South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 17 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION- STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
Section 17-22 - Portable Barber Operations

a. A portable barber operation is a licensed registered barber or master hair care specialist who has a Board-issued permit to provide barbering services in a client's home or place of residence, either permanent or temporary, a client's office or other place of business, wedding or other event venues, or other locations as may be approved by the Board.

b. A licensed registered barber or master hair care specialist may apply for a portable barbering operation permit by submitting an application to the Board, along with the required fee. The permit is renewed biennially. A portable barber must have a base of operations that is either a registered barbershop or mobile barbershop.

c. A portable barber must have and provide the following minimum equipment: a means of cleaning his or her hands prior to beginning the service, a first aid kit capable of dealing with blood exposure, sanitary capes or drapes, clean towels, sanitized and disinfected barbering implements and tools, a closed container with a sufficient supply of either at least a sixty percent alcohol solution or an EPA-registered disinfectant, and a means of transporting clean and used implements separately. No equipment or implement can be used on a subsequent client without it first being properly cleaned, sanitized and disinfected.

d. A portable barber should not begin providing a barbering service to a client without first verifying that there is an adequate supply of hot and cold running water available on the premises to safely and sanitarily complete the service to be provided.

e. A portable barber shall maintain a written or electronic record of the street addresses where barbering services will be provided during any two-week period at the designated base of operations. These records are subject to inspection by the Board.