Section 45-49-40.08 - Examinations(a) The board shall conduct examinations for applicants for licenses to practice as barbers and as apprentices at least four times each year, at such times and places as the board shall determine. Such examination shall include both a practical demonstration and a written and oral test, and shall embrace the subjects usually taught in schools and colleges of barbering approved by the board. Licenses to barbers or apprentices shall be issued by the board to any applicant who shall have passed the examination therefor, by making a score of at least 70 percent on each section of the examination, and who shall possess the other qualifications required by this part.(b) Whenever the board shall be requested to give a special examination, the applicants taking such examination shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).Ala. Code § 45-49-40.08 (1975)