CHAPTER 565

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-88.9 and 54-88.19 as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to the Board of Barber Examiners; applt-
cations thereto for examinations; and fees payable thereto.

[H 519]
Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-83.9 and 54-83.19 as amended, of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54-83.9. Application for examination.—Each applicant for an
examination shall:

(a) Make application to the Board at least forty-five days prior to
examination date, on blank forms prepared and furnished by the Board,
such application to contain proof under the applicant’s oath of the par-
ticular qualifications of the applicant;

(b) Furnish to the Board a certificate from a licensed physician of
this State, dated not more than ten days prior to the date of application,
attesting that he or she is free from any contagious or infectious disease;
an

(c) Pay the required fee to the Board as provided in this chapter.
Provided, however, that any person imprisoned in the State penal system
shall not be required to pay any fee for such application or examination.

§ 54-83.19. Fees; duplicate certificates—A certificate or permit
issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not confer on the holder
thereof the right to practice the profession or occupation or operate the
establishment described thereon unless such certificate or permit is current
and the appropriate license fee prescribed in this section has been paid
to the secretary of the Board.

The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his
fitness to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering shall
be fifteen dollars, to practice as an apprentice barber, five dollars, and to
teach barbering, twenty-five dollars.

Upon successful completion of the examination, and after paying the
biennial license fee hereinafter prescribed, such applicant shall receive
a certificate of registration. Such initial license fee for a barber shall be
ten dollars, for an apprentice barber, ten dollars, and for a barber teacher,
thirty dollars.

The biennial license fee to be paid for renewal of such certificate shall
be for a barber, ten dollars, for an apprentice barber, ten dollars, and for
a barber teacher, thirty dollars.

The fee to be paid for a barbershop permit shall be ten dollars, and
the biennial renewal fee for such permit shall be ten dollars.

The fee to be paid for issuance of a certificate of registration for a
barber school or college shall be one hundred dollars, and the biennial re-
newal fee for such certificate shall be one hundred dollars.

Such barbershop permits and certificates of registration for barber
schools or colleges shall be biennially renewed on or before January first
of each odd-numbered year. Every such permit or certificate which has not
been renewed during the month of January in any odd-numbered year
shall expire on the first day of February of such year.

enever any certificate required by the provisions of this section
expires, and the holder of such certificate thereafter applies for renewal
thereof, then in addition to paying the renewal fee prescribed by this sec-
tion, he shall also pay as a penalty the sum hereinafter prescribed. Such
penalty for a barber shall be two dollars, for a barber apprentice, two
dollars, for a barber teacher, five dollars, and for a barber school or college,
fifteen dollars.

The license fee for any certificate or permit initially issued during an
even-numbered year of any two-year license period shall be one-half of
the amount herein prescribed for such initial issuance.

Any certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter which has
been lost or destroyed may be replaced by a duplicate certificate upon pay-
ment of a fee of two dollars. Each such certificate issued shall have the
word “Duplicate” stamped thereon and shall bear the same number as the
original certificate.

The provisions of this section regarding the payment of fees shall not
apply to inmates of the State penal system.