{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-6","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:5B-6","heading":"Duties of board.","body":"6.\tThe board shall:\na.\tReview the qualifications of applicants for licensure;\nb.\tDevise examinations for licensure which include practical and written portions;\nc.\tAdminister and grade examinations or employ competent examiners to administer and grade examinations but in no case shall the board permit a person having any affiliation with a licensed school to examine or grade an applicant who has been a registered student at the school with which the examiner has an affiliation;\nd.\tIssue and renew licenses of any cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician, barber, manicurist, skin care specialist, teacher, shop, chair or booth rental, or school;\ne.\tIssue student permits to registered students, which permits shall remain valid during the period that the student is registered at a licensed school or enrolled in an approved vocational training program;\nf.\tIssue temporary permits to applicants for licensure who are awaiting scheduling for or results from an examination;\ng.\tIssue registration cards to registered students;\nh.\tSuspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license and exercise investigative powers pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.);\ni.\tAppoint and employ an executive director and an assistant executive director subject to the approval of the Attorney General, and other employees as necessary to carry out the provisions of this act;\nj.\tDetermine the duties that the executive director and the assistant executive director shall perform;\nk.\tFile with the Attorney General a petition to remove any executive director or assistant executive director for cause, which petition shall be acted upon by the Attorney General in a manner which he deems appropriate;\nl.\tEstablish fees for initial licensure, permits, renewals and restoration of licenses as well as for duplication of lost licenses pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.2);\nm.\tMaintain records of all practicing licensees and all licensed teachers.  Records shall include the latest work address of each licensee, as provided on applications for licensure and renewals thereof;\nn.\tMaintain a record of all registered students and all persons holding student permits;\no.\tMaintain a record of all shops licensed by the board to offer one or more of the services encompassed within the definition of cosmetology and hairstyling;\np.\tMaintain a record of all schools licensed by the board to offer courses of instruction or training in the practice and theory of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty to registered students, which courses shall be approved by the board for the awarding of credit for licensure;\nq.\tMake available for public inspection all records required to be kept pursuant to this section;\nr.\tPromulgate regulations governing the practice and teaching of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty as are necessary to implement P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 et seq.) and to insure that cosmetology and hairstyling services and instruction in those services are being offered both in a manner which is sanitary and safe and in a manner which is not intended to deceive or mislead the general public;\ns.\tPromulgate regulations governing the conduct of shops, including, but not limited to, mobile facilities, chair or booth rentals, and schools as are necessary to implement P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-1 et seq.), including, but not limited to, regulations that ensure that all schools offer instruction on cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty by instructors who are knowledgeable in the practice and teaching of cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty, as the case may be, and to assure that cosmetology and hairstyling services and instruction in those services are being offered both in a manner that is sanitary and safe, and in a manner not intended to deceive or mislead the general public, students of the schools, or organizations awarding financial aid to the students and to clarify or define any term used in the act and to define any activity included in hairstyling and cosmetology, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty;\nt.\tReview curricula offered by licensed schools in courses of instruction offered to registered students and approve those curricula which offer comprehensive training in cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty;\nu.\tDirect the conduct of inspections and investigations of all licensed shops, including shops with chair or booth rentals, and schools;\nv.\tDirect the conduct of inspections or investigations of any premises from which the board may have reason to believe that cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding and skin care specialty services are being offered, or that courses of instruction are being offered to registered students;\nw.\tEstablish criteria and standards for education and experience required for licensure; and\nx.\tMaintain a record of all individuals holding chair or booth rental licenses.\nL.1984, c.205, s.6; amended 1995, c.82, s.2; 2009, c.162, s.4; 2018, c.126, s.3; 2021, c.275, s.5; 2023, c.231, s.2; 2025, c.18, s.2.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"bc96769a7a6e57ea953f8f7764be2b93ccefeab226bddd33ab183fa6d6859ca7","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-5","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-5b-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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