Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0200 - Barber Examiners
Chapter 0200-01 - Licensing
Section 0200-01-.13 - LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS

Current through April 3, 2024

1 Any person holding a valid Tennessee cosmetology license may appear before the board and request to sit for the Master Barber Exam. The board may approve the applicant to test if they:

(a) Complete three hundred (300) barbering school hours at a registered barber college learning the fundamentals of straight razor shaving and barbering technique. This student will be given credit for the remaining twelve hundred (1200) hours required to obtain a Tennessee master barber certification upon finishing the required three hundred (300) hours in a barber school, or

(b) Have held their cosmetology license in Tennessee or another Jurisdiction with reciprocity with Tennessee for five continuous years.

(2) In order to activate a retired license:

(a) A licensee sixty -five (65) years of age or older may activate a retired license by submitting proof of age, along with payment of license;

(b) A licensee under the age of sixty -five (65) will be required to retake and pass the practical and law portions of the examination, before payment of license to activate.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 62-3-110, and 62-3-128.

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