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Sponsor Statement for SB 220
Scope of Practice of Hairdressing

An Act relating to the scope of practice authorized under a license to practice hairdressing.

Senate Bill 220 amends A.S. 08.13.170 (f), authorizing the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers to issue a hairdressing license that includes the temporary removal of superfluous hair on the face and neck and the application of basic make-up. These services are typically assumed to be available from a hairdresser.

The removal of unwanted hair by means of hair waxing and the application of basic make-up are services that Hairdressers should be allowed to practice. Hairdressers are trained and tested in these areas and have always performed these services. Both waxing and basic make-up are a part of the curriculum required to graduate; by statute, current training required for a hairdressing license is 1650 hours. Included in the 1650 hours are fifteen practical operations of eyebrow arching and hair removal by means of waxing, tweezing and the use of depilatories and fifteen basic make-up applications including skin analysis, complete and corrective make-up and the application of false eyelashes (12 AAC 09.160). Although the curriculum requires that they perform these operations during the instructional phase, once they are licensed, Alaska State law prohibits them from performing either service for their clients.

I respectfully request your support of SB 220, allowing trained professionals to continue a practice that they are fully qualified to do.

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