2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 6 BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS
§ 277 Qualifications; barber

277. Qualifications; barber

(a) A person shall be eligible for licensure as a barber if the person is at least 18 years of age, has a high school or general educational development diploma, and has satisfactorily completed an accredited barber school program; or has satisfactorily completed an apprenticeship of not less than 12 months and not more than 36 months consisting of a minimum of 2,000 hours and a maximum of 3,000 hours in a manner prescribed by the board in addition to areas of study, prescribed by the board, by rule, has a high school or general educational development diploma, and has passed the examination described in section 283 of this title.

(b) The board shall issue a limited barbering license, with an endorsement for cutting, shampooing, and styling hair and for mustache and beard trimming, to any person incarcerated in a state correctional facility who completes, while under the direct personal supervision of a barber licensed by the board, a course of training of not less than 10 hours in cutting, shampooing, and styling hair and trimming of mustache and beard. Such limited license shall be valid only within a state correctional facility. No fees shall be charged for a limited license issued under this subsection. (Added 1997, No. 40, 16; amended 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), 7; 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), 5, eff. June 27, 2002; 2005, No. 27, 22.)