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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 321 -JUNE 7, 1938 Graduates of regis- tered schools, tempo- rary permits. Apprentices in beauty shops. Instruction by own- er, etc. Proviso. Conditions pre- scribed. Demonstrators. Issuance of permits to manufacturers' agents to conduct sales demonstrations, etc. Proviso. No charge for mate- rials or services. Report of termina- tion of employment. Demonstrations by canvassers. Reciprocity. States, etc., wherein requirements are sub- stantially equal. this Act goes into effect. Students, upon graduating from registered schools of cosmetology, may apply for and receive from the Board a temporary permit to practice as an operator until the next regular examination held by the Board under the provisions of this Act. APPRENTICES IN BEAUTY SHOPS SEC. 14. Any cosmetologist who is a beauty-shop owner and who is a holder of a teacher's certificate may instruct apprentices: Pro- vided, That there shall be no less than three licensed operators for each apprentice in any shop and there shall be no more than two apprentices in any shop, and provided such shop is not held out as a school of cosmetology. Such apprentices may apply for examination at the end of their apprenticeship at the next regular examination held by the Board and, if successful therein, shall be registered as operators. Registered apprentices, upon completion of their required term of apprenticeship, may apply for and receive from the Board a temporary permit to practice as an operator until the next regular examination. DEMONSTRATORS SEC. 15. The agents or employees of manufacturers of beauty-shop and cosmetological products and equipment employed by the said manufacturers for the purpose of conducting sales demonstrations, lectures, or expositions shall be required to register with the Board within three days after such employment. The Board shall issue permits to such agents or employees for the purpose of permitting such persons to conduct sales demonstrations, lectures, and exposi- tions of beauty-shop and cosmetological products and equipment upon the payment of the required fee: Provided, however, That no charge of any kind, whether for materials used or services rendered, shall be made by the manufacturer, his agent or employee, for said services rendered or said materials used in connection with or inci- dental to the conduct of such sales demonstration, lecture, or exposi- tion. In the event of the termination of the employment of such agent or employee referred to in this section, the said employer herein referred to shall immediately report such fact to the Board, and the permit of such person shall thereupon be canceled and voided. No person canvassing the residents of the District of Colum- bia, in connection with the advertisement or sale or both of cos- metological products or equipment, shall be permitted to give practical demonstration of such products or equipment unless each such person or his agent shall first have procured from the Board a certificate of registration and a license so to demonstrate upon the payment of the required fee as hereinafter provided. RECIPROCITY SEC. 16. The Board may dispense with examinations of applicants as provided in this Act and may grant a certificate of registration as provided in this Act in all cases where such applicants have complied with the requirements of another State, territory or foreign country, state, or province, wherein the requirements for registration are substantially equal to those in force in the District of Columbia at the time of filing application for such certificate, or upon due proof that such applicant has continuously engaged in the practices or occupation for which a license is applied for at least five years immediately prior to such application and upon the payment of the required fee. 616 [52 STAT.

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