SB2511 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 18786 RAS 54191 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2511

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 410/1-7	from Ch. 111, par. 1701-7
225 ILCS 410/2-4	from Ch. 111, par. 1702-4

Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Requires the licensure of barber clinic teachers. Provides the qualifications for a barber clinic teacher license. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by changing Sections 1-7 and 2-4 as follows:

(225 ILCS 410/1-7) (from Ch. 111, par. 1701-7)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

Sec. 1-7. Licensure required; renewal.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to practice, or to hold himself or herself out to be a cosmetologist, esthetician, nail technician, or barber without a license as a cosmetologist, esthetician, nail technician, or barber issued by the Department of Professional Regulation pursuant to the provisions of this Act and of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. It is also unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to own, operate, or conduct a cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, or barber school without a license issued by the Department or to own or operate a cosmetology, esthetics, or nail technology salon or barber shop without a certificate of registration issued by the Department. It is further unlawful for any person to teach in any cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, or barber college or school approved by the Department or hold himself or herself out as a cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, or barber teacher without a license as a teacher, issued by the Department or as a barber clinic teacher or cosmetology, esthetics, or nail technology clinic teacher without a license as a clinic teacher issued by the Department.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person licensed as a cosmetologist may hold himself or herself out as an esthetician and may engage in the practice of esthetics, as defined in this Act, without being licensed as an esthetician. A person licensed as a cosmetology teacher may teach esthetics or hold himself or herself out as an esthetics teacher without being licensed as an esthetics teacher. A person licensed as a cosmetologist may hold himself or herself out as a nail technician and may engage in the practice of nail technology, as defined in this Act, without being licensed as a nail technician. A person licensed as a cosmetology teacher may teach nail technology and hold himself or herself out as a nail technology teacher without being licensed as a nail technology teacher.

(c) A person licensed as a barber teacher may hold himself or herself out as a barber and may practice barbering without a license as a barber. A person licensed as a cosmetology teacher may hold himself or herself out as a cosmetologist, esthetician, and nail technologist and may practice cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology without a license as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technologist. A person licensed as an esthetics teacher may hold himself or herself out as an esthetician without being licensed as an esthetician and may practice esthetics. A person licensed as a nail technician teacher may practice nail technology and may hold himself or herself out as a nail technologist without being licensed as a nail technologist.

(d) The holder of a license issued under this Act may renew that license during the month preceding the expiration date of the license by paying the required fee.

(Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05.)

(225 ILCS 410/2-4) (from Ch. 111, par. 1702-4)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

Sec. 2-4. Licensure as a barber teacher; qualifications.

(1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a barber teacher if that person files an application on forms provided by the Department, pays the required fee, and:

a. Is at least 18 years of age;

b. Has graduated from high school or its equivalent;

c. Has a current license as a barber;

d. Has graduated from a barber school approved by the Department having either:

(1) completed a total of 500 hours in barber teacher training extending over a period of not less than 3 months nor more than 2 years and has had 3 years of practical experience as a licensed barber; or

(2) completed a total of 1,000 hours of barber teacher training extending over a period of not less than 6 months nor more than 2 years; and

e. Has passed an examination authorized by the Department to determine fitness to receive a license as a barber teacher; and

f. Has met any other requirements set forth in this Act.

An applicant who is issued a license as a Barber Teacher is not required to maintain a barber license in order to practice barbering as defined in this Act.

(2) A person is qualified to receive a license as a barber clinic teacher if he or she has applied in writing on forms provided by the Department, has paid the required fees, and:

(A) is at least 18 years of age;

(B) has graduated from high school or its equivalent;

(C) has a current license as a barber; and

(D) has either: (i) completed a program of 500 hours of teacher training in a licensed barber school and had 2 years of practical experience as a licensed barber within 5 years preceding the examination; or (ii) completed a program of 1,000 hours of teacher training in a licensed barber school.

(Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.