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License Description Sec. 1. The board may license a person to be a barber. Sec. 2. A person must file a verified application with the board on a form prescribed by the board to obtain a barber license.Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this chapter must state that the applicant: (1) is either: (A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or (B) at least seventeen (17) years of age and is a graduate of an accredited high school; (2) has graduated from an approved barber school with not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of training; (3) has received a satisfactory grade of at least seventy-five percent (75%) on an examination for barber license applicants prescribed by the board; (4) has not committed an act that could subject the applicant to discipline under IC 25-1-11; and (5) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13 for the issuance of a license under this chapter. Sec. 4. (a) If a person does not receive a satisfactory grade on the examination described in IC 25-8-4-7, that person may repeat the examination subject to the rules governing the examination adopted by the board. (b) If a person does not receive a satisfactory grade on the examination described in subsection (a), the board may: (1) refuse to permit the person to take the examination again; or (2) permit the person to take the examination again subject to the rules governing the examination adopted by the board. Sec. 5. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in barbering in a barber school except as part of student instruction. Sec. 6. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in barbering outside a barber shop unless the person: (1) has the permission of a person who holds a barber shop license and: (A) employs; or (B) leases or subleases a part of a shop to; the person licensed under this chapter; and (2) complies with any other practice restrictions established by the board
Licensing Agency
Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
402 West Washington Street, Room W072
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 234 3031
pla12@pla.in.gov
Active Status Active
Continuing Education No continuing education requirement to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education Specific course required
Exam State exam required
License Type Preliminary/temporary license
License Updated 05/06/2021
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