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Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDSPart I - DEPARTMENT OF STATESubpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRSChapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
STUDY IN BARBER SHOPS
Section 3.71 - Curriculum

49 Pa. Code § 3.71

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 52, December 28, 2024
Section 3.71 - Curriculum
(a)Schedule. Every student shall be instructed in accordance with the following schedule:

SubjectApproximate Hours
Honing and stropping 25
Shaving and various uses of the straight razor 240
Haircutting, hairstyling and hairpieces 535
Shampoo and scalp massages 25
Haircoloring 25
Massaging (facials) 25
Hairwaving or curling (perms), straightening 25
Scalp and skin disease 50
State barber law and rules and regulations 50
Physiology 50
Sterilization and sanitation 50
Hygiene 25
Bacteriology 25
Electricity (ultraviolet, high frequency, infrared, curling irons) 25
Professional ethics and barbershop demeanor 25
Manager-barber instructions, instruments, shop management, examination orientation and preparation for related 50
Total minimum hours of credit required 1,250

(b)Practical work.
(1) Each student shall perform the following amount of practical work during his training:

SubjectApproximate Number
Permanent waves 50
Colors 50
Haircuts 200
Shaves 150
Massages (facial) 50
Shampoos 50
Total operations 550

(2) The shop owner shall display, in front of the student performing the practical work, a sign in display letters at least 1 inch in height as follows:

WORK DONE BY STUDENT

(c)Exception. A student who has commenced training under the previous curriculum before January 25, 1992, is not affected by subsection (a).
(d)Examination.
(1) If a licensed cosmetologist wishes to take the barber examination, the cosmetologist shall have successfully completed the following subjects:

SubjectApproximate Hours
State barber laws, rules and regulations 50
Haircutting, hairstyling and hairpieces 330
Shaving and various uses of the straight razor 240
Honing and stropping 50
Manager-barber instructions, instruments, shop management, orientation and preparation for related examination 25
Total hours of credit 695

(2) Upon application to the Board, the cosmetologist will be given 555 hours of credit for subjects previously covered in the cosmetology training courses, to be applied to the 1,250 hour training requirement.

49 Pa. Code § 3.71

The provisions of this § 3.71 amended January 24, 1992, effective 1/25/1992, 22 Pa.B. 347; amended November 22, 2002, effective 11/23/2002, 32 Pa.B. 5751.

The provisions of this § 3.71 amended under section 15-A.4(b) of the act of June 19, 1931 (P. L. 589, No. 202) (63 P. S. § 566.4(b)).