(a) The Board shall administer examinations for a license as a barber during a Board meeting duly held for the purpose of administering examinations for applicants who have made the proper applications for such license and who have qualified as follows:

(1) who is not less than eighteen (18) years of age; and

(2) who has had one (1) of the following:

(A) completed a certified barber program of at least one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours extending over a school year of not less than nine (9) months from a barbering school approved by the Board;

(B) practiced barbering, as defined in this Chapter, outside of Guam for a period of time equivalent to the study and training of a qualified school where the curriculum complies with requirements adopted by the Board; or

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(C) holds a valid barber license issued by a State or Territory of the United States whose license requirements in the judgment of the Board are equal to or greater than Guam’s.

(b) Any person practicing on Guam as a barber prior to the enactment of this Chapter shall be ‘grandfathered’ in, and shall be allowed to continue to practice as provided in the rules and regulations approved by the Board.