(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the board shall meet immediately after appointment and determine the policies of the board and may conduct any business that may be before such board. Thereafter, the board shall meet as required by law, at times designated by the board and on the call of the administrative officer. The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licensure and all licensees. Members of the board attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3223, and amendments thereto. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. The administrative officer, with the approval of the board, shall have authority to employ inspectors and office personnel as may be deemed necessary to administer this act, and shall provide and maintain offices. The inspectors so appointed shall perform all of the inspection duties of the board. All employees of the board shall be within the classified service of the Kansas civil service act, with the exception of the administrative officer, who shall be in the unclassified service.

(b) The chairperson of the board of barbering, with the approval of the board, may enter into an agreement with the chairperson of the board of cosmetology as to which board’s inspectors shall inspect a dual-licensed salon and barber shop. Such designated inspectors shall perform all of the inspection duties of both boards, as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards and the sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1,148, and amendments thereto. Such designated inspectors shall be trained by both boards as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards.