(a) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor to a person who:

(1)

(A) Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129;

(B) Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has been duly registered as a master barber for a period of at least three (3) consecutive years prior to filing an application to be an instructor;

(C) Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent;

(D) Completes an examination prescribed by the board; and

(E) For all applications submitted on or after July 1, 2017, completes a three-hundred-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; or

(2)

(A) Files an application with the board on or before June 30, 2017, in a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129;

(B) Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and has completed a four-hundred-fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school;

(C) Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent; and

(D) Completes an examination prescribed by the board.

(b) After registration, each barber instructor shall biennially submit to the board satisfactory proof of attendance in a barber instructor training program of at least sixteen (16) hours' duration, approved by the board; however, the board may, in its discretion, grant up to one (1) additional year for submission of such proof when an instructor satisfactorily demonstrates a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of registration under § 62-3-120.

(c) A certificate of registration as a barber instructor shall become invalid if the registrant:

(1) Ceases to hold a valid certificate of registration as a master barber; or

(2) Fails to comply with subsection (b).

(d)

(1) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor assistant to a person who:

(A) Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by § 62-3-129;

(B) Holds a valid certificate of registration as a master barber and is currently enrolled in a four hundred fifty-hour instructor training program at a board-certified barber school; and

(C) Has completed the tenth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent.

(2) A barber instructor assistant shall not be employed as such for more than three (3) years.

(3) All certificates or renewals of certificates shall expire on September 1 and shall become invalid thereafter.