BARBERS

KRS tit. XXVI, ch. 317

in effect

KRS 317.410 Definitions for chapter

317.410. Definitions for chapter As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Barber" means any person who engages in the practice of barbering for the public generally or for consideration; (2) "Barbering" means the practice upon the human neck, face, and head, principally of shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair, but includes also: (a) Giving facial and scalp massage or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or any contrivance; (b) Singeing, shampooing, pressing, arranging, dressing, styling, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics; and (c) Applying to the neck or head cosmetics, lotions, powders, oils, clays, or other preparations; (3) "Barber pole" means a cylinder or pole with alternating stripes of any combination, including but not limited to red and white, or red, white, and blue, which run diagonally along the length of the pole; (4) "Barber school" or "school of barbering" means an operation, place, or establishment in or through which persons are trained or taught the practice of barbering; (5) "Barber shop" means any establishment in which the practice of barbering is conducted for the general public or for consideration and includes a mobile barber shop; (6) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Barbering; (7) "Endorsement" means the process of granting a license under this chapter to an applicant licensed in another state; (8) "Independent contract owner" means any barber or apprentice barber licensed under this chapter who leases or rents space in a barber shop; (9) "Lapse fees" means the annual renewal license fee which would have been paid for the period during which a license has lapsed; and (10) "Mobile barber shop" means a self-contained unit in which the practice of barbering is conducted and which may be moved, towed, or transported from one (1) location to another. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 6, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 1, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 16. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 1, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.420 Barber license requirements -- Exemptions -- Advertising

317.420. Barber license requirements -- Exemptions -- Advertising (1) No person shall engage in the practice of "barbering" for other than cosmetic purposes nor shall any person engage in barbering for the treatment of physical or mental ailments, except that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (a) Persons authorized by the law of this state to practice medicine, chiropody, optometry, dentistry, chiropractic, nursing, or embalming when incidental practices of barbering are performed by them in the normal course of the practice of their profession; (b) Commissioned medical or surgical personnel of the United States Armed Forces performing incidental practices of barbering in the course of their duties; or (c) Barbering services performed at an institution operated by or under contract to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, no person shall engage in the practice of barbering for the public generally or for consideration without the appropriate license required by this chapter. (3) No person, unless duly and properly licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall: (a) Teach barbering; (b) Operate a barber shop or mobile barber shop; (c) Conduct or operate a school for barbers; (d) Lease or rent booth space as an independent contract owner; or (e) Operate a mobile barber shop without first notifying the board of its location or change in its location. (4) No person shall aid or abet any person in violating the provisions of this section, nor shall any person engage or employ for consideration any pe rson for the performance of any practice licensed by this chapter unless the person to perform such practice holds and displays the appropriate license therefor. (5) Except as provided in this chapter, no person or business shall: (a) Advertise barbering services, unless the person or business and the personnel it employs are licensed under this chapter; (b) Advertise as a barber shop or mobile barber shop, unless all persons in the shop practicing barbering services are licensed under this chapter. Any bar ber practicing in a shop licensed as both a barber shop and a salon licensed under KRS Chapter 317A may display an image, that is at least four (4) inches high, of a barber pole at his or her station; or (c) Use or display a barber pole for the purpose of advertising barbering services to the public unless it: 1. Has a barber shop license; and 2. Employs a barber licensed under this chapter. (6) A person holding an active barber license from the board and who practices in a shop licensed by the board may re nder services for pay or otherwise to: (a) A person suffering from a terminal illness who is receiving the services of a hospice program either at home or at a hospice inpatient unit; or (b) A person who is deceased and in the care of a funeral establishment. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 7, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013; and ch. 72, sec. 5, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 17. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 2.

KRS 317.430 Kentucky Board of Barbering -- Membership -- Terms -- Compensation

317.430. Kentucky Board of Barbering -- Membership -- Terms -- Compensation (1) There is hereby created an independent agency of the state government to be known as the Kentucky Board of Barbering, which shall have complete supervision over the administration of the provisions of this chapter relating to barbers, barbering, barber shops, mobile barber shops, independent contract owners, barber schools, and the teaching of barbering. (2) The board shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by th e Governor. Four (4) members shall be barbers holding a valid license and practicing in Kentucky. One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially interested in barbering. At all times in the filling of vacancies of memb ership on the barber board, this balance of representation shall be maintained. (3) The two (2) members appointed to fill the terms beginning on February 1, 2008, shall serve until February 1, 2011, and the three (3) members appointed to fill the terms beginning on February 1, 2007, shall serve until February 1, 2010. All subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three (3) years, with terms ending on February 1. (4) The Governor shall not remove any member of the board except for cause. (5) The board shall elect from its members one (1) to serve as chairman, one (1) to serve as vice chairman, and a third to serve as secretary. (6) Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (7) In addition to the other qualifications spe cified in this section, barber members of the board shall be at least twenty-three (23) years of age, citizens of the United States, residents of Kentucky, and must have engaged in the practice of barbering in this state for a period of at least five (5) years. (8) No member of the board shall be financially interested in, or have any financial connection with, any barber or cosmetology school, wholesale cosmetic or barber supply or equipment business, nor shall any member of the barber board teach barbering, cosmetology, or manicuring for monetary considerations. (9) Each member of the board shall receive a compensation of one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the board, and shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses. (10) The board shall hold its meetings within the state and when deemed necessary by the board to discharge its duties. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 8, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 3, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 11. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 2. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 3, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.440 Administrative regulations -- Online mobile barbering itinerary and location system

317.440. Administrative regulations -- Online mobile barbering itinerary and location system (1) To protect the health and safety of the public and to protect the public against misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud in the practice or teaching of bar bering, the board shall promulgate administrative regulations governing the: (a) Location and housing of barber shops, mobile barber shops, or schools; (b) Quantity and quality of equipment, supplies, materials, records, and furnishings required in barber shops, mobile barber shops, or schools; (c) Qualifications of teachers of barbering; (d) Qualifications of applicants to or enrollees in barber schools; (e) Hours and courses of instruction at barber schools; (f) Examinations of applicants for barber or te acher of barbering; (g) Qualifications of independent contract owners; and (h) Inspection criteria for mobile barber shops. (2) The board shall establish: (a) Fees by administrative regulation; and (b) On its website a system for a licensed mobile barber shop to: 1. Submit to the board a weekly itinerary detailing the locations at which it will offer barbering services; and 2. Notify the board of any changes in its location or itinerary. (3) Administrative regulations pertaining to health and sanitation shall be approved by the Kentucky secretary for health and family services before becoming effective. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 9, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 4, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 4, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 599, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 426, sec. 550, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(10). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 4, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.450 Fees and qualifications for licenses and permits -- Annual renewal

317.450. Fees and qualifications for licenses and permits -- Annual renewal (1) (a) The board shall issue an apprentice license to practice barbering to any person who: 1. Is at least seventeen and one-half (17-1/2) years of age; 2. Is of good moral character and temperate habit; 3. Possesses a high school diploma, a High School Equivalency Diploma, or a transcript from an issuing institution that is recognized by the educational authority in the state from which the diploma, certificate, or transcript is issued; 4. Has graduated from a licensed school of barbering; 5. Has satisfactorily passed the apprentice examination prescribed by the barber board, which shall include a practical assessment of the applicant's skills, including but not limited t o a taper haircut, shampoo, straight razor facial shave, facial, and a chemical application; and 6. Has paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (b) A barber shall serve an apprentice period of at least six (6) months but not more than nine (9) months of continuous service from the effective date of the license issued pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection. (c) In addition to the grounds for disciplinary action specified in KRS 317.590, the board may, during the apprentice period, require a licensee to retake any part or all of the written or practical examination, or both. (d) At the end of the apprentice period, the board shall issue a license t o practice barbering to an apprentice licensee who has: 1. Satisfactorily passed the barber examination prescribed by the board by administrative regulations promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A; and 2. Complied with all other requirements of this subsection. (e) The board may issue a barber license by endorsement to a resident of another state, district, or territory within the United States of America upon payment of a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, and upon submission of satisfactory evidence that the requirements for licensure in the other state are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state at the time of application. In the absence of the required equivalency, an applicant from another state, district, or territory within the United States of America, shall show proof of three (3) years or more experience immediately before making application and be currently licensed and in good standing with the st ate, district, or territory in which he or she is licensed. The board may also require an applicant under this section to pass a written and practical examination to establish equivalency. (2) The board shall: (a) Issue a license to operate a barber shop or mobile barber shop to any barber licensed under the provisions of this chapter upon application and payment of a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A; (b) Refuse to issue the license upon a failure of the licensed barber to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the administrative regulations promulgated by the board; (c) Allow the licensed owner of a barber shop or mobile barber shop, which is licensed under this chapter, to rent or lease space in his or her barber shop to an independent contract owner; and (d) Allow an unlicensed owner of a barber shop to rent or lease space in his or her barber shop to an independent contract owner, only if the shop owner has a licensed barber as a manager of the shop at all times. If the owner, manager, or location of a barber shop changes, the required form and fee shall be submitted to the board. (3) The board shall issue a license to operate a school of barbering to any person, firm, or corporation who or which: (a) Applies for a license upon forms furnished by the board; (b) Has the equipment and facilities that may be required by administrative regulations promulgated by the board; (c) Has furnished adequate evidence to the board that: 1. There is an intent to establish a bona fide school for the education and training of competent barbers; and 2. A sufficient number of teachers licensed by the board will be employed to conduct the school, including at least one (1) teacher with a minimum of twelve (12) months' experience teaching in a barber school that includes administrative experience; and (d) Pays a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (4) The board shall issue a student permit to any person enrolled in a licensed barber school upon payment of a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (5) The board shall issue a license to teach barbering to any person who: (a) Is of good moral character and temperate habit; (b) Possesses a high school diploma or a High School Equivalency Diploma; (c) Has been a Kentucky-licensed and practicing barber for at least eighteen (18) months; (d) Has satisfactorily passed the examination prescribed by the board by promulgation of administrative regulations; and (e) Has paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (6) The board shall issue a license to any barber who holds an independent contract owner's license who: (a) Is of good moral character and temperate habit; (b) Possesses a high school diploma or a High School Equivalency Diploma; (c) Is a licensed and practicing barber under this chapter; and (d) Has paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (7) The board shall issue a demonstration charity event permit to any licensed barber who pays a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (8) Applications for examination required in this section shall be accompanied by an examination fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (9) (a) On and after July 1, 2016, a license issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the first day of July next following the date of its issuance. A license shall be renewed on June 1 through July 1 of each year. (b) Any license shall automatically be renewed by the board: 1. Upon receipt of the application for renewal or duplicate renewal application form and the required annual renewal license fee submitted either in person or via written or electronic means; and 2. If the applicant for renewal is otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the administrative regulations of the board. (10) The annual renewal license fee for each type of license renewal shall be as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (11) (a) The fee per year for the renewal of an expired license, if the period of expiration does not exceed five (5) years, shall be as established by administrative regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (b) An applicant who fails to renew a license within five (5) years of i ts expiration shall comply with the requirements for relicensure established by the board through promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 10, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 5, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 30, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 5, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 54. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 5, effective June 30, 1960. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). A reference in subsection (10) of this statute to "subsection (7) of this section" has been changed by the Reviser of Statutes during codification to read "subsection (8) of this section." 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 5, added a new subsection (6) to this statute, resulting in the renumbering of subsequent subsections but did not make the necessary change to the internal reference in subsection (10). The Reviser of Statutes has made the conforming change under the authority of KRS 7.136.

KRS 317.460 Board hearings -- Appeal -- Inspections

317.460. Board hearings -- Appeal -- Inspections (1) The board shall hold hearings upon the request of any person directly affected by the board's decision to refuse a license; deny or revoke a license; or suspend or place a licensee on probation. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. (2) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, officers, agents, and inspectors of the board may enter upon premises of all facilities issued a permit or license by the board, at all reasonable times and during periods when those premises are otherwise open to the public, and make inspections to determine compliance with this chapter and the administrative regulations promulgated by the board, and inspect books, papers, or records pertaining to licensed activity, a copy of which may be obtained by the board officer, agent, or inspector. (3) Final orders of the board as a result of any hearing may be appealed to the Franklin Circuit Court in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Effective: March 30, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 6, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 276, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 6, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.470 Board personnel and administration -- Copies of rules and regulations

317.470. Board personnel and administration -- Copies of rules and regulations (1) The board may employ such personnel as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, whose compensation shall be established by the Personnel Cabinet. The board shall by appropriate order employ an administrator who shall be charged with responsibility of administering the provisions of this chapter, and the policies of the board relating to barbering. The administrator may receive compensation as may be established by classification of the position by the Personnel Cabinet. (2) The board shall prescribe the duties of such personnel employed by it. (3) The board shall publish or electronically provide copies of its rules and regulations and any proposed amendments to all persons licensed by it and to any other persons, places, or agencies as may be required by law or deemed by it reasonably necessary in the administration of the provisions of this chapter. Effective: March 30, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 7, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 90, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 3. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 7, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.530 Kentucky Board of Barbering trust and agency fund -- Disposition of fees

317.530. Kentucky Board of Barbering trust and agency fund -- Disposition of fees (1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Barbering trust and agency fund. (2) The fund shall be administered by the board. (3) (a) All fees collected by the board shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used only for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter as it relates to the board. (b) The cost and expenses of administering the provisions of this chapter including compensation to members of the board and its officers and employees shall be paid out of the State Treasury upon warrants of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet according to law. However, the total expense of administering these provisions shall not exceed the fees and other charges collected by the board and available in the fund. (4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year. (5) Any interest earnings of the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse. (6) Moneys deposited into the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in this section and shall not be appropriated or transferred by the General Assembly for any other purpose. Effective: March 30, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 8, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 133, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. II, sec. 9(2); and ch. 354, sec. 18. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 12, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.540 Requirements for barber schools

317.540. Requirements for barber schools No license shall be renewed or issued by the board to any barber school, unless the school provides: (1) The name of the proposed school; (2) A statement that the proposed school is authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education; (3) As a prerequisite of graduation, a prescribed course of instruction of not less than fifteen hundred (1,500) hours shall be given within a reasonable period with not more than eight (8) hours nor less than four (4) hours of instruction a day, exclusive of Sundays; (4) Courses of instruction in histology of the hair, skin, muscles, and nerves of the face and neck; elementary chemistry with emphasis on sterilization and antiseptics; disease of the skin, hair, and glands; massaging and manipulating of the muscles of the upper body; cutting, shaving, arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching, and tinting the hair and such other courses as may be prescribed by regulation of the board; and (5) Such facilities, equipment, materials, and qualified teachers as may be required by rules and regulations of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter, but in no event shall any school have fewer than one (1) licensed teacher per twenty (20) students enrolled, or more than two (2) students per chair. Effective: March 30, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 9, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 3, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 6, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 19. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 6. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 13.

KRS 317.570 Examinations

317.570. Examinations (1) Except as authorized by subsection (4) of this section, no examination or part of any examination required by this chapter shall be given unless two (2) or more members of the board are present to supervise the examination. (2) Examinations given by the board shall cover all phases of the applicant's qualifications for the license applied for including skill and technique of applicant as well as scientific and other knowledge. (3) Examinations shall be given at regularly prescribed intervals. (4) Examinations shall be given at the principal office of the board, except that examinations may be given at a Department of Corrections facility that operates a licensed barber school. Examinations shall be supervised by two (2) or more members of the board, or board staff designated for that purpose, who shall be present at the site of the examination. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 11, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 135, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 21. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 16, effective June 16, 1960.

KRS 317.580 Sanitation requirements for barber, independent contract owner, or student

317.580. Sanitation requirements for barber, independent contract owner, or student No barber, independent contract owner, or student shall: (1) Knowingly continue to practice while he or she has an infectious or communicable disease; (2) Fail to provide the head rest of each chair with a relaundered towel or a sheet of clean paper for each patron; (3) Fail to place around the patron's neck a strip of cotton, towel, or neck strip so that the haircloth does not come in contact with the nude skin of the patron's body; (4) Use on one (1) patron a towel that has been used upon another patron, unless the towel has been relaundered; or (5) Use on any patron any razor, scissors, tweezers, comb, sachet, rubber disc or part of vibrator or other similar equipment or appliance that comes into contact with the head, face, hands, or neck of a patron, until the equipment or appliance has been immersed in boiling water for ten (10) minutes or in a sterilizing solution and placed in a wet or dry sterilizer until again used. Only such methods of sterilization as are bacteriologically effective and approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be used. (6) Fail to wash his or her hands in a sink both before and after contact with each patron. Methods to sterilize hands that are bacteriologically effective as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code, Sections 2-301.11 through 2-304.11, shall also be recognized and used. Barber shop and mobile barber shop licenses shall require that a sink with hot and cold running water be located in the room where barbering is done. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 12, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 10, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 22. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 17, effective June 30, 1960. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 675, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in the Act, as it confirms the establishment of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Such a correction has been made in this section.

KRS 317.590 Grounds for disciplinary action -- Retesting in certain cases

317.590. Grounds for disciplinary action -- Retesting in certain cases (1) The board may refuse to issue or renew a license or permit, or may suspend or revoke a license or permit, impose probationary conditions upon, impose an administrative fine, issue a written reprimand or admonishment, or take any combination of these actions regarding proof of any applicant's, permittee's, or licensee's: (a) Gross malpractice or incompetence; (b) Mental or physical health that would endanger public health or safety; (c) Failure to comply with regulations or rules of the board; (d) False or deceptive advertising; (e) Practicing in an unlicensed shop or in a shop knowing that the shop is not complying with this chapter or regulations of the board promulgated pursuant to this chapter; (f) Unprofessional conduct; (g) Teaching in an unlicensed school or in a school knowing that the school is not complying with this chapter or administrative regulations of the board promulgated pursuant to this chapter; (h) Practicing as an independent contract owner in any manner that violates any provision of this chapter or the administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter; or (i) Violation of a provision of this chapter or an administrative regulation promulgated by the board pursuant to this chapter. (2) The board may require retesting of any licensee upon proper showing of gross malpractice or incompetence on the part of each licensee. Effective: March 30, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 11, effective March 30, 2018. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 23. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 19, effective June 30, 1960.

KRS 317.595 Barber shop lessee as independent contract owner -- Limitation of barber shop operator's liability

317.595. Barber shop lessee as independent contract owner -- Limitation of barber shop operator's liability (1) For purposes of subsection (2) of this section, any person engaged in barbering who is licensed as a barber and who leases or rents space at a barber shop from the holder of a license to operate the barber shop shall be deemed an independent contract owner. (2) The board shall not hold the holder of a license to operate a barber shop responsible for violations of this chapter, or of administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, that are committed by an independent contract owner. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 9, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004.

KRS 317.991 Penalties

317.991. Penalties (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor; (2) Any person who violates any rule or regulation lawfully adopted by the board under the authority contained in this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Effective: July 15, 2008 History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 25. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 23, effective June 30, 1960.

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