SDLRC - 2021 House Bill 1016 - SD Legislature revise the structure and certain fees of the Board of Barber Examiners, the Board of Massage Therapy, and the Cosmetology Commission.

2021 South Dakota Legislature

House Bill 1016

An Act to revise the structure and certain fees of the Board of Barber Examiners, the Board of Massage Therapy, and the Cosmetology Commission.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   36-14-2 be AMENDED.

36-14-2. Barbering, Cosmetology, and Massage Therapy--Members--Terms of office-- Removal--Vacancies.

The Governor shall appoint a Board of Barber Examiners which shall include three professional Barbering, Cosmetology, and Massage Therapy that consists of nine members. The term of each member is three years, commencing on the thirty-first day of October. The appointee's term expires in the year of appointment and expiring on October thirtieth in the third year of appointment. Any member's term ending June 30, 2013, or thereafter is extended to October thirtieth in the year the term is to expire. No member may serve more than three consecutive full terms, including any full term that was served on the Board of Barber Examiners, Board of Massage Therapy, or Cosmetology Commission immediately before being appointed to the board. However, appointment Appointment to fill an unexpired term is not considered a complete full term for this purpose. Each of these members shall be a practical barber who has followed the occupation of barber in this state for at least five years immediately preceding the barber's appointment. The board shall be composed of two barbers, two massage therapists, three members of the public, one cosmetologist, and one cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician. The Governor may remove a member for cause and shall fill all vacancies. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. The Governor may stagger the terms to enable the board to have different terms expire each year.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added:

36-14-2.2. Definition of board.

For purposes of this chapter, the term, board, means the Board of Barbering, Cosmetology, and Massage Therapy as established and created in   36-14-2.

Section 3. That   36-14-3 be AMENDED.

36-14-3. Quorum of board.

A majority of the Board of Barber Examiners board, in meeting duly assembled, may perform and exercise all the duties and powers devolving upon the board.

Section 4. That   36-14-4 be AMENDED.

36-14-4. Officers of board--Seal--Duties and bond of secretary   treasurer.

The Board of Barber Examiners board shall elect a president and a secretary   treasurer. ItThe board shall adopt and use a common seal. The secretary   treasurer shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board and shall report to the president, all moneys collected, at least once a month. The secretary   treasurer shall give such bond as the board may require, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, for the faithful performance of his duties.

Any member of the board may resign by giving written notice to the board and to the Governor. A resignation is effective when delivered to the Governor and the board.

Section 5. That   36-14-4.1 be AMENDED.

36-14-4.1. Board continued within Department of Labor and Regulation--Records and reports.

The Board of Barber Examiners board shall continue within the Department of Labor and Regulation, and shall retain all its prescribed functions, including administrative functions. The board shall submit such records, information, and reports in the form and at such times as required by the secretary of labor and regulation, except that the board shall report at least annually.

Section 6. That   36-14-5 be AMENDED.

36-14-5. Employment of personnel by board.

The Board of Barber Examiners board may employ inspectors, clerks, and other assistants, as the board deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 7. That   36-14-6 be AMENDED.

36-14-6. Inspection of shops and schools by board.

Any member of the Board of Barber Examiners board, or its agents or assistants, shall have authority to enter upon and to inspect any barbershop or barber school at any time during business hours.

Section 8. That   36-14-7 be AMENDED.

36-14-7. Monthly deposit of money into treasury--Special account--Continuous appropriation--Limit on expense.

All money coming into the custody of the Board of Barber Examiners board each calendar month shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer on or before the tenth day of next month. The state treasurer shall credit the money to the Board of Barber Examiners' board's account in the general fund, which account is hereby created. The money in the Board of Barber Examiners' board's account is hereby continuously appropriated to the board for the purpose of paying the expense of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. However, the total expense incurred may not exceed the total money collected by the board under the provisions of this chapter.

All funds previously held by the Board of Barber Examiners, Cosmetology Commission, and Board of Massage Therapy shall be combined into one fund and be appropriated under the provisions of this section.

Section 9. That   36-14-9 be AMENDED.

36-14-9. Promulgation of rules--Posting in shops and schools.

The Board of Barber Examiners board may promulgate reasonable rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, for the administration of the provisions of this chapter and to prescribe sanitary requirements for barbershops and barber schools. A copy of the rules promulgated by the board shall be furnished by the board to the owner or manager of each barbershop and barber school. A copy of the rules shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each barbershop or barber school.

The Board of Barber Examiners board may also promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish:

(1) The fee for the annual renewal of the certificate of registration for barbers pursuant to    36-14-24;

(2) The fee for the operation of a barber school or college pursuant to    36-14-24;

(3) The fee for the operation of a barbershop pursuant to    36-14-27; and

(4) The procedures governing the inspection of barbershops and the barbershop equipment pursuant to    36-14-28.

Section 10. That   36-14-11 be AMENDED.

36-14-11. Certificate of registration required.

No person may practice barbering without having a certificate of registration issued by the Board of Barber Examiners board.

Section 11. That   36-14-13 be AMENDED.

36-14-13. Qualifications for registration.

Any person who is at least eighteen years of age and has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the Board of Barber Examiners board to determine the person's fitness to practice barbering is entitled to a certificate of registration as a registered barber.

Section 12. That   36-14-14 be AMENDED.

36-14-14. Qualifications for transfer of license or registration from another state or country.

Any person who is at least eighteen years of age may transfer a barber license or registration to this state if the applicant has:

(1) A license or certificate of registration as a barber from another state or country that has substantially the same requirements for licensing or registering barbers as required by this chapter; or

(2) Can prove by affidavits that the applicant has practiced as a barber in another state or country for at least five years.

After a qualified applicant pays the required fee, the Board of Barber Examiners board shall issue a certificate of registration to practice barbering. If an applicant applying to transfer a barber license or registration to this state from another state or country that requires less than fifteen hundred hours of instruction as a prerequisite to licensing, the applicant shall receive an additional fifty hours of credit for each month the applicant has practiced as a licensed barber in the other state or country. This credit shall be applied toward the required fifteen hundred hours of instruction required by    36-14-17.

Section 13. That   36-14-17 be AMENDED.

36-14-17. Curriculum required for approval of barber school.

No school of barbering shall may be approved by the Board of Barber Examiners board unless it requires, as a prerequisite to graduation, a course of instruction of not less than nine months, with a minimum of fifteen hundred hours, such course of instruction to include that includes the following subjects: scientific fundamentals for barbering, hygiene, bacteriology as applied to barbering, structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin and hair, massaging and manipulating the muscles of the upper body, haircutting, shaving, and arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching, and tinting the hair.

Section 14. That   36-14-18 be AMENDED.

36-14-18. Contents of application for examination--Photographs.

Each applicant for an examination shall make application to the