SENATE BILL No. 612

 

 

October 10, 2013, Introduced by Senators HOPGOOD, ANANICH, GREGORY and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

by amending section 1108 (MCL 339.1108), as amended by 1988 PA 463.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     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 1,800-hour course of study at a licensed barber college.

 

     (d) Passes an examination approved by the board and the

 

department.

 


     (e) Has completed the tenth grade of school or has an

 

equivalent education as determined by the department.

 

     (2) An The department shall issue a license as a barber to 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, the department may deny or limit 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.