HB 87 — An Act amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, further providing for eligibility requirements for examination and for apprentices in cosmetology salons.

PRINTER'S NO.   70

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 87
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MARCELL, KAZEEM, KHAN, NEILSON AND KENYATTA,
        JANUARY 14, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
        JANUARY 14, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled "An
 2      act to promote the public health and safety by providing for
 3      examination, licensing and granting of permits for those who
 4      desire to engage in the profession of cosmetology; defining
 5      cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology salons, schools,
 6      students, apprentices, teachers, managers, manicurists and
 7      cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties upon the
 8      Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
 9      Department of State; providing for appeals to certain courts
10      by applicants and licensees; and providing penalties,"
11      further providing for apprentices in cosmetology salons.
12      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13   hereby enacts as follows:
14      Section 1.    Section 10 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242,
15   No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, is amended to read:
16      Section 10.    Apprentices in Cosmetology Salons.--Any
17   cosmetologist who is a cosmetology salon owner, at least twenty-
18   three years of age, who is a high school graduate or the
19   equivalent thereof[,] and who has had at least [five] ten years
20   experience as a licensed cosmetologist in Pennsylvania[, and] or
21   who is a holder of a teacher's license, may instruct apprentices
22   in a duly licensed cosmetology salon, provided that there shall
 1   be no less than two licensed cosmetologists in addition to the
 2   teacher for each apprentice in any salon and there shall be no
 3   more than two apprentices in any salon, and provided such salon
 4   is not held out as a school of cosmetology and provided each
 5   teacher instructing an apprentice shall report quarterly hours
 6   to the board on a form provided by the board. Such apprentices
 7   may apply for examination at the end of their apprenticeship at
 8   the next regular examination held by the board, and, if
 9   successful therein, shall be licensed as cosmetologists.
10   Registered apprentices upon completion of their required term of
11   apprenticeship, may apply for, and receive from the department,
12   a temporary permit to practice in the field of cosmetology until
13   the next regular examination. Nothing in this act shall prohibit
14   an owner from hiring a cosmetology teacher to instruct
15   apprentices.
16      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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