Directs the secretary of state to conduct an evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade including safe use and sterilizion of instruments and disease prevention; provides for report to governor and legislature.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1637--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the conducting of an evaluation of the need for educat-
ing barbers on the health and safety aspects of their trade
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that, as part
2 of the state's commitment to protecting the public health, it is impor-
3 tant to ensure the health and safety of both barbers and their clients.
4 The legislature also finds that the safe use and sterilization of sharp
5 instruments and knowledge of the proper techniques to prevent trans-
6 mission of infection and disease are significant public health concerns.
7 The legislature further finds that, because most barbers choose the
8 option of entering the trade by apprenticing to a master barber, rather
9 than attending an accredited barber school, there are many practicing
10 barbers who have had no formal training and education in the health and
11 safety aspects of their trade. In addition, there is no requirement that
12 barbers complete periodic refresher courses in the health and safety
13 aspects of barbering.
14 § 2. The secretary of state, in cooperation with the commissioner of
15 health and the commissioner of education, or their designees, and repre-
16 sentatives of the licensed barbering industry and barber educators shall
17 conduct a thorough evaluation of the need for educating barbers on the
18 health and safety aspects of their trade. The secretary of state shall
19 report the findings of this evaluation to the governor and legislature
20 no later than April 1, 2013, including, but not limited to, recommenda-
21 tions on course content and the required number of hours and frequency
22 for taking a course, if it is determined that such education is neces-
23 sary in order to safeguard public health.
24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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