HB2651 - 562R

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-322, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-322. Barber license; application; qualifications

A. An applicant for a barber 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.

3. One signed photograph.

B. Each applicant shall:

1. Be at least sixteen years of age.

2. Complete and receive appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submit satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

3. Pass an examination given under the direction of the board.

4. Pay the prescribed fees.

5. Either:

(a) Be a graduate of a school that is licensed pursuant to this chapter or a graduate of a school or program in another state that at the time of the applicant's graduation met the barber licensing requirements of that state.

(b) Complete a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in barbering that includes at least two hundred fifty hours of instruction as described in section 32-325, subsection B, paragraph 1. The instruction prescribed by this subdivision shall be completed through either:

(i) A school that is licensed pursuant to this chapter or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.

(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

C. An applicant who holds a valid license to practice barbering issued by another state is exempt from subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section if the applicant submits both of the following to the board:

1. Proof that the applicant has one year of experience as a barber.

2. A document signed by the applicant stating that the applicant has read and understands the laws prescribed by this chapter.

D. An applicant who holds a valid license or authorizing document to practice barbering issued by another country and whose presence in the United States is authorized under federal law is exempt from subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section if all of the following apply:

1. The board determines that the applicant is proficient in barbering.

2. The applicant completes at least three hundred fifty hours of education at a school or program that is licensed pursuant to this chapter.

3. The applicant signs a document stating that the applicant has read and understands the requirements of this chapter.

E. Notwithstanding subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section, an applicant for a barber license who holds a cosmetologist license or a hairstylist license issued pursuant to chapter 5 of this title shall complete a two hundred-hour course consisting of barbering techniques in a school licensed by the board. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 32-325, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-325. School license; application; qualifications

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.

B. A course of instruction in a licensed school that teaches barbering shall consist of at least one thousand two 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:

(a) the fundamentals of barbering, hygiene, bacteriology, theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves, and structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics and diseases of the skin, hair and glands.

(b) hazardous substances and chemical safety.

2. At least nine hundred fifty eight hundred 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 that is at the time in use in barbering.

3. Provide:

(a) Separate lecture rooms or classrooms.

(b) Locker spaces for students.

4. Require that a student pass examinations in all phases of barbering before 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 $25,000 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 this state for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter and conditioned that the school licensed pursuant to this chapter affords 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. Instructors shall not apply their time to private practice with or without compensation in a school or during school hours.

E. Students shall not teach other students.

F. Students shall be under the constant supervision of an instructor.

G. A school may offer courses on both cosmetology and barbering if an instructor licensed pursuant to chapter 5 of this title teaches the cosmetology courses and an instructor licensed pursuant to this chapter teaches the barbering courses. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 32-510, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-510. Aestheticians; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive an aesthetician's license if the person:

1. Submits to the board an application for an aesthetician's license on a form supplied by the board.

2. Does either of the following:

(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:

(a) That the person is a graduate of an aesthetician school in another state or country that has substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.

(b) That the person is a graduate of an aesthetician course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board, with a total of at least one hundred twenty of the hours in all of the FOLLOWING:

(i) theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology.

(ii) HazARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL SAFETY.

(iii) Statutes and rules relating to aestheticians.

(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in aesthetics that includes at least two hundred hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:

(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.

(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

4. Passes the examination for an aesthetician's license.

5. Pays the prescribed fees for an aesthetician's license. END_STATUTE

Sec. 4. Section 32-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-511. Cosmetologists; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a cosmetologist license if the person does all of the following:

1. Submits to the board an application for a cosmetologist license on a form supplied by the board.

2. Does either of the following:

(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:

(a) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology course consisting of at least one thousand five hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board, with a total of at least two hundred of the hours in all of the FOLLOWING:

(i) theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology.

(ii) HazARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL SAFETY.

(iii) Statutes and rules relating to cosmetologists.

(b) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.

(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in cosmetology that includes at least two hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:

(i) A school that is licensed pursuant to this chapter by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.

(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

4. Passes the examination for a cosmetologist license.

5. Pays the prescribed fees. END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Section 32-512, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-512. Nail technicians; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice nail technology if the person does all of the following:

1. Submits to the board an application for a nail technician license on a form supplied by the board.

2. Does either of the following:

(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:

(a) That the person graduated from a nail technology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.

(b) That the person completed a nail technician course consisting of at least six four hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board, with a total of at least two hundred of the hours in all of the FOLLOWING:

(i) theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology.

(ii) HazARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL SAFETY.

(iii) Statutes and rules relating to nail technicians.

(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in nail technology that includes at least one hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:

(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

4. Pays the prescribed fees for a nail technician license.

5. Passes the examination for a nail technician license. END_STATUTE

Sec. 6. Section 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-512.01. Hairstylists; applications; qualifications

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice hairstyling if the person does all of the following:

1. Submits to the board an application for a hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board.

2. Either:

(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person meets any of the following:

(a) Graduated from a hairstyling school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.

(b) Completed a hairstylist course consisting of at least one thousand six hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board, with a total of at least two hundred of the hours in all of the FOLLOWING:

(i) theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology.

(ii) HazARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL SAFETY.

(iii) Statutes and rules relating to hairstylists.

(c) Completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in hairstyling that includes at least two hundred hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:

(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

4. Pays the prescribed fees for a hairstylist license.

5. Passes the examination for a hairstylist license. END_STATUTE

Sec. 7. Barbering and cosmetology board; schools; study; report; delayed repeal

A. The barbering and cosmetology board shall study costs and debt related to licensure at schools licensed by the barbering and cosmetology board under title 32, chapters 3 and 5, Arizona Revised Statutes. The barbering and cosmetology board shall:

1. Require each school that is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 3 or 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, to report to the board, on or before January 31, 2024, all of the following:

(a) Student demographics for each offered program, including race, gender and socioeconomic status.

(b) Whether the school is eligible to accept Pell grants or federal student loans, or both and, if so, what percentage of its students have Pell grants or federal student loans, or both, and the average Pell grant award and federal student loan amount.

(d) Average completion rate and average time to completion for each program.

(e) Pass rates of its students on licensing examinations in this state.

(f) The number of training hours in each offered program that directly addresses theory, infection control, diseases and disorders, anatomy, physiology and histology, statutes and rules, and hazardous substances and chemical safety.

(g) Any available information related to graduate earnings.

2. Study all of the following:

(a) The number of schools that are licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 3 or 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, and that are eligible to accept Pell grants or federal student loans or both.

(b) The student loan debt of students at schools that are licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 3 or 5, Arizona Revised Statutes.

(c) The variation in tuition charged, completion rates and time to completion, pass rates, graduate earnings or health and safety training between schools that accept Pell grants or federal student loans, or both, and schools that do not.

(d) Current training requirements and whether they unnecessarily contribute to greater student costs, lower student completion rates and higher student loan burdens.

3. Determine whether changes related to school licensure are advisable as a result of the barbering and cosmetology board's findings.

B. On or before November 1, 2025, the barbering and the cosmetology board shall submit a report regarding its activities and recommendations for administrative or legislative action to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

C. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2026.