Bill Text: MS SB2766 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: State Board of Cosmetology; may administer student tests.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-28 - Approved by Governor [SB2766 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2766-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Dearing, Jackson (32nd), Jackson (11th)
Senate Bill 2766
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-7-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY SHALL CONDUCT STUDENT EXAMINATIONS INSTEAD OF CONTRACTING WITH A TESTING SERVICE; TO PROHIBIT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FROM PERSONALLY ADMINISTERING OR MONITORING THE EXAMINATIONS, AND DIRECT THE BOARD TO CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATORS OF THE EXAMINATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY PER DIEM COMPENSATION FOR ANY DAY THAT THE MEMBER IS PRESENT AT THE SITE WHERE THE EXAMINATIONS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-7-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-12. (1) Effective
January 1, 2020, the State Board of Cosmetology shall * * * terminate
its student testing contract with proper notice and shall conduct
examinations for cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists and instructors at
such times and locations as determined by the * * * board. * * * The members of the board
shall * * * not personally administer or monitor the
examinations, but the board shall contract for administrators of the
examinations. A member of the board shall not receive any per diem
compensation for any day that the member is present at the site where the
examinations are being administered.
(2) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
