(1) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor to a person who: Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe, accompanied by the examination fee required by § 62-3-129;
(2) 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;
(3) Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent;
(4) Completes an examination prescribed by the board; and
(5) 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
(6) 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;
(7) 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;
(8) Has completed the twelfth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent; and
(9) Completes an examination prescribed by the board.
(10) 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.
(11) A certificate of registration as a barber instructor shall become invalid if the registrant: Ceases to hold a valid certificate of registration as a master barber; or
(12) Fails to comply with subsection (b).
(13) The board shall issue a certificate of registration as a barber instructor assistant to a person who: Files an application with the board in the form that the board may prescribe accompanied by the fee required by § 62-3-129;
(14) 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
(15) Has completed the tenth grade in an accredited school or the equivalent.
(16) A barber instructor assistant shall not be employed as such for more than three (3) years.
(17) All certificates or renewals of certificates shall expire on September 1 and shall become invalid thereafter.