BILL NUMBER: AB 2743	CHAPTERED  09/16/02

	CHAPTER  580
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 16, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 7337.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to barbering and cosmetology.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2743, Lowenthal.  Barbering and cosmetology apprenticeship.
   Existing law requires the Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology in
the Department of Consumer Affairs to adopt regulations for the
submittal of preapplications for admission to examination of students
of approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering school who have
completed a specified percentage of the requirements.
   This bill would also require the bureau to adopt regulations for
the submittal of preapplications for admission to examination by a
person licensed as an apprentice in barbering, cosmetology, skin
care, or nail care who has completed 75% of apprenticeship
requirements.  The bill would authorize the bureau to require an
additional fee for an apprenticeship preapplication.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7337.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7337.5.  (a) The bureau shall adopt regulations providing for the
submittal of applications for admission to examination of students of
approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering schools who have
completed at least 75 percent of the required course clock hours and
curriculum requirements (60 percent for students of the manicurist
course), or any person licensed as an apprentice in barbering,
cosmetology, skin care, or nail care who has completed at least 75
percent of the required apprenticeship training hours.  The
regulations shall include provisions that ensure that all proof of
qualifications of the applicant is received by the bureau before the
applicant is examined.
   (b) An application for examination submitted by a student of an
approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering school under this
section shall be known as a "school preapplication" and an additional
preapplication fee may be required.
   (c) An application for examination submitted by a person licensed
as an apprentice in barbering, cosmetology, skin care, or nail care
shall be known as an "apprenticeship preapplication" and an
additional fee may be required.
   (d) The bureau shall administer the licensing examination not
later than 10 working days after graduation from an approved
cosmetology, electrology, or barbering school to students who have
submitted an application for admission for examination under the
preapplication procedure, or not later than 10 working days after
completion of an approved barbering, cosmetology, skin care, or nail
care apprenticeship program for a person licensed as an apprentice.