Any person who is at least eighteen years of age may transfer a barber license or registration to this state if the applicant has:

(1) A license or certificate of registration as a barber from another state or country that has substantially the same requirements for licensing or registering barbers as required by this chapter; or

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-14-14

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) Can prove by affidavits that the applicant has practiced as a barber in another state or country for at least five years.

After a qualified applicant pays the required fee, the Board of Barber Examiners shall issue a certificate of registration to practice barbering. If an applicant applying to transfer a barber license or registration to this state from another state or country that requires less than fifteen hundred hours of instruction as a prerequisite to licensing, the applicant shall receive an additional fifty hours of credit for each month the applicant has practiced as a licensed barber in the other state or country. This credit shall be applied toward the required fifteen hundred hours of instruction required by § 36-14-17.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1613; SL 1968, ch 117, § 5; SL 1987, ch 272, § 3; SL 2017, ch 175, § 6.