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The terms of Board members shall be four years. No member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. The Board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. 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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 639 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapter 534; in 1979, chapter 327; in 1981, chapter 447; in 1988, chapters 42 and 765; in 2000, chapter 726<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 869<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 945<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 829<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 91<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82813,"identifier":"54.1-702","token":"54.1\/II\/7\/54.1-702","url":"\/54.1-702\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-702\/","token":"54.1\/II\/7\/54.1-702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; membership; officers; quorum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> for Barbers<\/span> and Cosmetology<\/span> shall be composed of 10 members as follows: two members shall be licensed barbers<\/span>, one of whom may be an owner or operator of a barber<\/span> school; two members shall be licensed cosmetologists<\/span>, at least one of whom shall be a salon owner and one of whom may be an owner or operator of a cosmetology<\/span> school; one member shall be a licensed nail technician<\/span> or a licensed cosmetologist<\/span> engaged primarily in the practice of nail care<\/span>, each of whom shall have been licensed in their respective professions for at least three years immediately prior to appointment; one member shall be either a licensed tattooer<\/span> or a licensed body-piercer<\/span>; two members shall be licensed estheticians<\/span>, at least one of whom shall be an esthetics<\/span> salon owner and one of whom may be an owner, operator, or designated representative of a licensed esthetics<\/span> school; and two citizen members. The terms of Board<\/span> members shall be four years. No member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. The Board<\/span> shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. A majority of the Board<\/span> shall constitute a quorum.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY; MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS; QUORUM (\u00a7 54.1-702)\n\nThe Board for Barbers and Cosmetology shall be composed of 10 members as\nfollows: two members shall be licensed barbers, one of whom may be an owner or\noperator of a barber school; two members shall be licensed cosmetologists, at\nleast one of whom shall be a salon owner and one of whom may be an owner or\noperator of a cosmetology school; one member shall be a licensed nail technician\nor a licensed cosmetologist engaged primarily in the practice of nail care, each\nof whom shall have been licensed in their respective professions for at least\nthree years immediately prior to appointment; one member shall be either a\nlicensed tattooer or a licensed body-piercer; two members shall be licensed\nestheticians, at least one of whom shall be an esthetics salon owner and one of\nwhom may be an owner, operator, or designated representative of a licensed\nesthetics school; and two citizen members. The terms of Board members shall be\nfour years. No member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. The\nBoard shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. A majority of the Board shall\nconstitute a quorum.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 639, \u00a7 21, \u00a7 54-83.22; 1974, c. 534; 1979, c. 327; 1981, c.\n447; 1988, cc. 42, 765; 2000, c. 726; 2002, c. 869; 2004, c. 945; 2005, c. 829;\n2010, c. 91.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}