Any person who can establish after April 4, 1988, that he or she is a barber or an apprentice and can establish reasonable proof that he or she is practicing barbering in a barbershop or school of barbering under sanitary conditions shall be given a certificate or license to practice under this article without any examination upon paying the required fees as prescribed by Section 45-39-40.12.
Ala. Code § 45-39-40.11 (1975)