SPONSOR:	Rep. Ulbrich & Rep. Valihura &
	Sen. Sokola & Sen. Copeland

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

142nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 536

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Title 24 § 5117(a) of the Delaware Code by adding the following sentence after the first sentence of the subsection:

“Failure to apply for such certificate of registration shall result in a fee assessed by the Board of $500 for the first failure and no more than $1,000 for each subsequent failure. An existing person, firm, or corporation required by this Section to apply to the Board for a certificate of registration, and which has not applied, may apply for said certificate of registration within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this Section, without penalty. Failure to apply within the ninety (90) day time period shall result in a fee assessed against such person, firm or corporation by the Board of $500 for the first failure and no more than $1,000 for each subsequent failure.”.

Section 2. Amend Title 24 § 5117(a) of the Delaware Code by deleting the sentence “Renewals, with fees set by the Division of Professional Regulation, shall be required biennially.” and replacing it with the following sentence: “Registration shall also be required before a new establishment may operate, within ninety (90) days of the date a change in ownership occurs, and within ninety (90) days of the date an establishment has added new services to clients, as defined by the Board. Failure to renew shall result in a fee assessed by the Board of not less than $500 for the first failure and $1,000 for each subsequent failure.”.

SYNOPSIS

This Bill changes the requirement that beauty salons, barbershops, nail salons, electrology establishments, schools of cosmetology, barbering, nail technology and electrology register with the Division of Professional Regulation at the establishment’s initial opening, when ownership changes or when change of service has occurred rather than biennially, as is now required.