Senate Bill No. 382
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,
Snyder, Unger and Minear)
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[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article twenty-seven,
chapter thirty, of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to renewal of
license of barbers; providing that continuing education is not
a requirement for renewal of a barber license
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article twenty-seven, chapter thirty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 27. BOARD OF BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS.
§30-27-4. Renewal of license; fee; penalty for late renewal;
withdrawal from active practice.
(a) Every Any licensed barber, beautician or manicurist who
desires to continue in active practice or service shall, annually
upon or before the first day of January, renew his or her license
and pay an annual renewal fee of twenty-five dollars. For any
renewal which is more than thirty days late, a penalty of five
dollars shall be added to the regular renewal fee, and an
additional five dollar penalty for each successive thirty-day
period said renewal fee is late, not to exceed a total renewal fee
of two hundred five dollars.
(b) Any license not renewed for three successive years shall
be deemed becomes inactive. and shall not be The holder of an
inactive license is not liable for additional renewal fees, but may
be reactivated by written request to the board and payment of any
accrued unpaid renewal fees, not to exceed a total renewal fee of
two hundred five dollars.
(c)) Every Any licensed barber, beautician or manicurist who
does not desire to continue in active practice chooses to become inactive shall notify the board in writing that he or she has
become inactive, and shall, during such period, be listed by the as
being inactive, and shall not be required to renew his or her
license until such time as he or she shall again become active, and
during such inactive period he or she shall not be liable for any
renewal fees. The board shall list a licensee as inactive upon
receipt of a notice that the licensee has become inactive or if a
licensee fails to pay his or her license renewal fees for three
successive years. An inactive license may be reactivated by
written request of the licensee to the board and payment of any
accrued unpaid renewal fees, not to exceed a total renewal fee of
two hundred five dollars.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary,
a licensed barber is not required to obtain continuing education in
order to renew his or her license.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is clarify that barbers are
not required to take continuing education classes.
Strike-through indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.