An Act amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, further providing for eligibility requirements for examination and for apprentices in cosmetology salons.

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 70 PRINTER'S NO. 1618
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 87
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MARCELL, KAZEEM, KHAN, NEILSON AND GREEN,
JANUARY 14, 2025
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled "An
act to promote the public health and safety by providing for
examination, licensing and granting of permits for those who
desire to engage in the profession of cosmetology; defining
cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology salons, schools,
students, apprentices, teachers, managers, manicurists and
cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties upon the
Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State; providing for appeals to certain courts
by applicants and licensees; and providing penalties,"
further providing for ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
EXAMINATION AND FOR apprentices in cosmetology salons.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 10 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242,
No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, is amended to read:
SECTION 1. SECTIONS 4(A) AND 10 OF THE ACT OF MAY 3, 1933
(P.L.242, NO.86), REFERRED TO AS THE COSMETOLOGY LAW, ARE
AMENDED TO READ:
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION.--(A)
NO PERSON SHALL BE PERMITTED BY THE BOARD TO RECEIVE A LICENSE
AS A COSMETOLOGIST UNLESS SUCH PERSON (1) SHALL BE AT LEAST
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SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AT THE TIME OF
MAKING APPLICATION, AND (2) SHALL HAVE COMPLETED A TENTH GRADE
EDUCATION OR THE EQUIVALENT THEREOF, OR IN LIEU OF SUCH
EDUCATION OR THE EQUIVALENT THEREOF SHALL HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING
FROM OR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BUREAU OF REHABILITATION IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AND (3) SHALL HAVE EITHER
(I) COMPLETED NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY HOURS
AS A STUDENT IN A DULY REGISTERED SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY AS
HEREINAFTER PROVIDED IN THIS ACT, OR (II) SHALL HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED AND SERVED AS AN APPRENTICE AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND
HOURS IN A LICENSED COSMETOLOGY SALON AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED IN
THIS ACT. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A NOTARIZED
STATEMENT FROM EITHER THE LICENSED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL THE
APPLICANT ATTENDED OR THE LICENSED COSMETOLOGY TEACHER OR
LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST WHO SERVED AS THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE
LICENSED COSMETOLOGY SALON WHERE THE APPLICANT STUDIED AND
TRAINED, STATING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED THE STUDY AND
TRAINING PERIOD REQUIRED UNDER THIS ACT.
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Section 10. Apprentices in Cosmetology Salons.--Any
cosmetologist who is a cosmetology salon owner, at least twenty-
three years of age, who is a high school graduate or the
equivalent thereof[,] and who has had at least [five] ten years
experience as a licensed cosmetologist in Pennsylvania[, and] or
who is a holder of a teacher's license WITH AT LEAST FIVE YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE AS A LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST IN PENNSYLVANIA, may
instruct apprentices in a duly licensed cosmetology salon,
provided that there shall be no less than two licensed
cosmetologists in addition to the teacher OR A LICENSED
COSMETOLOGIST SERVING AS AN INSTRUCTOR for each apprentice in
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any salon and there shall be no more than two apprentices in any
salon, and provided such salon is not held out as a school of
cosmetology and provided each teacher OR COSMETOLOGIST
instructing an apprentice shall report quarterly hours to the
board on a form provided by the board. Such apprentices may
apply for examination at the end of their apprenticeship at the
next regular examination held by the board, and, if successful
therein, shall be licensed as cosmetologists. Registered
apprentices upon completion of their required term of
apprenticeship, may apply for, and receive from the department,
a temporary permit to practice in the field of cosmetology until
the next regular examination. Nothing in this act shall prohibit
an owner from hiring a cosmetology teacher to instruct
apprentices.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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