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SENATE
BILL 5998
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/25/97.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Restructuring
the state cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring advisory board.
AN
ACT Relating to the state cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring
advisory board; and amending RCW 18.16.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
18.16.050 and 1995 c 269 s 402 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
There is created a state cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring
advisory board consisting of seven members appointed by the director. These
seven members of the board shall include a representative of a private
cosmetology school and a representative of a public vocational technical school
involved in cosmetology training, with the balance made up of currently
practicing licensees who have been engaged in the practice of manicuring,
esthetics, barbering, or cosmetology for at least three years. One member of
the board shall be a consumer who is unaffiliated with the cosmetology,
barbering, esthetics, or manicuring industry. ((The term of office for all
board members serving as of July 1, 1995, expires June 30, 1995.)) On June
30, 1995, the director shall appoint seven new members to the board. These new
members shall serve a term of ((two)) three years((, at the
conclusion of which the board shall cease to exist)). The director
shall appoint two new members including: (a) One representative with employee
supervisory experience from a chain salon having ten or more salons; and (b)
one representative from the industry at large who has substantial salon and
school experience. The board shall cease to exist on June 30, 1998. Any
members serving on the advisory board as of July 1, 1995, or who are
appointed after the effective date of this act, are eligible to be
reappointed, should the advisory board be extended beyond June 30, 1998.
Any board member may be removed for just cause. The director may appoint a new
member to fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired
term.
(2)
The board appointed on June 30, 1995, together with the director or the
director's designee, shall conduct a thorough review of educational
requirements, licensing requirements, and enforcement and health standards for
persons engaged in cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, or manicuring and shall
prepare a report to be delivered to the governor, the director, and the
chairpersons of the governmental operations committees of the house of
representatives and the senate. The report must summarize their findings and
make recommendations, including, if appropriate, recommendations for
legislation reforming and restructuring the regulation of cosmetology,
barbering, esthetics, and manicuring.
(3)
Board members shall be entitled to compensation pursuant to RCW 43.03.240 for
each day spent conducting official business and to reimbursement for travel
expenses as provided by RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(4) The board may seek the advice and input of officials from
the following state agencies: (a) The work force training and education
coordinating board; (b) the department of employment security; (c) the
department of labor and industries; (d) the department of health; (e) the
department of licensing; and (f) the department of revenue.
