HOUSE BILL No. 4985

 

September 15, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Liss, Haugh, Slavens, Lane, Smiley, Olumba, Stallworth, Tlaib, Segal, Hammel, Womack, Talabi, Santana and Jackson and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

by amending sections 1101, 1111, 1112, and 1117 (MCL 339.1101,

 

339.1111, 339.1112, and 339.1117), sections 1101 and 1112 as

 

amended by 1984 PA 25, section 1111 as amended by 1988 PA 463, and

 

section 1117 as amended by 2003 PA 207.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1101. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Barber" means a person who shaves or trims the beard of a

 

person an individual; cuts, trims, shampoos, relaxes, curls,

 

permanently waves, dresses, tints, bleaches, colors, arranges, or

 

styles the hair of a person an individual; massages the face and

 

head of a person an individual; or renders personal services of a

 

similar nature customarily done by a barber.

 

     (b) "Barber college" means an establishment which that renders


 

for compensation the services of a barber, but having for has as

 

its primary purpose the teaching for compensation of the theory and

 

practice of serving as a barber.

 

     (c) "Barbershop" means a place, establishment, or premises or

 

part of a premises where a person performs as a barber 1 or more

 

individuals perform as barbers. Barbershop includes a mobile

 

barbershop.

 

     (d) "Demonstration" means a show, seminar, or contest in which

 

barber services are rendered for the purpose of educating barbers.

 

     (e) "Demonstrator" means a person an individual who performs a

 

service of a barber at a demonstration.

 

     (f) "Immediate family" means persons individuals residing

 

together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

 

     (g) "Instructor" means a person an individual who instructs

 

another in the theory and practice of serving as a barber.

 

     (h) "Mobile barbershop" means a barbershop located on or

 

within a motor vehicle or motor home.

 

     (i) (h) "Student" means a person an individual learning the

 

theory and practice of serving as a barber.

 

     (j) (i) "Student instructor" means a person an individual

 

learning the theory and practice of teaching barbering.

 

     Sec. 1111. (1) The department shall issue a license to a

 

barbershop which that fulfills all of the following requirements:

 

     (a) Has made, through its owner, application to the

 

department. The application shall include a description of the

 

premises for which licensure is sought.

 

     (b) Has satisfactorily passed an inspection to determine that


 

the barbershop has met sanitation and establishment standards

 

prescribed in rules promulgated under this article.

 

     (2) A Subject to subsection (5), a barbershop shall be

 

completely partitioned from a dwelling and shall not be occupied

 

for lodging or residential purposes.

 

     (3) The transfer of ownership or location of a nonmobile

 

barbershop shall automatically revoke its license. A The department

 

shall not grant a new license shall not be granted to a new owner

 

or at a new location unless the requirements of subsection (1) have

 

been are fulfilled.

 

     (4) The licenses of the a barbershop and all barbers working

 

in the barbershop shall be displayed in a prominent place visible

 

to the public at all times. The license of an individual barber may

 

be posted at the barber's work station.

 

     (5) The department shall issue a mobile barbershop permit to

 

an applicant that submits a completed application for a barbershop

 

license or to an applicant that currently holds a license for a

 

barbershop. The department shall not issue a mobile barbershop

 

permit to a person that does not apply for or hold a barbershop

 

license. An applicant shall submit documentation acceptable to the

 

department that demonstrates compliance with the standards adopted

 

by the department in rules promulgated pursuant to section 1112.

 

The department is not required to issue any permits under this

 

subsection until the expiration of 120 days after the rules

 

promulgated under section 1112(2) are filed with the secretary of

 

state.

 

     Sec. 1112. (1) The board shall promulgate rules setting forth


 

standards for sanitation in barbershops and barber colleges.

 

     (2) The department shall promulgate rules setting standards

 

for the operation of mobile barbershops. The rules shall provide

 

standards that are as stringent as those applicable to nonmobile

 

barbershops regarding the protection of the public health and may

 

include reasonable provisions for the implementation and

 

administration of the mobile barbershop permit.

 

     Sec. 1117. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section

 

and section 1111(5), an individual may provide barber services

 

shall only be rendered in premises licensed by the department under

 

this article.

 

     (2) A barber may render services outside of a barbershop to a

 

patient in a hospital, nursing home, home for the aged, or similar

 

facility or to a person an individual in the person's his or her

 

home if it is impractical or unsafe for the patient or person

 

individual to travel due to frailty, age, injury, or illness.

 

     (3) (2) The department may issue a demonstration permit, valid

 

for not longer than 1 year, to allow demonstrations on premises

 

that are not in use as a barbershop. The holder of a demonstration

 

permit shall maintain health, safety, and sanitation standards as

 

set forth in rules authorized under this article. The department

 

may issue a demonstrator permit, valid for no longer than 1 week,

 

to a person an individual who is not licensed in this state to

 

perform barbering services solely for the purposes of

 

demonstration, provided that the demonstrator is duly licensed or

 

otherwise authorized to perform barbering services under the laws

 

of another state, jurisdiction, or country.


 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

01258'10 a) of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.