Minnesota Health Licensing Boards Biennial Reports

June 30, 2010
Biennium ending June 30, 2010
Total licensed
or registered
as of June 30,
2010
Credentials Issued or Renewed
3071 Type
Barber Shop Licenses
Barber School Licenses
Student Barber Permits
Apprentice Barber Licenses
Registered (Master) Barber Licenses
Barber Instructor Licenses
Complaints Received and Opened
by Category
Unlicensed activity 4
Sanitation 2
Miscellaneous 3
Number
15
#
835
5
114
145
1962
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CREDENTIALS
The Minnesota Barber Board was created (re-created) July 1, 2009 upon the separation of the Minnesota
Board of Barber and Cosmetology Examiners into two distinct Boards. The initial fiscal year
for the Barber Board (fiscal 2010) as an independent board proved to be a difficult year due to
budgetary constraints and staffing issues for the new board. The board was unable to maintain the
original staffing levels of one Executive Secretary, two Administrative Office Support staff, and one
vacant Inspector position due to budgetary constraints. These difficulties culminated in the office
being unstaffed, with no board employees, for much of the months of February and March 2010
and only one part time staff (Executive Secretary) from March 22 to June 1, 2010.
Much of the information regarding the Barber Board, particularly correspondence during the first
half of the reported biennium is difficult to separate from the Cosmetology Board information.
There is a general lack of information available for the period of initial transition to March when
current staffing took effect.
At this time the Barber Board employs one full time Executive Secretary and one full time Inspector.
It is anticipated that the functions of the board office will be accomplished.
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