SB70 Summary

• Creates the Alabama Barbers Board with three members appointed by the Governor to regulate barbering practice through licensing, examinations, and disciplinary actions.

• Requires barbers to obtain licenses by completing 1,800 hours of training (or 1,000 hours plus current cosmetology license) and passing an examination with 75% pass rate on each section.

• Establishes licensing requirements for barber shops, barber schools, barber teachers, and assistant barber teachers, including facilities standards, equipment, and surety bonds of $10,000 for schools.

• Defines barber practice to include hair cutting, shaving, facials, scalp massages, and chemical treatments but explicitly excludes natural hair styling using hand techniques.

• Subjects the Alabama Barbers Board to the Alabama Sunset Law with termination date of October 1, 2014, unless continued by law, and repeals Chapter 5 of Title 34 relating to the former Alabama Board of Barber Examiners.