GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-471

HOUSE BILL 596

AN ACT to allow licensed barbers to practice barbering in a client's home.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 86A-15 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered barber may practice barbering in a client's home out of medical necessity without meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. The Board of Barber Examiners shall adopt rules to allow this exception."

SECTION 2.1.  If House Bill 291 of the 2009 Regular Session becomes law, Section 1.2 of House Bill 291 is repealed.

SECTION 2.2  G.S. 88B-6(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      The salaries of all employees of the Board, includingexcluding the executive director shall be subject to the State Personnel Act.  The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Board."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11^th day of August, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 1:00 p.m. this 26^th day of August, 2009