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New Mexico · Through 2026-05-20

61-17A-8: Licensure requirements; barbers. (Repealed effective July 1, 2036.)

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  1. Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
  2. ARTICLE 17A Barbers and Cosmetologists

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a barber license shall be issued to any person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees and documentation, and who:

(1) is at least seventeen years of age;

(2) has completed a course in barbering of at least one thousand two hundred hours or equivalent credits in a school or apprenticeship approved by the board; and

(3) has passed an examination approved by the board.

B. A barbering license shall be issued to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees and documentation, meets the requirements of Paragraphs (1) through (3) of Subsection A of this section and shows proof of having successfully completed a registered barbering apprenticeship approved by the state apprenticeship agency and the board of barbers and cosmetologists.

C. The holder of a barber license has the right and privilege to use the title "barber", and the initials "R.B." following the holder's surname and to use a barber pole, the traditional striped, vertical emblem of the barbering trade.

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