Miss. Code Ann. § 73-5-11

(1) To be eligible for enrollment at a barbering school approved by the Board of Barber Examiners, a person shall have a high school education or its equivalent, and/or shall have satisfactorily passed the ability-to-benefit examinations approved by the U.S. Department of Education. (2) Any person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering: (a) Who is qualified under the provisions of this chapter; (b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits; (c) Who has completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the State Board of Barber Examiners; and (d) Who has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the board of examiners to determine his fitness to practice barbering. (3) A temporary permit to practice barbering until the next examination is given may be issued to a student who has completed not less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours at a barbering school approved by the Board of Barber Examiners. In no event shall a person be allowed to practice barbering on a temporary permit beyond the date the next examination is given, except because of personal illness.