21 NCAC 06L .0113          DISEASES

(a)  No holder of a registered barber, apprentice, or student barber permit shall serve a patron:

(1)           with an open sore or sores;

(2)           exhibiting symptoms of an infectious dermatologic disease or disorder;

(3)           with parasitic infestations of the skin or hair; or

(4)           with a communicable disease.

(b)  No holder of a registered barber, apprentice, or student barber permit who knows he or she has an infectious dermatologic disease that can be spread by providing barbering services, infectious disease with open sore or sores on the hand or hands, or parasitic infestation of the skin or hair in a communicable stage or any other communicable disease shall provide barber service in a barber shop or, when authorized by Rule .0111 of this Section, in a client's home.

(c)  The Board shall have the right to require a physical examination of any barber employed in any barber shop who is suspected of having an infectious dermatologic disease, infectious disease with open sore or sores on the hand or hands, or parasitic infestation of the skin or hair in a communicable stage.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 86A-15;

Eff. June 1, 2008;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2016;

Temporary Amendment Eff. May 2, 2023;

Temporary Amendment Exp. Eff. February 9, 2024.