Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-323, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-323. Instructor license; application; qualifications; reciprocity
A. An applicant for an instructor license shall file the following with the board:
1. A written application on a form prescribed by the board.
2. Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications.
B. An applicant shall:
1. Be at least nineteen years of age.
2. Hold a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules.
3. Pass an examination given under the direction of the board.
4. Pay the prescribed fees.
5. Have practiced barbering for at least two years.
6. Obtain a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to section 41-1758.03.
C. An applicant who holds a valid instructor's instructor license to instruct barber students issued by another state which that has, in the opinion of the board, licensure requirements which that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state and which that grants similar reciprocal privileges to barbers licensed by this state and who has at least one year's experience as a licensed instructor is exempt from subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section.
Sec. 2. Section 32-325, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-325. School license; application; qualifications; bond
A. An applicant for a license to operate a school shall file a written application on a form prescribed by the board. The application shall be under oath and accompanied by the prescribed fee. the applicant shall obtain a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to section 41‑1758.03.
B. A course of instruction in a licensed school which that teaches barbering shall consist of at least one thousand five hundred hours of instruction of not more than eight hours in any one working day. The course of instruction shall include:
1. At least two hundred fifty hours devoted to the study of the fundamentals of barbering, hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves, structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics and diseases of the skin, hair and glands.
2. At least one thousand two hundred fifty hours devoted to the practice and study of massaging and manipulating muscles of the scalp, face and neck, hair cutting haircutting, shaving and chemical work relating to permanent waves and hair straightening, coloring and bleaching.
C. A licensed school shall:
1. Be operated under the general supervision of a licensed instructor.
2. Have and maintain sufficient equipment to properly train all its students in the use, function and operation of equipment which that is at the time in use in barbering.
3. Provide:
(a) Separate lecture rooms or classrooms.
(b) Locker spaces for students.
(c) An area appropriate in size for the placement of the training equipment.
4. Require that a student pass examinations in all phases of barbering before he graduates graduating.
5. Pass an inspection by the board before a school license is issued.
6. Furnish to the board and maintain in force a bond in the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars that is approved by the board and executed by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be for the benefit of and subject to the claims of the this state for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter and conditioned that the school licensed pursuant to this chapter shall afford to its students the full course of instruction required pursuant to this chapter, in default of which the full amount of the tuition paid by the student shall be refunded.
D. The student to instructor student-to-instructor ratio in a school shall be not more than twenty to one twenty-to-one.
E. Instructors shall not apply their time to private practice with or without compensation in a school or during school hours.
F. Students shall not teach other students.
G. Students shall be under the constant supervision of an instructor.
Sec. 3. Section 41-619.51, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-619.51. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency" means the supreme court, the department of economic security, the department of child safety, the department of education, the department of health services, the department of juvenile corrections, the department of emergency and military affairs, the department of transportation, the state real estate department, the state board of appraisal department of financial institutions, the Arizona game and fish department, or the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers, the state board of dental examiners or the board of barbers.
2. "Board" means the board of fingerprinting.
3. "Central registry exception" means notification to the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the department of health services, as appropriate, pursuant to section 41‑619.57 that the person is not disqualified because of a central registry check conducted pursuant to section 8‑804.
4. "Expedited review" means an examination, in accordance with board rule, of the documents an applicant submits by the board or its hearing officer without the applicant being present.
5. "Good cause exception" means the issuance of a fingerprint clearance card to an employee pursuant to section 41‑619.55.
6. "Person" means a person who is required to be fingerprinted pursuant to this article or who is subject to a central registry check and any of the following:
(a) Section 8‑105.
(b) Section 8‑322.
(c) Section 8‑463.
(d) Section 8‑509.
(e) Section 8‑802.
(f) Section 8‑804.
(g) Section 15‑183.
(h) Section 15‑503.
(i) Section 15‑512.
(j) Section 15‑534.
(k) Section 15‑763.01.
(l) Section 15‑782.02.
(m) Section 15‑1330.
(n) Section 15‑1881.
(o) Section 17‑215.
(p) Section 28‑3413.
(q) section 32-323.
(r) section 32-325.
(q) (s) Section 32‑1232.
(t) section 32-1284.
(u) section 32-1297.01.
(r) (v) Section 32‑2108.01.
(s) (w) Section 32‑2123.
(t) (x) Section 32‑2371.
(u) (y) Section 32‑2372.
(v) (z) Section 32‑3620.
(w) (aa) Section 32‑3668.
(x) (bb) Section 32‑3669.
(y) (cc) Section 36‑207.
(z) (dd) Section 36‑411.
(aa) (ee) Section 36‑425.03.
(bb) (ff) Section 36‑446.04.
(cc) (gg) Section 36‑594.01.
(dd) (hh) Section 36‑594.02.
(ee) (ii) Section 36‑882.
(ff) (jj) Section 36‑883.02.
(gg) (kk) Section 36‑897.01.
(hh) (ll) Section 36‑897.03.
(ii) (mm) Section 36‑3008.
(jj) (nn) Section 41‑619.53.
(kk) (oo) Section 41‑1964.
(ll) (pp) Section 41‑1967.01.
(mm) (qq) Section 41‑1968.
(nn) (rr) Section 41‑1969.
(oo) (ss) Section 41‑2814.
(pp) (tt) Section 46‑141, subsection A.
(qq) (uu) Section 46‑321.
Sec. 4. Section 41-1758, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1758. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency" means the supreme court, the department of economic security, the department of child safety, the department of education, the department of health services, the department of juvenile corrections, the department of emergency and military affairs, the department of transportation, the state real estate department, the state board of appraisal department of financial institutions, the board of fingerprinting, the Arizona game and fish department, or the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers, the state board of dental examiners or the board of barbers.
2. "Division" means the fingerprinting division in the department of public safety.
3. "Electronic or internet-based fingerprinting services" means a secure system for digitizing applicant fingerprints and transmitting the applicant data and fingerprints of a person or entity submitting fingerprints to the department of public safety for any authorized purpose under this title. For the purposes of this paragraph, "secure system" means a system that complies with the information technology security policy approved by the department of public safety.
4. "Good cause exception" means the issuance of a fingerprint clearance card to an applicant pursuant to section 41‑619.55.
5. "Person" means a person who is required to be fingerprinted pursuant to any of the following:
(a) Section 8‑105.
(b) Section 8‑322.
(c) Section 8‑463.
(d) Section 8‑509.
(e) Section 8‑802.
(f) Section 15‑183.
(g) Section 15‑503.
(h) Section 15‑512.
(i) Section 15‑534.
(j) Section 15‑763.01.
(k) Section 15‑782.02.
(l) Section 15‑1330.
(m) Section 15‑1881.
(n) Section
17‑215.
(o) Section 28-3413.
(p) section 32-323.
(q) section 32-325.
(p) (r) Section 32‑1232.
(s) section 32-1284.
(t) section 32-1297.01.
(q) (u) Section 32‑2108.01.
(r) (v) Section 32‑2123.
(s) (w) Section 32‑2371.
(t) (x) Section 32‑2372.
(u) (y) Section 32‑3620.
(v) (z) Section 32‑3668.
(w) (aa) Section 32‑3669.
(x) (bb) Section 36‑207.
(y) (cc) Section 36‑411.
(z) (dd) Section 36‑425.03.
(aa) (ee) Section 36‑446.04.
(bb) (ff) Section 36‑594.01.
(cc) (gg) Section 36‑594.02.
(dd) (hh) Section 36‑882.
(ee) (ii) Section 36‑883.02.
(ff) (jj) Section 36‑897.01.
(gg) (kk) Section 36‑897.03.
(hh) (ll) Section 36‑3008.
(ii) (mm) Section 41‑619.52.
(jj) (nn) Section 41‑619.53.
(kk) (oo) Section 41‑1964.
(ll) (pp) Section 41‑1967.01.
(mm) (qq) Section 41‑1968.
(nn) (rr) Section 41‑1969.
(oo) (ss) Section 41‑2814.
(pp) (tt) Section 46‑141, subsection A.
(qq) (uu) Section 46‑321.
6. "Vulnerable adult" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13‑3623.
Sec. 5. Section 41-1758.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1758.01. Fingerprinting division; powers and duties
A. The fingerprinting division is established in the department of public safety and shall:
1. Conduct fingerprint background checks for persons and applicants who are seeking licenses from state agencies, employment with licensees, contract providers and state agencies or employment or educational opportunities with agencies that require fingerprint background checks pursuant to sections 8‑105, 8‑322, 8‑463, 8‑509, 8‑802, 15‑183, 15‑503, 15‑512, 15‑534, 15‑763.01, 15‑782.02, 15‑1330, 15‑1881, 17‑215, 28‑3413, 32‑323, 32-325, 32‑1232, 32-1284, 32-1297.01, 32‑2108.01, 32‑2123, 32‑2371, 32‑2372, 32‑3620, 32‑3668, 32‑3669, 36‑207, 36‑411, 36‑425.03, 36‑446.04, 36‑594.01, 36‑594.02, 36‑882, 36‑883.02, 36‑897.01, 36‑897.03, 36‑3008, 41‑619.52, 41‑619.53, 41‑1964, 41‑1967.01, 41‑1968, 41‑1969 and 41‑2814, section 46‑141, subsection A and section 46‑321.
2. Issue fingerprint clearance cards. On issuance, a fingerprint clearance card becomes the personal property of the cardholder and the cardholder shall retain possession of the fingerprint clearance card.
3. On submission of an application for a fingerprint clearance card, collect the fees established by the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41‑619.53 and deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the monies collected in the board of fingerprinting fund.
4. Inform in writing each person who submits fingerprints for a fingerprint background check of the right to petition the board of fingerprinting for a good cause exception pursuant to section 41‑1758.03, 41‑1758.04 or 41‑1758.07.
5. If after conducting a state and federal criminal history records check the division determines that it is not authorized to issue a fingerprint clearance card to a person, inform the person in writing that the division is not authorized to issue a fingerprint clearance card. The notice shall include the criminal history information on which the denial was based. This criminal history information is subject to dissemination restrictions pursuant to section 41‑1750 and Public Law 92‑544.
6. Notify the person in writing if the division suspends, revokes or places a driving restriction notation on a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to section 41‑1758.04. The notice shall include the criminal history information on which the suspension, revocation or placement of the driving restriction notation was based. This criminal history information is subject to dissemination restrictions pursuant to section 41‑1750 and Public Law 92‑544.
7. Administer and enforce this article.
B. The fingerprinting division may contract for electronic or internet‑based fingerprinting services through an entity or entities for the acquisition and transmission of applicant fingerprint and data submissions to the department, including identity verified fingerprints pursuant to section 15‑106. The entity or entities contracted by the department of public safety may charge the applicant a fee for services provided pursuant to this article. The entity or entities contracted by the department of public safety shall comply with:
1. All information privacy and security measures and submission standards established by the department of public safety.
2. The information technology security policy approved by the department of public safety.