Any cosmetologist who can read, write and speak English and has successfully completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours in an accredited school of cosmetology, and holds a valid, current license, shall be eligible to take the barber examination to secure a certificate of registration as a barber upon successfully completing six hundred (600) hours in a barber school approved by the Board of Barber Examiners.
All fees for application, examination, registration and renewal thereof shall be the same as provided for in this chapter.
Laws, 1982, ch. 450, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 489, § 7; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 508, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 511, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 558, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 309, § 8; Laws, 2005, ch. 423, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 303, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 322, § 9, eff. 7/1/2011.Repealed by Laws, 2024, ch. TBD, HB 313,§ 36, eff. 1/1/2025.Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 409, SB 2307,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2020.Repeal date: Miss. Code § 73-5-45 provides that this chapter is repealed effective 7/1/2025. Laws, 2024, ch. TBD, HB 313,§ 36 provides that this section is repealed effective 1/1/2025.