CHAPTER 622

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-88.5 and 54-88.8 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to exemptions from registration as registered
barbers and schools of barbering.

[H 1006]

Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-83.5 and 54-83.8 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 54-83.5. Exemptions from chapter.—The provisions of this chap-
ter shall not be construed to apply to:

(a) Persons authorized by the laws of this State to practice medicine
and surgery or osteopathy or chiropractic;

(b) Registered nurses under the laws of this State;

(c) Persons practicing beauty culture;

(d) Persons employed in State or local penal or correctional institu-
tions, * rehabilitation centers, sanatoria, or institutions for care and treat-
ment of the mentally ill or mentally deficient or for care and treatment of
geriatric patients, as barbers or barber instructors who practice only on
inmates of or patients in such sanatoria or institutions; and
(e) Morticians and undertakers registered as such under the laws
of this State.

§ 54-83.8. Schools of barbering.—No school of barbering shall be
approved by the Board unless its faculty are registered barber teachers
under this chapter and pass an examination, conducted by the Board, as a
registered barber teacher, as required in the course of instructions set
forth in this chapter.

No barber school shall pay compensation of any kind to students.

No barber school shall allow instruction of more than sixteen students
per barber teacher.

Any student entering a school of barbering to learn the occupation
to practice as a barber in this State, shall be required to practice in a
school of barbering not less than one thousand two hundred forty-eight
hours study, and practice not more than eight hours in any one day, within
a period of * eight months, such course of instruction to include the follow-
ing subjects:

Scientific fundamentals for barbering; physiology, hygiene, elemen-
tary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics; massaging and
manipulating the muscles of the face, neck and scalp; haircutting, bobbing,
waving, shaving, beard trimming and dyeing the hair.

No school of barbering shall enroll or admit any student thereto
unless such student shall make and file, in duplicate, an application under
oath which said application shall be of such form and contain such matters
as the Board may prescribe and shall be obtained by such student or the
school from said Board. One copy of such application shall be retained by
the school enrolling or admitting the student and the other copy shall be
filed by such school with said Board.

No school of barbering shall enroll or admit any student in a post
graduate course thereof, which said post graduate course shall be for the
purpose of qualifying persons to pass the examination conducted by the
Board to determine fitness to practice barbering, unless such student shall
file, in duplicate, an application, under oath, which said application shall
be obtained by such student or school from the Board and shall be in such
form and shall show that the applicant has passed an examination con-
ducted by said Board, and that such applicant has either

(a) Graduated from a school of barbering approved by the Board,

(b) Then holds a valid, unexpired and uncancelled certificate of reg-
istration as a registered apprentice, or

c) Who can prove by affidavit that he has practiced as a barber in
this State or another state or country for at least two years immediately
prior to making such application; one copy of such application shall be
retained by the school so admitting or enrolling such student and the
other shall be filed by such school with said Board. Nothing in this section
SRT RBS shall be construed as limiting or modifying the provisions of

Any duly licensed barbershop operating under this chapter having or
employing more than one apprentice therein at any one time is hereby
declared to be a barber school, and shall be subject to all the provisions
of this chapter relating to barber schools.