RSA 313-A:24 · Apprentice Registration and Certificates

313-A:24 Apprentice Registration and Certificates. –

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I.

No person shall enter an apprenticeship or enroll in a school under this chapter unless such person has registered with the office of professional licensure and certification as an apprentice and been issued an apprentice certificate. The office shall issue an apprentice certificate to any student receiving instruction within a licensed school and/or shop to learn barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, or manicuring.

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II.

A person applying for an apprentice certificate under this section shall be granted such certificate upon:

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(a)

Submitting proof sufficient to the board to show that such person is at least 16 years of age;

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(b)

Paying a fee established by the office of professional licensure and certification; and

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(c)

Being deemed by the office to be of good professional character based upon criteria established by the board.

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III.

No salon or barbershop shall at any one time have more than one apprentice per licensed professional, except as follows:

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(a)

Each licensed barber may have up to 2 apprentices for barbering.

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(b)

Each licensed master barber may have up to 2 apprentices for barbering, or one apprentice master barber and one apprentice barber.

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IV.

Upon completing the number of hours specified in the board's apprentice rules, an apprentice shall be eligible to apply to the office for certification.

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V.

[Repealed.] Source. 2000, 118:1. 2006, 290:23. 2012, 25:1, eff. July 1, 2012. 2016, 297:8, eff. Aug. 20, 2016. 2021, 205:2, Pt. VIII, Sec. 3, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2024, 327:27, eff. July 1, 2024. 2025, 141:157, eff. July 1, 2025.

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