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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Bryant
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Introduced in the Senate on April 9, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Barbers
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/9/2013 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11) 4/9/2013 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 11)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-13-40 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A REGISTERED BARBER MAY PRACTICE BARBERING IN A BEAUTY SALON; TO AMEND SECTION 40-13-20, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "BEAUTY SALON", SO AS INCLUDE BARBERING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT MAY BE PERFORMED IN A BEAUTY SALON IN ADDITION TO COSMETOLOGY; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 40-7-260 RELATING TO THE PROVISION THAT ONLY LICENSED MASTER HAIR CARE SPECIALISTS MAY USE CHEMICALS TO WAVE, RELAX, STRAIGHTEN, OR BLEACH HAIR IN A BARBER SHOP.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-13-40. (A) A person registered as a barber pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 7 of this title may practice barbering in a beauty salon.
(B) A barber shop registered with the Board of Barber Examiners pursuant to Section 40-7-320 and a beauty salon may share a common door or entrance and may operate without a wall or any other physical division between the barber shop and beauty salon, and may not be required to be separated by a solid wall from floor to ceiling or in any other manner.
(C) The provisions of this section apply notwithstanding another provision of law."
SECTION 2. Section 40-13-20(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(1) 'Beauty salon' or 'salon' means a building or any place, or part of a place or building including, but not limited to, a rental booth, in which cosmetology is, barbering, or both, are performed on the general public for compensation."
SECTION 3. Section 40-7-260 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval of the Governor.
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