New Jersey A 3963: Allows barbers licensed out-of-State to provide barbering services in New Jersey while awaiting issuance of license by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

Bill Text

ASSEMBLY, No. 3963

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MAY 12, 2022

Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)

SYNOPSIS
Allows barbers licensed out-of-State to provide barbering services in New
Jersey while awaiting issuance of license by New Jersey State Board of
Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.

Matter underlined thus is new matter.

AN ACT concerning barbers licensed outside of New Jersey and 1
amending P.L.1984, c.205. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. Section 28 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-28) is amended to 7
read as follows: 8
28. a. Applicants possessing a license to render services in 9
another state or a foreign country, which services are included 10
within the definition of cosmetology and hairstyling as set forth in 11
P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 et seq.), may be issued a license as a 12
cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician, barber, manicurist, hair 13
braiding or skin care specialist, as appropriate, without 14
examination, provided, however, that the state or country has 15
established eligibility criteria substantially similar to those 16
established in this State, and the applicant has paid a fee as required 17
by the board and submitted certification from the licensing 18
jurisdiction. A person possessing a license to practice cosmetology 19
and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding 20
or skin care specialty services issued by a licensing authority from 21
another state or a foreign country which has established eligibility 22
criteria with respect to cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, 23
barbering, manicuring, hair braiding or skin care specialty training 24
which are, in the opinion of the board, less stringent than those 25
required in this State may, nevertheless, be eligible for licensure 26
without examination, if he can present satisfactory evidence of prior 27
practical experience of three years working in a licensed shop in the 28
practice in which the applicant is seeking licensure. 29
b. There is established a [three-year pilot] program, 30
administered by the board in consultation with the Division of 31
Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, [in 32
any city of the second class having a population of not less than 33
69,000 persons or more than 80,000 persons that is located in a 34
county of the second class having a population of not less than 35
500,000 persons or more than 510,000 persons, according to the 36
2010 federal decennial census,] to permit a person possessing a 37
license to render barbering services in another state or foreign 38
country, which services are included within the definition of 39
barbering as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-3), 40
to practice as a barber upon first arrival in this State and while 41
awaiting the issuance of a license as a barber pursuant to subsection 42
a. of this section. A person that renders barbering services without 43
a license [, under the pilot program established pursuant to this 44
subsection,] shall not be in violation of section 14 of P.L.1995, c.82 45

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(C.45:5B-12.1) or any other provision of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1
1 et seq.) that prohibits the practice of barbering without a license, 2
provided that the person has made a good faith effort to obtain a 3
license in this State pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of 4
this section and the person is under the direct supervision of a 5
barber licensed in this State pursuant to P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 6
et seq.). 7
[c. The board, in consultation with the Division of Consumer 8
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall submit a 9
report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program established 10
pursuant to subsection b. of this section to the Governor and, 11
pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-12
19.1), the Legislature upon completion of the pilot program.] 13
(cf: P.L.2019, c.20) 14
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 16
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STATEMENT 19
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This bill makes the three-year pilot program concerning barber 21
licensing previously established in the “Cosmetology and 22
Hairstyling Act of 1984” into a permanent program. The three-year 23
pilot program currently allows persons possessing barbering 24
licenses from another state or another country to practice as a 25
barber upon first arrival in this State and while awaiting the 26
issuance of a license in this State. The person is not in violation of 27
laws that prohibit the practice of barbering without a license, 28
provided that the person makes a good faith effort to obtain a 29
license in this State and the person is under the direct supervision of 30
a barber licensed in t