{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-34-5-5","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 34-5-5","heading":"Qualifications for Certification as Barber or Apprentice.","body":"(a) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license to practice barbering under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:\n(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;\n(2) He or she is at least 18 years of age;\n(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;\n(4) He or she has practiced as a registered apprentice in Alabama for not less than 18 months under the immediate supervision of a registered barber; and\n(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice barbering. Any applicant for such a certificate of registration who fails to satisfactorily pass an examination conducted by the board shall have the right to apply again for another examination after a period of six months, and he or she may continue to apply every six months thereafter until he or she passed such examination; provided, that he or she has practiced as an apprentice during the time.\n(b) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license as an apprentice under this chapter, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications:\n(1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereinafter provided for;\n(2) He or she is at least 16 years of age;\n(3) He or she is of good moral character and temperate habits;\n(4) He or she has graduated from a barber college or school of barbering approved by the board; and\n(5) He or she passes satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board to determine his or her fitness to practice as a registered apprentice.","path":["Title 34 Professions and Businesses.","Chapter 5 Barbers."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-5-5","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"6c5780f6b4cbb1bef55c2a27184dd0debeaa5049ea17f984cf0286b682d4a040","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-34-5-4","next":"us-al/ala.-code-34-5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}