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    Pennsylvania Licensure Requirements

    No Degree Requirement

    1 Examination

    1 year of work experience as a licensed barber in a licensed barber shop or licensed cosmetology salon

    No Continuing Education Requirement

    $33.00 Initial Fee

    $260.00 Renewal Fee

    License necessary to operate a multi-chair barbershop.  An individual who is engaged in the practice of barbering, to shave or trim the beard; to cut, shape, trim or blend the hair with the proper tools or instruments

    Degree Requirement:

    No Degree Requirement - A candidate is required to have an 8th grade education or equivalent.

    Examination Requirement: 

    1 Examination - The examination for license as a barber manager includes only the theoretical [written] sections.  A passing grade in the written test is required before a license will be issued.

    Experience: 

    1 year of licensed work experience as a barber in a licensed barber shop or licensed cosmetology salon.

    Continuing Education: 

    No continuing education requirement for licensure.

    Initial Licensing Fee: 

    $96.00 - $33 application fee & $63.00 for theory exam

    For Act 41/Endorsement applicants, there is a $65 fee.

    Licensure Renewal Fee: 

    $260.00 - Biennial renewal of license.

    Licensure by Act41/Endorsement:

    Certificates Issued by Licensure by Act 41/Endorsement - 

    Act 41 allows for portability of out-of-state professional licensees coming to work in Pennsylvania. Act 41 does this by granting all boards and commissions within the Commonwealth the authority to endorse licensees from other states, territories or jurisdictions (with substantially equivalent licensing requirements) who are active, in good standing and without discipline against their license or criminal conviction.