WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 19

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 482(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

482.

(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 § 485 of this subtitle, 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 completed
training in and is licensed in this State as a journeyman barber
shall be given 50 percent credit towards meeting the requirements
of paragraph (1). Subject to § 485(a)(6) of this subtitle, the
Board shall determine the manner in which the credits are
applied.

(3)  However, any person enrolled in a beauty school
conducted by the United States Department of Defense, Office of
Dependent Schools shall be given credit on an hour-by-hour basis
toward meeting the requirement of paragraph (1) of this
subsection.

(4) HOWEVER, ANY PERSON WHO HAS AT LEAST 6 MONTHS
WORK EXPERIENCE AS A LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST IN ANOTHER STATE MAY
TAKE AN EXAMINATION TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE AS AN OPERATOR.

(4) HOWEVER, A PERSON WHO IS A LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST
IN ANOTHER STATE MAY TAKE AN EXAMINATION TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE
AS AN OPERATOR IF THE PERSON:

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