License: Barber

MS Board of Barber Examiners external site

510 George Street

Suite 400

Jackson, MS 39202

(601) 359-1015

Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves. In the state of MS, licensed barbers may also do hair color, perms, and relaxers. In MS, Barbers are trained and tested on each barbering service offered. Any student or student instructor who has completed the total number of prescribed hours in a course of training may be issued a permit to work, which would be valid until the next testing, upon request, as long as the following has been met: a. Student has met all graduation requirements as set forth by the licensed Barber school. b. An application for approval for examination has been made and approved by the Board. c. A completed Board approved application for a permit to work has been submitted the Board. All applicants for the State Board examination for a Licensed Barber must be filed with the office of the Board of Barber Examiners not later than fifteen (15) days prior to examination date. If the applicant fails to comply with this regulation, or the applicant fails to pay the required fees, he or she will not be permitted to take that scheduled examination. Students shall not have less than (1500) hours of barbering in an approved school of barbering by the State Board of Barber Examiners of Mississippi before applying for the registered barber examination. However, a licensed cosmetologist must have six hundred (600) hours of barbering in such school before so applying. Every registered barber who continues in active practice or service shall annually on or before the anniversary date of the issuance of his certificate of registration renew the certificate by paying the required fee and meeting all applicable requirements of the State Board of Health. Every certificate of registration, which has not been renewed within thirty (30) days of its anniversary date, shall expire. A registered barber or barber instructor, whose certificate of registration has expired, may have his certificate restored immediately upon payment of the renewal fee plus the required restoration fee. After five (5) years an appropriate examination is required. The Barber Board of Inspectors shall periodically inspect and grade individual shops and practitioners. Any person, partnership or corporation found to be in violation of the regulations upon a hearing as provided by law shall suffer the suspension of certificate and /or license for such period of time as the Barber Board may decide commensurate with the violation. In no event shall a suspension be less than fifteen (15) days nor more than two (2) years; however, a revocation shall be permanent, or until such time as the Barber Board may be satisfactorily shown that reinstatement would be in order.