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Notice of Public Rulemaking Hearing:
Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology & Barber Examiners
Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-1306(d), you are receiving this notice because you have elected to receive notification by e-mail of certain changes or potential changes to the law applicable to your profession.
The Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners (herein “Board”) will be conducting a Rulemaking Hearing on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. This rulemaking hearing will be held at the following address:
500 James Robertson Parkway
Davy Crockett Tower, Conference Room 1-A
Nashville, TN 37243
The proposed rules are in response to the Department’s retrospective rule review and statutory changes made with the passage of Public Chapter(s) 1060 and 865. Public Chapter 1060 was signed into law on May 28, 2024, by Governor Bill Lee which became effective on July 1, 2024. Public Chapter 1060 created the Cosmetology Licensure Compact. Public Chapter 1060 also repealed the requirement that an individual obtain a high school diploma or a high school equivalency credential as a prerequisite for an instructor’s license; the requirement that private barber and cosmetology schools only admit students that have completed and passed at least two years of high school or received at least a score of thirty-eight percent (38%) on the GED or HiSET examination; and the requirement that barber licensees pay twice the fees that would have been normally collected for the reinstatement of a license that has been expired more than one year but less than three years. Public Chapter 865 was signed into law on May 1, 2024, by Governor Bill Lee which became effective on July 1, 2024. Public Chapter 865 created an alcohol license for restricted retail businesses. The statutory definition of a “restricted retail business” includes licensed barber and cosmetology shops that provide food service for patrons, have no more than twenty seats for food service, and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in an amount that does not exceed fifteen percent of the business’s gross sales. Finally, the proposed rules also amend the rules regarding apprenticeship to allow a supervising licensed professional to be the responsible charge of up to 3 apprenticeship students. The proposed rules make amendments to four (4) chapters and a total of thirty-five (35) different rules.
A copy of the rules to be considered at the rulemaking hearing can be viewed online at:
https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules_filings/01-27-25.pdf
Pursuant to the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-101, et. seq.), the above-referenced hearing is open to the public, and you may attend the hearing in person. If you have any comments regarding the rules, you may either submit your written comments in advance of the hearing to Joseph Wharton, Associate General Counsel, at (615) 253-1837 or electronically at joseph.wharton@tn.gov, or appear at the rulemaking hearing to make your comments on the record.
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