2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 386 - Barbers
Section 20-238 - Disciplinary action; grounds. Requirement for operation of shop.

(a) No person shall practice the occupation of master barber in this state unless he has first obtained a license as provided in section 20-236. Said department shall furnish to each person to whom a license is issued a card certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of master barber in this state, and the holder of such card shall post the same in a conspicuous place in front of his working chair, where it may readily be seen by all persons whom he may serve. Said department shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names of all persons to whom such licenses are issued, and said register shall be at all times open to public inspection. The board may suspend or revoke any license or certificate granted by it or take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 if the holder of a license is incompetent, is habitually intoxicated or habitually addicted to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs, or is a violator of any provision of this chapter or of the regulations adopted pursuant thereto or is suffering from physical or mental illness or emotional disorder or loss of motor skill including but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process. Before any license is suspended or revoked or action taken under section 19a-17, such holder shall be given notice and afforded opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health. The Commissioner of Public Health may order a certificate or license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. Said commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17.

(b) No person, other than a person operating a barber shop on May 17, 1982, may operate any barber shop unless such person has been licensed as a registered barber for not less than two years.

(1949 Rev., S. 4571; 1949, S. 2281d; P.A. 77-614, S. 442, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 102, 174, 176; P.A. 82-215, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced “sanitary regulations” with “any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant hereto” and restated notice and hearing provisions to replace detailed statements with reference to notice and hearing as provided in health services commissioner’s regulations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced references to certificates with references to licenses and barber with master barber, transferred duties formerly held by board of examiners to department of health services, extended disciplinary actions beyond suspension or revocation of license to encompass other actions in Sec. 19-4s, changed grounds for taking disciplinary action, deleting felony conviction, malpractice or unprofessional conduct, continuing to practice when afflicted by communicable disease and false, misleading or deceptive advertising and adding grounds re physical or mental disorders, etc., deleted provision governing application for restoration of license and added provisions re physical or mental examinations and re petitions to court for enforcement of orders or actions; P.A. 82-215 added Subsec. (b) requiring a person to be licensed as a registered barber for not less than two years before such person may operate a barber shop; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.

See Sec. 20-248 re exceptions to provisions of chapter for patient at Veterans’ Home practicing as master barber and for hairdresser and cosmetician license holders.