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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 4 - Tennessee Cosmetology Act of 1986
§ 62-4-103. Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners

Universal Citation: TN Code § 62-4-103 (2021)
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  1. The practices of cosmetology and barbering shall be under the supervision of a board known as the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners.


    1. The board shall consist of fourteen (14) members, to be appointed by the governor.

    2. The membership of the board shall include the following persons:

      1. Three (3) cosmetologists;

      2. Two (2) master barbers;

      3. One (1) manicurist;

      4. One (1) aesthetician;

      5. One (1) natural hair stylist;

      6. One (1) cosmetology or barber instructor;

      7. One (1) cosmetology or barber shop owner;

      8. One (1) member shall be an owner of a cosmetology school licensed by the board;

      9. One (1) member shall be an owner of a barber school licensed by the board;

      10. One (1) public member, who shall be a person who holds a baccalaureate degree with a major in education who is not engaged in the occupation of cosmetology or barbering; and

      11. One (1) public member who shall be a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age, who is not required to meet the educational degree requirements as the public member listed in subdivision (b)(2)(J), and who is not engaged in the occupation of cosmetology or barbering.

    3. One (1) of the members appointed in accordance with subdivisions (b)(2)(F) and (G) shall represent the cosmetology profession and one (1) shall represent the barber profession, however at no time shall both members represent the same profession.

    4. Each of the members described in subdivisions (b)(2)(A)-(I) shall be licensed in their respective trade in this state for at least five (5) years immediately preceding their date of appointment.

    5. No cosmetologist member or master barber member shall, while serving on the board, be an instructor, owner or manager of a school of cosmetology, barber school or college of barbering, an employee in such a school, or in any manner connected with such a school.


      1. The public member listed in subdivision (b)(2)(J) shall participate in all activities of the board except the inspection of schools of cosmetology, barber schools, and colleges of barbering.

      2. The public member listed in subdivision (b)(2)(K) shall participate in all activities of the board except the composition of examinations, administration of practical portions of examinations, and inspection of schools of cosmetology, barber schools, and colleges of barbering.

    7. The owners of schools licensed by the board or the instructors licensed by the board shall be entitled to participate in all activities of the board, except administration of examinations and inspection of schools of cosmetology, barber schools or colleges of barbering.

  3. No more than five (5) members shall be appointed from the same grand division.
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