08
Senate
Bill 424
By:
Senator Grant of the 25th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 7 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to barbering, so as to change certain provisions relating to the requirements
for a license to operate a barbershop and a license to apprentice as a barber;
to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
7 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to barbering,
is further amended in Code Section 43-7-12, relating to the requirements for a
license to operate a barbershop, as follows:
"43-7-12.
A
license to operate a barbershop shall be issued, renewed, or restored to any
person who can show that such barbershop:
(1)
Provides and maintains such physical and sanitary facilities and equipment as
may be required by
law
and the rules and regulations of the
board;
(2)
Does not
train more than one apprentice at any one time, which apprentice shall be under
the supervision of a master barber
Trains and
utilizes apprentices in a manner and number as required by the
board; and
(3)
Does business only at the location shown on the application for
licensure."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 43-7-16, relating to the requirements
for a license as an apprentice barber, as follows:
"43-7-16.
(a)
A license to practice barbering as an apprentice shall be issued to any
person
applicant
who shall furnish the board
evidence that
such applicant:
(1)
Evidence
that he will
Will
practice under the supervision of a licensed barber with at least 18
months´ experience in the practice of barbering; and
(2)
Evidence
that he has completed the fifth grade of school instruction or its
equivalent
Is 16 years of
age or older.
(b)
A license to practice barbering as an apprentice shall not be renewed more than
one time."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2008.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.