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25LSO-0649
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0649
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0257
Barber apprenticeships.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh, Andrew, Filer, Guggenmos, Locke and Webber and Senator(s) Barlow, French and Laursen, D
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; creating an apprenticeship program for barbers as specified; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 33
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113.
Barber apprenticeship; requirements.
(a)
A registered barber may select persons to participate in the barber's barbershop as apprentices. A registered barber shall have not more than two (2) apprentices at any one (1) time. At the end of an apprenticeship under this section, an apprentice shall be qualified to receive a certificate to practice as a registered barber if all of the following are met:
(i)
The apprenticeship shall occur in a licensed barbershop approved by the board and under a registered barber with a certificate as required under this chapter;
(ii)
The apprenticeship shall include not less than thirty
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six (36) hours of training in safety, sanitation, sterilization, aseptic and other practices necessary to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases;
(iii)
The apprenticeship shall be completed in not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years. The minimum period of an apprenticeship required to qualify an apprentice for a certificate to practice as a registered barber is one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours;
(iv)
An apprentice shall have a high school diploma or equivalent and be authorized to work in the United States;
(v)
An apprentice shall pay an apprenticeship registration fee in an amount established and collected by the board;
(vi)
The supervising barber shall certify to the board that the apprentice has completed all required training;
(vii)
An apprentice shall pass an examination as required by W.S. 33
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(b)
An apprentice shall be prohibited from practicing barbering on customers unless:
(i)
The apprentice has completed a set number of hours of the apprenticeship as specified by the board which hours shall be sufficient to assure basic competency in the practice of barbering;
(ii)
The apprentice has completed thirty
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six (36) hours of training in safety, sanitation, sterilization, aseptic and other practices necessary to prevent transmission of infectious and contagious diseases; and
(iii)
The apprentice has completed a written examination prepared or approved by the board on sanitary practices.
Section 2
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W.S. 33
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101(a) by creating a new paragraph (vii) and by renumbering paragraph (vii) as (viii), 33
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204(a)(intro) and by creating a new paragraph (viii) and 33
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Definitions.
(a)
As used in this act:
(vii)
"Apprentice" means a person who has been selected by a barber to engage in on
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site training to acquire a certificate to practice as a registered barber pursuant to W.S. 33
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(vii)
(viii)
"This act" means W.S. 33
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Fees.
(a)
The board shall establish and collect fees pursuant to W.S. 33
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, registrations
and examinations indicated:
(viii)
Apprenticeship registration.
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Qualifications for registration as barber; examination.
(a)
A certificate of registration to practice barbering shall be issued upon passage of a board administered or board approved examination, and upon meeting all requirements set forth by board rule and regulation, to any person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees and documentation and who:
(ii)
Has a valid, unexpired license as a barber from another state or country which has licensing requirements for barbers that meet or exceed the requirements for certification in Wyoming;
or
(iii)
Is a cosmetologist or hair stylist licensed under W.S. 33
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140, has completed training at an approved barber school or college as set forth in board rules and regulations and passed an examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness for practice
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or
(iv)
Completes an apprenticeship under W.S. 33
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Section 3.
The board of barber examiners shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
Section 4.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025
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(b)
Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately upon the completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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