2005 West Virginia Code - §16-14-1. — Jurisdiction over barbers and cosmetologists; powers and duties of director of health.

§16-14-1. Jurisdiction over barbers and cosmetologists; powers and duties of director of health.

(a) There is hereby vested in the state department of health jurisdiction over barbers and cosmetologists, except as otherwise specifically provided in this code.
(b) The director of health or a designee shall be responsible for the enforcement of all laws and rules pertaining to sanitary conditions of barbering and beauty shops.
(c) The director or a designee shall provide administrative support to the board of barbers and cosmetologists as may be appropriate and reasonable.
(d) The director of health shall appoint not more than six inspectors, who shall be licensed barbers and cosmetologists of this state, as herein provided, and it shall be their duty to make frequent inspections of all barber and beauty shops and all schools of barbering and beauty culture in this state and to report all violations to the director of health. The salary of each inspector shall range from twelve hundred eighty-three dollars per month to fifteen hundred dollars per month, depending upon the qualifications of the inspector. Allowances for expenses of such inspectors shall be that fixed and allowed by the director of health.