BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                            1579

BY renumbering

Article 13 - Health

Section 536(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively

to be Section 536(d), (e), (f), (g), and (h),

respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 532 (a) and 536 (a), (b), and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section (s) 532(a) and 536(a) of Article 43 -
Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed-

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
536(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively, of Article 43
— Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to
be Section(s) 536(d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

532.

(A) (1) THE BOARD MAY NOT PERMIT A PERSON TO TAKE
AN EXAMINATION TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE AS AN OPERATOR

UNLESS THE PERSON:

(I)    IS AT LEAST 17 YEARS OF AGE;

(II)   HAS AN EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION OR ITS
EQUIVALENT; AND

(III)  HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS A STUDENT AND
HAS HAD TRAINING, AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE,
IN A BEAUTY SCHOOL DULY REGISTERED BY THE BOARD, OR BY
ANOTHER STATE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT OR MORE
STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR REGISTRATION THAN THOSE IMPOSED BY §
536 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ALLOWING PERSONS TRAINED IN
MARYLAND BEAUTY SCHOOLS TO TAKE THEIR STATE EXAMINATION
AFTER 1,500 HOURS TRAINING, OR HAS SERVED AS AN APPRENTICE
IN AN APPROVED BEAUTY SHOP FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO
YEARS.

(2) HOWEVER, ANY PERSON WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY