Sec. 1. The board may license a person to be a barber. Sec. 2. A person must file a verified application with the board on a form prescribed by the board to obtain a barber license.Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this chapter must state that the applicant: (1) is either: (A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or (B) at least seventeen (17) years of age and is a graduate of an accredited high school; (2) has graduated from an approved barber school with not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of training; (3) has received a satisfactory grade of at least seventy-five percent (75%) on an examination for barber license applicants prescribed by the board; (4) has not committed an act that could subject the applicant to discipline under IC 25-1-11; and (5) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13 for the issuance of a license under this chapter. Sec. 4. (a) If a person does not receive a satisfactory grade on the examination described in IC 25-8-4-7, that person may repeat the examination subject to the rules governing the examination adopted by the board. (b) If a person does not receive a satisfactory grade on the examination described in subsection (a), the board may: (1) refuse to permit the person to take the examination again; or (2) permit the person to take the examination again subject to the rules governing the examination adopted by the board. Sec. 5. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in barbering in a barber school except as part of student instruction. Sec. 6. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in barbering outside a barber shop unless the person: (1) has the permission of a person who holds a barber shop license and: (A) employs; or (B) leases or subleases a part of a shop to; the person licensed under this chapter; and (2) complies with any other practice restrictions established by the board
