Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
83 chapters · 2,038 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-101 Title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Barber Law”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-102 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Barber” means an individual who practices barbering;(2) “Barber pole” means any version or likeness of the traditional symbol used to identify a barbershop, customarily composed of a vertical cylinder or pole…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-103 Exemptions — Construction
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(a) The following persons, firms, or corporations are exempt from the provisions under this chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:(1) Persons licensed by the laws of this state to practice the healing arts;(2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-104 Penalties
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(a) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate as a barber, barbershop, barber corporation, or barber school or college which fails to file an application for certificate of registration shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person, firm, or corporation which…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-201 Creation — Members
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(a) (1) There is created a State Board of Barber Examiners, consisting of the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing, or his or her designee, who shall be an ex officio member of the board, and five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor for a term of six (6) yea…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-202 Officers and proceedings
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(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall organize by electing a chair from its own membership. (b) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum and may perform and exercise all the duties and powers devolving upon it. (c) The board may be furnished suitable quarters for…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-203 Director of the State Board of Barber Examiners
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(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing, in consultation with the State Board of Barber Examiners, may employ a Director of the State Board of Barber Examiners, who shall not be a member of the board and who shall have the responsibility of keeping:(A) A re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-204 Personnel
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The State Board of Barber Examiners is authorized to employ such other personnel as it deems necessary, and as is approved by the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing, to carry out the provisions of this chapter, within such limits as may be provided by biennial app…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-205 Meetings
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(1) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall hold a meeting at least quarterly at a place where, in the discretion of the board, there are a sufficient number of applicants to warrant holding an examination outside of Little Rock for the purpose of:(1) Passing upon barbers' appl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-206 Rules — Inspections
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(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall have authority to make and promulgate reasonable rules for the administration of this chapter. (b) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall prescribe sanitary requirements for barbershops and barber schools, subject to the approval o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-207 Annual reports
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The State Board of Barber Examiners shall annually, on or before January 1, make a report to the Governor of all its official acts during the preceding year and of its receipts and disbursements and such recommendations as it may deem expedient.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-208 Fees
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(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners shall by rule establish reasonable registration fees, renewal fees, examination fees, and such other fees as it deems necessary and appropriate to fulfill its duties. (b) Funds thus realized shall be expended for:(1) The payment of the sala…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-209 Disposition of funds
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(a) (1) All moneys received by the State Board of Barber Examiners under this chapter shall be paid to the Director of the State Board of Barber Examiners, who shall give a proper receipt for those moneys to the Auditor of State the total amount received by him or her from all so…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-301 Certificate required — Prohibitions
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(a) Unless certified by the State Board of Barber Examiners as required by this chapter, it shall be unlawful for an individual or entity to:(1) Conduct or operate a barbering establishment, school of barbering, barbershop, or any other place of business in which any occupation o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-302 Qualifications of applicants
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(1) Any person shall be qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice as a registered barber who:(1) Is qualified under this chapter;(2) Has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the State Board of Barber Examiners to determine his or her fitness to prac…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-303 Application
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(a) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate as a barber, barber student, teacher manager instructor, teacher manager instructor student, barbershop, barber corporation, or barber school or college shall file an application for a certificate of registration on a form …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-304 Examinations
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(a) An applicant for a certificate of registration to practice as a registered barber shall pass an examination approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners. (b) The fee for each reexamination shall be the same as the fee for original examination. (c) A person enrolled as a st…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-305 Display of certificates
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Every holder of a certificate of registration shall display it in a conspicuous place adjacent to or near his or her work chair.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-306 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-20-306Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-307 Renewal — Expiration — Restoration
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(a) Every registered barber or teacher manager instructor who continues in active practice or service shall annually between July 1 and September 1 renew his or her certificate of registration or shop certificate of registration by paying the required fee. (b) Every certificate o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-308 Grounds for disciplinary action
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(1) The State Board of Barber Examiners may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration, take other appropriate disciplinary action, and impose a civil penalty as provided in § 17-20-310 for any of the following:(1) (A) Conviction of a felony…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-309 Denial, suspension, or revocation — Procedure
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(a) No action in refusing to issue or renew or in suspending or revoking a certificate of registration for any of the causes listed in § 17-20-308 shall be taken until the accused has been furnished with a statement of the specific charges against him or her and notice of the tim…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-310 Civil penalty
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(a) Whenever the State Board of Barber Examiners, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., determines that any person has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board under this cha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-401 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “College” includes a school of barbering, college of barbering, barber school, barber college, and any other place or institution of instruction training persons to engage in the practice of barbering;(2) “…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-402 Enforcement — Authority of the State Board of Barber Examiners
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(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners may commence and maintain all proper and necessary proceedings in order to enforce compliance with any provisions of the laws or rules pertaining to the practice of barbering and, in addition to other remedies, may enforce compliance by inj…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-403 Application for registration — Public welfare considerations
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(a) Every applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a new barber college shall offer proof sufficient to the State Board of Barber Examiners that the establishment of a new barber college in a particular area will not be detrimental to the public welfare. (b) In cons…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-404 Application for registration — Contents
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(a) An application for a license and approval as a registered school or college of barbering shall contain, under oath of the applicant or proper officer of a corporation or association, the following:(1) The full name of the applicant, person, association, or corporation;(2) The…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-405 Licensing prerequisites — Managers and teachers
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(1) A school or college of barbering shall not be approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and a license shall not be issued to operate or conduct any school or college of barbering unless:(1) The faculty are registered teacher manager instructors under this subchapter;(2)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-406 Teacher manager instructor certification
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(a) (1) Application for examination for a teacher manager instructor certificate shall be filed with the State Board of Barber Examiners on forms prepared by the board and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in § 17-20-409.(2) A teacher manager instructor shall be a curren…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-407 Curriculum
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(a) A school or college of barbering shall not be approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and a license shall not be issued to operate or conduct any school or college of barbering until the applicant demonstrates to the board that it is fully qualified to thoroughly educ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-408 Facility — Equipment
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(a) (1) A school or college of barbering shall not be approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and a license shall not be issued to operate or conduct any school or college of barbering until one (1) chair is available for each student.(2) The chairs shall be five feet (5′…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-409 Fees
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(a) No school or college of barbering shall be approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners and no license shall be issued to operate or conduct any school or college of barbering until the applicant pays the initial license fee of five hundred dollars ($500). Thereafter the s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-410 Revocation or suspension of certificate
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The State Board of Barber Examiners may revoke or suspend any certificate of school license or registration upon finding that the school or college fails to comply with the provisions of this subchapter or with the rules prescribed by the board.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-420 Application for enrollment
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(a) A school of barbering shall not enroll or admit any student thereto unless the student submits to the State Board of Barber Examiners:(1) An application; and(2) The fee prescribed for the administration of the student application and student license. (1) An application; and (…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-421 Applicants for admission or examination — Qualification
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(a) (1) Every applicant for entrance as a student in a barber college or for admittance to examination to receive a certificate of registration as a registered barber shall have a diploma showing completion of grade eight (8) or a certification of equivalency.(2) All students of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-422 Application for examination
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(1) Each applicant for an examination shall:(1) Make application to the State Board of Barber Examiners at least ten (10) business days before the examination date and submit proof under the applicant's oath of the particular qualifications of the applicant, including the certifi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-423 Sanitary rules
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Each barber college shall furnish each student upon enrollment a copy of the rules governing sanitary conditions of barber shops of this state as registered with the Secretary of State.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-424 Inspection of student work
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(a) Each barber college shall require that a patron not be released from a chair after being served by a student until all the work performed by the student has been thoroughly inspected and approved by a teacher manager instructor. (b) In each licensed school of barbering:(1) A …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-501 Scope of employment
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A certified barber technician may be employed in a licensed barbershop and may assist the barber in shampooing and sanitizing so long as the shampooing and sanitizing is done and performed under the direct personal supervision of a licensed barber. The barber technician shall not…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-502 Certification
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The State Board of Barber Examiners shall issue a barber technician certification to a barbershop that is current with its shop and technician licenses.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-20-503 Certificate authorizing barbershop to continue to employ
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Upon application from a currently licensed barbershop and upon receipt of the application fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), the State Board of Barber Examiners shall issue a certificate authorizing the licensed barbershop to continue to employ not more than two (2) persons as …