Section 45-49-40.17 - Barber school prerequisites(a) An application for a license and approval as a registered school or college of barbering shall contain, under oath, all of the following: (1) The full name of the applicant.(2) The residence of the applicant, and if an association or corporation, the same information of the members of the association and of the stockholders and directors of the corporation.(3) The exact location where the school or college is located or proposed to be located.(4) Whether or not the school or college is owned or leased, and if leased, the name and residence of the owner, or if an association or corporation, the same information of the members of the association and of the directors and stockholders thereof.(5) Evidence that a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) has been filed with the State Treasurer and made payable to the State of Alabama, conditioned upon the faithful compliance of the barbering school or college with this part.(b) No private school or college of barbering which does not come within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education shall be approved by the commission and no license shall be issued to operate or conduct any such school or college of barbering unless and until such school or college shall have complied with all of the required provisions of this part.(c) No person, firm, or corporation may be licensed to operate or conduct a barber school or college in such county unless the owner be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of Alabama, and if a corporation, the officers thereof shall be so qualified, and unless each person who is directly connected with the instructional program shall have had at least four years of continuous experience as a licensed barber in such county; that all of such teachers are citizens of the United States and have been resident citizens of such county for at least four years; provided, however, any licensed barber may be hired to assist in giving practical instruction in any barber school or college.(d) Upon receipt of application for registration or license for a privately owned and operated barber school or college not coming within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Education, the commission shall make investigation of the applicant, the qualifications of the teachers of the school or college, and the equipment, appliances, and sanitary facilities thereof and determine whether the course of study maintained by such school or college, practical and otherwise, is designed to equip students with sufficient knowledge of barbering so that they may pursue the same in such county, in accordance with this part, Alabama Statutes, and the rules and regulations prescribed by such county barber board, and if, upon such investigation, the board finds that such applicant meets the requirements of law, and that the school or college has adopted a curriculum approved by the board, a barbering school or college license shall be issued to the applicant upon the payment of a fee of five hundred dollars ($500). Unless otherwise disqualified, a school or college license may be renewed each year thereafter by the payment of a license fee of fifty dollars ($50). All such licenses shall be renewed on or before January 1 of each year. Any school or college failing to renew its license on or before January 1 of each year, may renew the license, if otherwise qualified, by paying a renewal fee, plus a penalty of ten dollars ($10) per month for each month or part thereof that the license is delinquent, provided that no such license can be thus renewed after 12 months' delinquency.(e) Every licensed barber school or college where students are instructed shall display a sign at each entrance to the school in at least six-inch lettering, stating that all work in the school or college is done by students.(f) Any licensed school or college which may register a student, or students, shall immediately certify all such students to the board for a qualified certificate. The school or college shall submit names, addresses, a doctor's certificate certifying each such student is free from any contagious disease, educational record showing the applicant to have graduated from the eighth grade or its equivalent as determined by the State Department of Education, and any other information which the board may deem necessary. Each application shall be accompanied by a student's registration fee of two dollars ($2), upon receipt of which, if the student is found to be qualified, the board shall issue a qualified student certificate.(g) Every licensed barber school or college shall have not less than one instructor for every 20 students at such school or college. Ala. Code § 45-49-40.17 (1975)