HB-5054, As Passed House, October 9, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5054

(As amended October 9, 2003)                              

                                                                             A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled                                             

"Occupational code,"                                                        

by amending section 1117 (MCL 339.1117), as amended by 1984 PA              

25.                                                                         

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 1117.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this                        

2   section, barber services shall only be rendered in premises                 

3   licensed by the department under this article.  A barber may                

4   render services outside of a barbershop to a patient in a                   

5   hospital, nursing home, home for the aged, or similar facility or           

6   to a person  requiring in the person's home  care because of               

7   age if it is impractical or unsafe for the patient [or person] to travel due    

8   to frailty, age, injury, or illness.                                        

9       (2) The department may issue a demonstration permit, valid                  

10  for not longer than 1 year, to allow demonstrations on premises             

1   not in use as a barbershop.  The holder of a demonstration permit           

2   shall maintain health, safety, and sanitation standards as set              

3   forth in rules authorized under this article.  The department may           

4   issue a demonstrator permit, valid for no longer than 1 week, to            

5   a person not licensed in this state to perform barbering services           

6   solely for the purposes of demonstration, provided that the                 

7   demonstrator is duly authorized to perform barbering services               

8   under the laws of another state, jurisdiction, or country.