Requires mandatory continuing education for cosmetologists and barbers; provides that during each four year license renewal period cosmetologists and barbers shall complete 36 hours of acceptable formal continuing education and shall be issued a certificate of completion to be submitted with their application for renewal of their cosmetology and/or barbering license.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10457
IN ASSEMBLY
April 23, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
continuing education for the practice of cosmetology and barbering
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding two new
2 sections 401-a and 432-a to read as follows:
3 § 401-a. Mandatory continuing education. 1. Each cosmetologist
4 licensed under this article shall comply with the provisions of the
5 mandatory continuing education requirements prescribed in subdivision
6 two of this section. Cosmetologists who do not satisfy the mandatory
7 continuing education requirements shall not practice cosmetology or be
8 issued a renewed license under this article.
9 2. During each four year license renewal period a cosmetologist shall
10 complete thirty-six hours of acceptable formal continuing education.
11 Four of such continuing education hours shall include training on recog-
12 nizing signs of domestic abuse and/or human trafficking.
13 3. Continuing education hours taken during one license renewal period
14 shall not be carried over or otherwise transferred to a subsequent
15 license renewal period.
16 4. As used in this section, "acceptable formal continuing education"
17 shall mean formal programs of learning provided by an accredited cosme-
18 tology school or by manufacturers or distributors of cosmetology
19 products. Such continuing education may include, but shall not be limit-
20 ed to, specialty color services, scissor and razor cutting techniques,
21 and cosmetology product knowledge. Such continuing education may be
22 conducted through an online course.
23 5. When a cosmetologist licensed under this article has fulfilled the
24 mandatory continuing education requirements pursuant to subdivision two
25 of this section, such cosmetologist shall be issued a certificate of
26 completion. A certificate of completion shall be submitted with every
27 application for renewal of a cosmetology license. No renewal of a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 cosmetology license shall be issued without submission of such certif-
2 icate of completion.
3 6. A mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty dollars, shall
4 be payable on or before the first day of each four year license renewal
5 period and shall be in addition to the license renewal fee required by
6 subdivision one of section four hundred nine of this article.
7 § 432-a. Mandatory continuing education. 1. Each barber licensed under
8 this article shall comply with the provisions of the mandatory continu-
9 ing education requirements prescribed in subdivision two of this
10 section. Barbers who do not satisfy the mandatory continuing education
11 requirements shall not practice barbering or be issued a renewed license
12 under this article.
13 2. During each four year license renewal period a barber shall
14 complete thirty-six hours of acceptable formal continuing education.
15 Four of such continuing education hours shall include training on recog-
16 nizing signs of domestic abuse and/or human trafficking.
17 3. Continuing education hours taken during one license renewal period
18 shall not be carried over or otherwise transferred to a subsequent
19 license renewal period.
20 4. As used in this section, "acceptable formal continuing education"
21 shall mean formal programs of learning provided by an accredited school
22 of barbering or by manufacturers or distributors of barbering products.
23 Such continuing education may include, but shall not be limited to,
24 specialty color services, scissor and razor cutting techniques, and
25 barbering product knowledge. Such continuing education may be conducted
26 through an online course.
27 5. When a barber licensed under this article has fulfilled the manda-
28 tory continuing education requirements pursuant to subdivision two of
29 this section, such barber shall be issued a certificate of completion. A
30 certificate of completion shall be submitted with every application for
31 renewal of a barbering license. No renewal of a barber license shall be
32 issued without submission of such certificate of completion.
33 6. A mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty dollars, shall
34 be payable on or before the first day of each four year licensing
35 renewal period and shall be in addition to the license renewal fee
36 required by subdivision one of section four hundred forty of this arti-
37 cle.
38 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.