# La. Rev. Stat. § 37:354: Qualifications for certificate to practice barbering

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S354

## Section

- **Citation:** La. Rev. Stat. § 37:354
- **Heading:** Qualifications for certificate to practice barbering
- **Jurisdiction:** Louisiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 354

## Text

A. Any person shall be qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering if he complies with each of the following:

(1) Is at least eighteen years of age.

(2) Is of good moral character and temperate habits.

(3) Passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to practice barbering.

(4) Has met one of the following requirements:

(a) Successful completion of a course of instruction and receipt of a certificate of graduation from a barber college approved by the Louisiana State Board of Barber Examiners.

(b) Holding a current certificate of registration as a cosmetologist issued by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology.

(c) Successful completion of the Barber Apprenticeship Program registered with the Apprenticeship Council of Louisiana Works.

B. Any applicant for a certificate of registration who fails to satisfactorily pass an examination conducted by the board may continue to appear before the board for examination every three months thereafter until he has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to receive his certificate of registration to practice as a barber.

C. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 470, §2.

Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 244, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2005, No. 470, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.

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