thus
making it possible to accept their grad-
uates a8 applicants for Class 'Bf license;
such license to be Issued only~upon auc-
cessful examlnatlon. (Either for Assin-
tant 'B' or Registered 'Bc, depending on
the amount of experience as in the case
of Class 'A' barberas)
"3. May we accept a pllcants for examlna-
tion for Assistant Elass 'B' license from
graduates of beauty schools approved by
Eu. J. l. Burris, page 2 (V-595)
tha Board a8 barbor schools uadabr 8oc-
tloa 9 of thm Tezas IarM Law."
Sootlen 6 ud 16 ,8fArtiola 734a, V. ?. C.,
a8 ameaded by Smut8 BIT1 He, 20, Aat of the 428t L4gr
islature, 5th C,S., 1930, pravtdo, ia part, a# follewsi
*ho. 6. . . pmwu wha far a
9 ps-0 Co the taklag
perled of twm years
effeot of this act, was bebbiy m outtixq
hair In any baautj shop or hair &wuOg
lstablisbmmt shall b8 aatltl4d to L 08r-
tifloate witheut taMn(; L1 rx8riuti*n6
Application ahal% bs *d8 in th8 aam8 mm
xar aa that rc ~C3msAt. ‘CaastJA’aad
tCla881' a8 used &mM.n &all rof8r to
the cla~sitlaatirr~#rasmriba(( kin&a ua
shall lralude Ragimtwed #arbor8 and Re-
gIstwe& JbatsWnt krhrs a8 bitnod mad
used in the smetimms *i this mot. , ."
“6~. 16. TLrrtw pm* WLH hai3rr
twoyears ~d~~lf pe&edi~# t5lte t&Umg
8ff8ct 8r this rat bram rbsttiuhr emgag-
ld ir th4 paaticr rf bWber1 at etaaor
wr e l8tabliahed#We88 bf bum T.alS9,Bbrll
be @-anted 8 osrtlfloat* of rogistrstben am
t RrgisteroaBmb#sr Wtheut rxarin8tlsnby
m&tin& applicatA8ntl thr Pearl cn or bdere
the o~jlratien ef sixty days after the pass-
rri 'a8 refrrred tl)haMIn shall wan ten
d@llara, but
e@TtifiOIt@ashall be ibsued
ts tAoa4 emtitWd thQCete acasrdiag ta the
olassifioationundrr which thq #ay fall,
ta vltt ‘Class At aad tClar8Bqr
In view of the rkro quetod prevlsiens, those
p8rrms vke had pmatlood halp outtiy ir a boauty shop
or halmAawssi* estabtib~t fsr a reri8d 8f st least
two ~8are *in t8 th8 H$moti+s datm.oS ktlole 734s
m&entltled te e &8rtifi@atrWithant takl*(:~am a8mj.e
CenstrullpCI aisctienr 6 an4 16 t4gethar, It Is ap-
par& that the LyWlrWre lntwibd, howovrr, that the
oxoopl&st~ warn te apply te ei81r tka8e por;eems who mde
lxp~Patlm or
li88tins to -8 ka?Jd M el?bmirWa?**r~klb8
x ty days arter tha passage ei the A.&i* Ye *ra support-
. .
Hon. J. 1. bl.rFis, page 3 (v-595)
sd +aotion 26 kfthqut ckr e in He .B, 329, Actr oi the
4pd Leglmlaturo,~R,b,p.$02,
tiereform,you 4~4 rdvimed t@at rppliorntm for.
c3.4881)1ioOn8e8 who had jractioed h&'OUtt$lI#ia beauty
shop8 for a eriod bf two 74ms p,~l.or e .the ltfeetivo
d4t0 of the ?i0~48 Barber .L*w (tit e 7314&
f, but ‘did sot
Ike' appllcatieaI within 'them.rtJ-4ayQsrlod artier- the
lSfeotive'date of ArtioZr'?34a,0 atay~aot b8 @ma L oor~
tiiscrte withotit exulnrti,@B. Eo wever
y o nb
,
u yloq*pt
their lppllaatioomfop oxrrinrtlonmproolded, of oourme,
they meet the other roqulrsmentmof the Barber Lmw,
Section 9 of Article 734s provider%
“Any flrr, oorporatlon or pepmm
de.erlrlng to oonduot or operate a barber
mohool OP oollege In this stats mhall
f t obtain from the lorrd of Barber
* 48lnsrr L pertit to CL4 SO, rnd uhll
k8.p.the MIR proUaent%y dimp1ry.d.~ so
siltih 80h001 OX'OOllOgO Sk&d1 b elppwved
i18Qosb,suchschool orcollege ro~u$rem
a8 a pPeFequi8ite t0 ~~~Udrt~Dn.~ ~ouT8e
of lnmtruotlis3 of not ternsthan one thou-
sand hours (l,OOO),30 be corpletedwlth-
in a period of ,notlega than sir months.
and unle~ssmaid school OP collage requires
Asia prerequisiteto the ammelon there-
to, appli~antm to QeamstP~te their abil-
ity to rmad intml,ll.gmntl~ +nd Wite olur-
1~ the English laii@ageg and 8%~oertfficate
or pez%lt shall be'i88ued to an applioult
aa pro+$drd for herein0 unless maid appli-
cant de onmtrrteshis or her ability tb
rud 1st Feliigenfly and cite olerrl~ the
English language as,deterrinodby an ex-
a&nation eamducted by the BoaFd.
"guoh~mohoolmor ool&egem .&all iti-
struot studeM. in'muah subSoots 48 May be
neoemmar~.and,beneffol.alIn tq(rcbingthe
practice of barberi.ng,
,iaclndil;Mthe fol-
lowiry:subjectas Soiaatsrio fMentali~
of barberQg; hygienic baotsri~logj;mm-
tology of the ha-,. ski-n,Rusoles and
nerves; Structurs of the head> face and
neok; Elerentrry chmrimtryrelrtlng to
8tePillzatlOnand ultlmspticstDlijiases
Hon. J. B. BUPPIS, pqe 4 (v-595)
Of the
._ skin
._ and hair; h~~a~lq ad rreip-
u1at the musoles or the scalp, ram, and
neok:
=%a lrautting, shavl aad bleaahihg
and &ping of the hair. YPowevmr, if said
school does not care to teach persons who
apply for 'Class A8 but only Class B Cgtr-
ifieates, shaving need not be taught.
1Emphasis added)
There is no provision In ~theBarb,or Law which
would prohibit a beauty school from also beinQ a schoal
of barber- provided it neta the prerrquisltesaf sec-
tion g. -It is noted;howevsr, section 9 requires that
any firm, corporation,or person desiring to opsrate a.
barber school shall first obtain a permit from the Bar-
ber Board. Therefore,although a beauty school.maymeet
the rdquirements of section 9 of the Barber Law, suoh
establlsbmentcannot be recognized as ‘a school of bar-
beriug” until it has received a permlt to operate as
such. fin answer to hour second quration, it Is our opin-
ion that if the beauty schools referred-topossess the
prerequisitesof section 9 above quatad, they may be glv-
en a permit to operate a barber school as well as a beau-
ty school; but these permits cannot aparate retroactlve-
lg.
Section 8 of Article 734s provides:
'Any person Is qualified to receive
a certificateof registrationas a rogls-
tered assistant barber
at least sixteen and
age; and
“(b). who is of good moral charac-
ter and temperatehabits; and
“(a). Who has passed a satisractorf
examinationconductedby the Board to de-
termlns his fitness to practice as a mgis-
tered lsslstaut barber.
If a beauty sohoel has bren approved by the
BearQ sf barber ikam&nqrs, It is QUP opinion that such
school then becomes a school of b@rberlng approved by
Boa. J. B..Bun-is, page 5 (V-595)
the BoardCwlthln the meaning of.sectlorn 8, as x011 a8
a beauty echoel, and you may aeoept its graduates aa ap-
plloants tar lxamlnatione for assistant’s license.
The Barr8 ef Barber Xxaminere oan-
not &rant certif$oates without examlna-
tlens to persona who had prabticed hair-
cutting for a period of two years. rlor
to the 6ffeotivb date of~&tlc.fs 74 4a,-
v. P. c., but who failed to make applica-
tions within sixty days after the passage
of the Act. The Board of Bsrber Exatafn-
era may, however,, accept their appllca-
tlons~for examlnatlons, If they meet the
other qualiflcatlons set out in the Bar-
ber Law.
The Board or Barber Examiners may
Issue a permit toma beout. school to oon-
duct also a barber soho% If such estab-
lishment meets the requirements of section
9 of Artlole 734a, but such permit cannot
operate retroactively. Graduates of ruoh
pohools after the pezrlt is granted are
graduates of a schoal of barbering ap-
proved bj the Board.
Yours very truly,
ATTOltR6Y0-L OF ‘i’RX&3
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