The board is an instrumentality of the state and shall act for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter and has such specific powers as are necessary to administer and enforce the same. The board has the following additional powers:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-04-12

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    To supervise and regulate barbering practice in the state of North Dakota in the manner and for the purposes provided herein.

2.    To investigate as conditions permit and regulate as conditions require all matters pertaining to the proper supervision and control of all barbershops and the work of all barbers within this state, in conformity with the intents and purposes of this chapter.

3.    To act as mediator and arbitrator in any controversy or issue that may arise among or between barbers as between themselves, or that may arise between them as groups, in harmony with and supplementary to any lawfully constituted medium of arbitration now existing or hereafter created, having jurisdiction of such matters.

4.    To issue subpoenas and to administer oaths as provided in section 43-04-13 whenever necessary to carry out the purposes and intents of this chapter, and to issue commissions to take depositions of witnesses absent from this state whenever necessary for such purposes.

5.    The board shall sponsor an educational program to carry out the purposes of protecting the public health and safety by encouraging barbershops that are clean, healthful, and sanitary with capable, skilled, professional barbers. The board shall use an amount not to exceed ten dollars from each fee paid for the renewal of a barber’s certificate for the purpose of this educational program.