Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Us. Ella Use Murphy, !&mber ?tate Board of 8*irdrersers ena co. aetolo(Ei sta Austin, Texsm e hete tw fire buadmd to one thou- ions Sor an exmlrmtlo~i, we flna lt havs thaw applloatlona fllaC et days ln advanoe of tha first day or eseioa In order that we oan properly cations, rnske the neoes8ary rsoordin@, notioa to t&e etudent that she le eligl- ble to appear on t&r spsolrled date. We res~:eotfullp request your oplnlon to know if we harr eutboritg under the law to require the 6tudent t0 be (I: grbawi6 0: 6 duly ii06~66d 6na reoognlzed beauty eohaol after having crcmpletad the C;CB thou66ud hours 1Z not 106~ then 81~ RoiItha beroro naklng en applloatlou to tbls Board lor exam- iaation; end do we bev6 autborlty~ to refuse to aocept stutlent ior axaalnatloa at ,ttrat aenslon if they iail to meat tha rirt6en a01 requlrrant.w Y;t quote from the abott aonT.loned resolution aa roii0~6r "Tha tollowlng rcaolutlonUS6 6a0ptbu at (I aoetitq OS this Board, March 6, 19&b: "Uotlon was mada by l&a. Yurpby that tha Board adopt a ruling to follow tha law aa 6p00irid in ceafioaa 1U and lgA, omarlag lligiblllty of rtodeata for lx m lna tlo nr ‘A Student p?lOZ to mSkilI(; a pli- ortioa to tha Board ?sr 8kamiaat P011, mart som@1eta looo hoara ;n not 1666 than air mntha, trko I i&ml lxaalaa- Cloa, gradoat., and ba 1paa.d a dipkim irolla duly lloanard and rooogniaod Baauty Sobool, and aald applloetlon SSU6t b6 tlhd With thi6 ~p6rtPULt fiitoen dry8 prior to th flrrt dar of lxlmi~tlon 668610n.' "(t-ha066s of Gladys Ua8ora, who ma eRrOliOa 86 6 8tUd6Rt la tb. ,jh’?81 -6U6J sohool Of wiOhit8 F6116, 10 U80a 66 #a examgl@.) 2%. fil8 6bOW8 tba blator~ Of thla 0666. The aotlon US6 aeoonQad~ sad oarrled. w Yicotlor, C(b) 31 Article 73&b, V6rnon’a Azmotatod Fen81 Code, roads a6 Zollawa~ “The maJorlty oambera of tEa Board d&all ccnstltute a puimm for tha transaction of bua- lli666. ??I6 hfd 6hSll pr68Or1b6 th6 r+lbS rcP it6 ~wetnmeat and hare a 6661 rlth whlob to snthantlaatsIt6 lota.m 73 reotix 9 of Article 73bb,cr the L%ml Coda,rt6de 88 r0ii0w: Wrhs Bmrd shell hold regular sectlngs for the excmlnatlon or opplloants in tic oepltsl 0r tic Xato, on t.be ssoond Tuesday in January and July or oaob yew, end at auob otbar tlsma end plaooa es the Board may dam aao6saary, and luah exeninatlon shall be oonduotea und6r the rules provided by said Ankara end abal.1 laOlUd6 preotloal dgnonatr~tion and written sad oral teats in nf6r- anaa to the wbotlooo for *lob a lloonao la ap- pli6d for snd auoh ralatad lubjaota as the Board may dstermin6 naoaaaar~ for the proper and 6t?i- 016nt pCriOrWIO6 0r auah praotloaa, land auoh exmlnatlon shed? lnaludo smltatloa aad hyglaao, th6 U8a Of OOM6t~OSr t.h.6 SPpii66tiOn Oi 6i6Otri- eel end meohanloa1 lqulpwnt e&I lp p l.io a no a a , anatcmy and dermatology, a na luoh other Uadraa aubjeota as say ba nao6aaary sad prsaarlb6tl b the Eosrd to dat6rrpins cin6*6 fita and qua1 i fi- oatlona 60 a hairdraasar or oomxatologlat. Teotlcm 11(a) ot Artiole 73bb,of the Pam1 Coda, prolid *lGo school ,or Baauty Gultura shall ba granted a ovtirloato or r6~atratlon aaloaa It shall 6a&loy and mnintaln upon its start a auf~lolent numbor 0r lnaLcruotors, who 8hall b6 raglatsredtalrdruasers or ooam6tologista kiav- iag had at least th766 (3) y6ara praofloal ax- porl6noa aad high aohool 6duaatlon or t&o 6qulvelaat thereof, 0na said lnotruotors abll be required to pess an exmlnbtlon ocadaoted by the Board of Exenlnors to datermlae their tltn6sa 8s taeohara, provid6d, how6tar, that th6 axemlnation of taechers shall not be ro- qulred of ~~arson$ who hCT6 bean tesohln~tho prnotlov or halrdraoeing, or ooametology for thr66 (3) ye6re prior to the paasaga of this Aot; and shall malnteln on its staff on6 Doctor Of Medlolne, as a OOItStiteAt who oh611 ltoture mnthly on aenltatlon, i ster llzatlon end the use of antleoptlos oonalstrnt with LB@ prhotloel end thcoratloa~ ra~~ulrsamts as to the ol,asalried oaoupatlmn us provldea by this Pot) snd ah611 possese cipparfitus snd equipskent for the qropvr and full t6aOhfng of 611 eubJaot6 0r Its currioulum; shell keep n dhlly moor6 0r KW. 2’11~ S?ae Murphy, page 4 t::6 attecdenae of students; melntaln regular clss5 and lnstructlon hrxm, establish grades lrti hold exsmlnetlons before issuing dlplomes, tnd St.all rec;Uirc 85 EOhOOl tGrn Or ILOt i0 118 than cm thoueeno (1,000) hours to be oonpleted in not lesrr than six (6) months for a complete oour6c o? 911 or e majority of the prcotloeo of helrdreealng and ooemetology.R tectloo 15(r) of Art. 73&b, of the I'cnal Uode, raaea as rollow6~ w 0n applioant for rraminetion reeeoe ruoh exsainetion to the 8atlsfrotlon of the Board end in lcaordenoa with the rule8 pro- mulgated by eald Boerd, t&e Board dell lame Q oertlfioate to that etieot, asped by the President a na Seo so ter ylnU a ttic a b w!th ed lta aesl. Suoh aertlfloateIhall be etldenoe that the >craon to whom it 1s lreued la entitled to tollor the preotloes, oooupstlon,Or ooaupntloa otipultited therein, 8s prrsarlbedin thi.8 AQt. zuoh oertlrioates shall be aonspl~uou~l~ bls- played in his or her plsoe of burlnem or employ- ment, provided, howeves, that rhero~the l pplloant 1s IJfl8aum of iwmielohool of beauty culture duly lioenesd end reoo&eed, than web apgllonnt rftcr passing en oxanhotfon as protldad for la j3eot10n 9 shall bo &van 8 oertlrloete.* After n cersful study of the forsfloing IIrtiQles, we do not find lny provlsloa reguirlnq s student to ooeplete 1000 hours In not leas then elx months, nor take a final exF.dninetlon, graduate, end be lmued 6 dl.plom from a rcioog- nlzed Beauty !%hool herore msklng applio~tion to the Emrd fca cx.+ndnntlon.!?:sQtiicn 11(h), SUPXV? , j!OVFzl-IIS ‘-ObOOlB Of Beauty Culture ctnd does not prsacrlbe the gwllflor,tlons that, an lspplicant for the Sete Bocird :ranlnetlon munt posreca. ‘h-ethereiore enauer your fir&t guestl.::m in the negative. The above statutes rb.ve the Ftrte &mrd of hlr- aremere r,:;dlosmetologlete authority to promulgate oertafn h?r.~.I?lla Ellit~ bturphy, page 5 rulee and regulations povrrnlng sppllontlonc for exrinlnetlOn, sne we feel that requlr2r.g applloations to bc flled with the Bohrd fifteen days prior to the first day of the exnnlnotiiion session Is e raasoneble requirement oomlng within the power8 or seld Board. Y;o therefore muwer lour seoond qmstim in the slflrr.otlve. Very truly youra, JC!::rt