Section 16-73-18 - Qualification for barber and barber apprentice(a) A barber and barber apprentice shall file a notarized application. The application shall include:(1) Verification that the applicant is at least seventeen years of age; and(2) The required and appropriate fees.(b) A barber applicant, in addition to complying with subsection (a), shall provide verification of successfully completing at least fifteen hundred clock hours of barber training as reflected in section 16-73-20.5.(c) Upon complying with subsection (a), a barber apprentice applicant shall be issued an apprentice permit to learn and train in the practice of barbering. The apprentice permit shall be valid for a period that covers fifteen hundred clock hours but not more than twelve months, provided that an extension of not more than six months may be granted upon request with an explanation for the extension.(d) Any barber apprentice registered with the board prior to January 1, 1994, and files a barber application before July 31, 1994, may satisfy the barber training requirement of section 16-73-18(b) upon completion of at least six months of experience under supervision of a licensed barber. The training shall include but is not limited to: (2) Safety and sanitation;(3) Haircutting (standard and styling);(5) Scalp and facial treatment;(7) Hair coloring and lightening; and(e) A barber applicant who has not obtained licensure after four consecutive examinations offered by the board shall be required to apply as a barber apprentice and train for six months before qualifying for another series of examinations. The barber applicant shall provide verification of the six month barber training. The six months of barber training shall be concentrated in the areas of the applicant's weaknesses.(f) A barber applicant's training requirement may be satisfied in whole or in part with equivalent out-of-state barber training. Should the out-of-state training be insufficient to satisfy the training requirement, then the difference may be made up by verification of at least six months barbering experience.[Eff 8/11/66; am and ren § 16-73-18, 7/30/81; am and comp 8/25/90; am and comp 11/25/94] (Auth: HRS § 438-5) (Imp: HRS § 438-7)