License Qualifications

(1) Any person holding a valid Tennessee cosmetology license may appear before the Board and request to sit for the Master Barber Exam. The Board may approve the applicant to test if they: LICENSING CHAPTER 0200-01 (a) Complete three hundred (300) barbering school hours at a registered barber college learning the fundamentals of straight razor shaving and barbering technique. This student will be given credit for the remaining twelve hundred (1200) hours required to obtain a Tennessee master barber certification upon finishing the required three hundred (300) hours in a barber school, or (b) Have held their cosmetology license in Tennessee or another jurisdiction with reciprocity with Tennessee for five continuous years. (2) In order to activate a retired license: (a) A licensee who holds a retired license may request the Board to activate the retired license by submitting a written request to the Board, retaking and passing the practical and law portions of the examination, and submitting payment of license; (b) The Board may waive the requirement that the licensee retake and pass the practical and law portions of the examination before activating a retired license if the Board finds that the licensee’s experience and previous training are sufficient to protect the public.