Barber

Exam

State exam

Education

Degree

Experience

Experience

Background check

None

Rule 1.2 Application for Licensure of a School A. Each school shall submit, for approval by the Board with its application for licensure of a Barber School or College, a copy of its daily class schedule. Any changes must be approve the Board. Schools shall maintain regular class hours in accordance with said daily schedule. B. Each school shall submit along with its application for Licensure its admission requirements for student enrollment. C. A school may be Licensed as: 1. School of Barbering a. Is a School who admits as a regular student only an individual who has a recognized high school diploma or has earn their high school equivalency through a recognized GED testing facility, and/or shall have satisfactory passed the ability-to-benefit examination approved by the U.S. Department of Education. Students must also be able to read, write and speak English. 2. Postsecondary School of Barbering a. Is a School who admits as a regular student only an individual who has earned a recognized high school diploma or has earned their high school equivalency through a recognized GED testing facility. Students must also be beyond the age of compulsory high school attendance and be able to read, write and speak English. b. Schools will show its compliance with Rule 2.a with an affidavit upon licensing or renewal. Schools previously licensed as a School of Barbering may request postsecondary recognition during their renewal by providing an affidavit certifying its compliance. D. Licenses of a School will clearly state whether or not the School has Postsecondary recognition. Source: Mississippi Code of 1972, 73-5-7 (4) Students shall not have less than (1500) hours of barbering in an approved school of barbering by the State Board of Barber Examiners of Mississippi before applying for the registered barber examination. However, a licensed cosmetologist must have six hundred (600) hours of barbering in such school before so applying. Any person applying for an instructor’s examination shall: 1. be twenty-one (21) years of age or older 2. be of good moral and temperate habits 3. be able to read, write and speak English 4. Possess a high school education or its equivalent 5. Have successfully completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and hold a valid certificate of registration to practice barbering 6. Have not less than two (2) years of active experience as a registered barber 7. Have successfully completed not less than six hundred (600) hours of barber instructor training at a school approved by the Board and 8. Have passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the Board to determine his fitness to practice as a barber instructor.