# KRS § 317.540: 317.540 Requirements for barber schools

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C317_S317.540

## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 317.540
- **Heading:** 317.540 Requirements for barber schools
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 317 / Section 317.540

## Text

317.540 Requirements for barber schools.

No license shall be renewed or issued by the board to any barber school, unless the school

provides:

(1) The name of the proposed school;

(2) A statement that the proposed school is authorized to operate educational programs

beyond secondary education;

(3) As a prerequisite of graduation, a prescribed course of instruction of not less than

fifteen hundred (1,500) hours shall be given within a reasonable period with not

more than eight (8) hours nor less than four (4) hours of instruction a day, exclusive

of Sundays;

(4) Courses of instruction in histology of the hair, skin, muscles, and nerves of the face

and neck; elementary chemistry with emphasis on sterilization and antiseptics;

disease of the skin, hair, and glands; massaging and manipulating of the muscles of

the upper body; cutting, shaving, arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching, and

tinting the hair and such other courses as may be prescribed by regulation of the

board; and

(5) Such facilities, equipment, materials, and qualified teachers as may be required by

rules and regulations of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter, but in no event

shall any school have fewer than one (1) licensed teacher per twenty (20) students

enrolled, or more than two (2) students per chair.

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