Section 553 - Barber's license; application; fee; veterans; manager-barber's license; barber-teacher's license(a) Each applicant for a barber's license shall, as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to taking the examination the applicant shall be at least sixteen years of age, have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent and have completed a barbering study and training period of at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1250) hours and not less than nine months either in a licensed barber school under the instruction of a licensed teacher, or in a licensed barber shop under the instruction of a licensed teacher. A notarized application for a license as a barber shall be made in such form as the board shall prescribe. The application shall also be accompanied by a notarized statement, from either the licensed barber school the applicant attended or the licensed barber-teacher in the licensed barber shop in which the applicant studied and trained, that the student has completed the study and training period required in this subsection. At the time of filing the application and accompanying notarized statements, the applicant shall pay to the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of applicants as provided in section 6. The board shall not have the power to require a photograph as part of an application for a barber's license.(b) Any person who has been honorably discharged from service with the armed forces of the United States, and who takes an examination for licensure as a barber under the provisions of this act, shall have ten per centum added to his or her examination score. Any person, registered as an apprentice barber prior to induction into the armed forces of the United States, may be admitted to an examination for licensure as a barber under the provisions of this act upon presentation of his or her certificate of honorable discharge from such service within one year from date thereof.(c) Each applicant for a manager-barber's license shall, as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the manager-barber's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to taking the examination, the applicant shall have completed the eighth grade or its equivalent and actively engaged in the practice of barbering, as a licensed barber, for one or more years. The board shall properly notify every licensed barber that if he or she has been actively engaged in the practice of barbering he or she shall, upon filing an application therefor prior to January 1, 1981, be licensed as a manager-barber without examination. A notarized application for a license as a manager-barber shall be made in such form as the board shall prescribe. The application shall be accompanied by a notarized statement, from either the owner or manager of the licensed barber shop or shared shop as set forth in section 15-A.3 in which the applicant has been employed, that the applicant has been actively engaged in the practice of barbering, as a licensed barber, for one or more years. The board shall not have the power to require a photograph as part of an application for a manager-barber's license. At the time of filing the application and accompanying notarized statement, the applicant shall pay to the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of applicants as provided in section 6.(d) An applicant for a barber-teacher's license shall, as a condition precedent to obtaining a license, take the barber-teacher's license examination and score a passing grade. Prior to taking the examination, the applicant shall be at least eighteen years of age, be a high school graduate or its equivalent, and either have had five years' experience as a licensed barber in a licensed barber shop or shared shop as set forth in section 15-A.3 in Pennsylvania, or be a licensed barber or manager-barber who has trained for five hundred (500) hours under a licensed teacher in a licensed barber school as a teacher-trainee, which hours shall be in addition to the hours necessary to qualify for a license to practice barbering. The training shall be limited to teaching methods and need not be specifically related to barbering. A notarized application for a license as a barber-teacher shall be made in such form as the board shall prescribe. The application shall be accompanied by a notarized statement, by either the owner or manager of the shop in which the applicant has been employed that the applicant has had five years experience as a licensed barber in a licensed barber shop or shared shop as set forth in section 15-A.3 in this Commonwealth or by the licensed barber school the teacher-trainee attended, that the applicant has trained for five hundred (500) hours under a licensed teacher in a licensed barber school as a teacher-trainee. The board shall not have the power to require a photograph as part of an application for a barber-teacher's license. At the time of filing the application and accompanying notarized statements, the applicant shall pay to the department an examination fee to be determined by regulation and shall present himself or herself at the next examination of applicants as provided in section 6. Amended by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 66,§ 1, eff. 9/16/2024.1931, June 19, P.L. 589, § 3. Amended 1935, May 9, P.L. 158, No. 71, § 1; 1937, June 5, P.L. 1689, No. 354, § 2; 1945, May 25, P.L. 1040, § 1; 1947, May 23, P.L. 279, § 1; 1949, May 2, P.L. 862, § 1; 1951, July 19, P.L. 1134, § 1; 1961, June 14, P.L. 367, § 1; 1961, July 19, P.L. 796, §§ 1-3; 1974, Oct. 10, P.L. 698, No. 234, § 1; 1976, Dec. 2, P.L. 1267, No. 282, §2; 1984 , June 30, P.L. 494, No. 101, §5, effective 7/1/1984; 2002, June 28, P.L. 472, No. 78, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2005, Dec. 22, P.L. 446, No. 84, §1, effective in 60 days [ 2/21/2006].