(a) Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to prevent the Department of Public Health or any local board of health or other board or body, exercising the powers of such local boards, from enacting and enforcing ordinances, codes, rules, and regulations pertaining to sanitation in barber shops, in excess of this part, for which authority they have been or may be granted by law.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-49-40.18

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) No owner or manager of a barber shop or barber college shall employ any person as a maid or porter unless the person has on file a health certificate signed by a licensed practicing physician stating that the employee is free from any communicable or contagious disease or from a venereal disease.
(c) Any person violating this part shall upon conviction be punished by a fine or not less that fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This subsection shall have application to any officer or agent of a corporation, copartnership, or association operated in violation of this part. Any court of competent jurisdiction in the county shall have full power to try any violation of this part, and upon conviction the court may at its discretion revoke the license of the person, copartnership, association, or corporation violating the terms hereof.
(d) Before the commissioners herein provided for shall receive a commission and enter upon the discharge of their duties each shall take and subscribe the oath provided by law to be taken by elective officers of the State of Alabama.
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