North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 86A Barbers

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-1. Necessity for certificate of registration and shop or school permit
No person or combination of persons shall, either directly or indirectly, practice or attempt to practice barbering in the State of North Carolina without...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-2. What constitutes practice of barbering
Any one or combination of the following practices constitutes the practice of barbering in the purview of this Chapter: (1) Shaving or trimming the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-3. Qualifications for certificate as a registered barber
A certificate of registration as a registered barber shall be issued by the Board to any person who meets all of the following qualifications:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-4. State Board of Barber Examiners; appointment and qualifications; term of office; removal
(a) The State Board of Barber Examiners is established to consist of five members appointed by the Governor. Four shall be licensed barbers; the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-5. Powers and duties of the Board
(a) The Board has the following powers and duties: (1) To see that inspections of barbershops and schools are conducted to determine compliance with...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-6. Office; seal; officers and executive director; funds
The Board shall maintain a suitable office in Raleigh, and shall adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of its orders and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-7. Salary and expenses; employees; audits; annual reports to the Governor
(a) Each member of the Board of Barber Examiners shall be reimbursed for his actual expenses and shall receive compensation and travel allowance according...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-8. Application for examinations; payment of fee
Each applicant for an examination shall: (1) Make application to the Board on forms prepared and furnished by the Board, and the application shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-9. Board to conduct examinations not less than four times each year
The Board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration to practice as registered barbers and registered apprentices, not less than four times...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-10. Issuance of certificates of registration
Whenever the provisions of this Chapter have been complied with, the Board shall issue, or have issued, a certificate of registration as a registered...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-11. Temporary permits
(a) The Board may grant a temporary permit to work to a graduate of a barber school in North Carolina provided application for examination...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-12. Applicants licensed in other states
(a) The Board shall issue, without examination, a license to applicants already licensed in another state provided the applicant presents evidence satisfactory to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-13. Barbershop and barber school permits
(a) Any person, firm or corporation, before establishing or opening a barbershop or barber school not heretofore licensed by the State or the Board...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-14. Persons exempt from the provisions of this Chapter
The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter while engaged in the proper discharge of their duties: (1) Persons authorized under...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-15. Sanitary rules and regulations; inspections
(a) Each barber and each owner or manager of a barbershop, barber school or college, or any other place where barber service is rendered,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-16. Certificates to be displayed
Every holder of a certificate of registration as a registered barber, registered apprentice, shop permit, school permit, instructor's certificate, or temporary permit issued pursuant...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-17. Renewal or restoration of certificate
(a) Registered barbers who continue in practice shall annually, on or before May 31 of each year, renew their certificates of registration and furnish...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-18. Disqualifications for certificate
The Board may either refuse to issue or to renew, or may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration or barbershop permit or barber...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-19. Refusal, revocation or suspension of certificates or permits
The Board may neither refuse to issue nor refuse to renew, or suspend or revoke any certificate of registration, barbershop permit, or barber school...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-20. Misdemeanors
Each of the following acts constitutes a Class 3 misdemeanor: (1) Violation of any of the provisions of G.S. 86A-1; (2) Obtaining or attempting...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-20.1. Enjoining illegal practices
The Board, the Department of Health and Human Services, or any county or district health director may apply to the superior court for an...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-21. Board to keep record of proceedings; data on registrants
The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of registration. This record...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-22. Licensing and regulating barber schools and colleges
The North Carolina State Board of Barber Examiners may approve barber schools or colleges in the State, and may prescribe rules and regulations for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-23. Instructors
(a) The Board shall issue an instructor's certificate to any currently registered barber who has passed an instructor's examination given by the Board. This...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-24. Apprenticeship
(a) Before being issued an apprentice license, an applicant must pass an examination conducted by the Board to determine his competence, including his knowledge...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-25. Fees collectible by Board
The State Board of Barber Examiners shall charge fees not to exceed the following: Certificate of registration or renewal as a barber .................................................. $...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-26. Barbering among members of same family
This Chapter shall not prohibit a member of a family from practicing barbering on a member of his or her family. For purposes of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 86A-27. Civil penalties; disciplinary costs
(a) Authority to Assess Civil Penalties. - The Board may assess a civil penalty not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per offense...

Last modified: March 23, 2014