Bill > A3987

Introduced Session

This bill establishes a training program for cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to receive instruction and training in how to work with individuals with special needs, including individuals with sensory processing disorder. Under the bill, any person who holds a license to practice cosmetology and hairstyling, hair braiding, barbering, beauty culture, manicuring, or skin care specialty in the State may undertake the training program. In addition, the bill establishes a certification for shops and mobile shops licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling (the board) to indicate that the shop is "friendly to individuals with special needs." The board is to prescribe regulations concerning the requirements for an application for certification pursuant to the bill, which requirements are to include, at a minimum, satisfactory evidence that at least one half of the practicing licensee employed by the shop have completed the training program established pursuant to the bill. Upon completion of a satisfactory application to the board, a shop is to be issued a sign indicating that the shop is "friendly to individuals with special needs." The bill requires the board to collaborate with educational and community organizations, as designated by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, to establish criteria and standards for training for practicing licensees and certification for shop licensees.

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Carmen Morales (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee (on 03/07/2024)

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