{"data":{"id":"us-nm/61-17a-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"61-17A-8","heading":"Licensure requirements; barbers. (Repealed effective July 1, 2036.)","body":"A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a barber license shall be issued to any person who files a completed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:\n(1) is at least seventeen years of age;\n(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\n(3) has passed an examination approved by the board.\nB. 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.\nC. 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.","path":["Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses","ARTICLE 17A Barbers and Cosmetologists"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18564/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"3880534afa4cb1a1e5846c33211814c78a7b8a5747430fcbcb369b2a17c0e386","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/61-17a-7","next":"us-nm/61-17a-8.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}