# Title 14 — Barber Examiners, Board of

## Article 14-02 — Sanitation and Prevention of Communicable Diseases

## Chapter 14-02-05 — Hygiene

### § 14-02-05-01. Personal health and hygiene.

All persons employed in a barber shop shall be clean. No person shall act as a barber who is
known to be infected with a disease which may be transmitted or communicated to a person.
History: Effective August 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
### § 14-02-05-02. Treatment of persons afflicted with certain communicable diseases prohibited.

No barber, apprentice, or barber school student shall practice or knowingly serve a person afflicted
with erysipelas, syphilis, gonorrhea, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, diphtheria, tinea sycosis,
ringworm, eczema, impetigo, tuberculosis, or other communicable or infectious disease.
History: Effective August 1, 1978; amended effective January 1, 2011.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
### § 14-02-05-03. Treatment of diseases prohibited.

No barber or other person in charge of any barber shop shall undertake to treat any disease of the
skin; nor shall a barber or other person in charge of a barber shop administer in any other manner any
medicine or treatment which administration is not distinctly a part of the profession of barbering. No
person serving as a barber shall shave any person when the surface to be shaved is inflamed or
broken out, or contains pus, unless such person is provided with a cup, shaving brush, and razor for
one's individual use.
History: Effective August 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
### § 14-02-05-04. Barber's hands.

Every person serving as a barber, student, or apprentice shall thoroughly cleanse one's hands with
soap and warm water and then dry them with paper towels or towels complying with section
History: Effective August 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11

### § 14-02-05-05. Barber's appearance.

Each person working as a barber shall be clean, both as to person and dress. Every barber or
other person in charge of any barber shop or barber school, while serving any customer, shall wear
washable and suitable clothing.
History: Effective August 1, 1978; amended effective January 1, 2011.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
### § 14-02-05-06. Physical examination.

Any member of the board or proper health officer shall have authority to require any barber or
apprentice to submit to any physical examination when the board member or health officer has reason
to believe the barber or apprentice may be afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease.
History: Effective August 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
### § 14-02-05-07. Health certificate.

Each and every barber practicing the profession in North Dakota shall furnish the state board of
barber examiners a satisfactory health certificate at such times as the board may deem necessary,
signed by a physician in good standing and licensed by the North Dakota board of medical examiners,
together with two signed photographs.
History: Effective August 1, 1978.
General Authority: NDCC 43-04-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-04-11
