(a)

(1) Any person who desires a certificate of registration as a technician, authorizing the person to apply tints or dyes to the hair, shampoo hair, manicure nails and apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body, shall submit an application for examination to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by proof of satisfactory completion of a course in a registered barber school or college of no less than three hundred forty (340) hours of continuous instruction, including no more than eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week in the following subjects:

(A) Scientific fundamentals of shampooing, tinting, dyeing, manicuring, the application of cosmetic preparations, hygiene and bacteriology;

(B) Histology of the hair and hair structure; and

(C) Massaging and manipulation of the muscles of the arms, hands and scalp.

(3) The application shall also contain proof that:

(A) The applicant is at least seventeen (17) years of age; and

(B) The applicant has received a high school diploma or, in lieu of a high school diploma, has received a GED® or HiSET® diploma.

(b) Any person who desires a certificate of registration as a master barber shall submit an application for examination to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant:

(1) Is at least seventeen (17) years of age;

(2) Has received a high school diploma or, in lieu of a high school diploma, has received a GED® or HiSET® diploma; and

(3) Either:

(A) Has satisfactorily completed a course of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in a registered barber school or college; or

(B) Holds a valid Tennessee cosmetology license and has completed three hundred (300) hours in a registered barber school or college regarding the fundamentals of straight razor shaving and barbering technique.