Florida Statute 476.194 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 476
BARBERING

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476.194 Prohibited acts.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to:

(a) Engage in the practice of barbering without an active license as a barber issued pursuant to the provisions of this act by the department.

(b) Hire or employ any person to engage in the practice of barbering unless such person holds a valid license as a barber.

(c) Obtain or attempt to obtain a license for money other than the required fee or any other thing of value or by fraudulent misrepresentations.

(d) Own, operate, maintain, open, establish, conduct, or have charge of, either alone or with another person or persons, a barbershop:

1. Which is not licensed under the provisions of this chapter; or

2. In which a person not licensed as a barber is permitted to perform services.

(e) Use or attempt to use a license to practice barbering when said license is suspended or revoked.

(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 19, 28, ch. 78-155; ss. 10, 13, 15, 25, 30, 34, 62, ch. 80-406; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 15, 19, 20, ch. 85-297; s. 109, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 23, ch. 2012-61.

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Amendments to 476.194

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 476.194

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S476.194 1a - HEALTH-SAFETY - BARBERING WITHOUT ACTIVE LICENSE - M: S

S476.194 1b - HEALTH-SAFETY - REPEALED 2012-61 - M: S

S476.194 1b - HEALTH-SAFETY - EMPLOY BARBER WITHOUT VALID LICENSE - M: S

S476.194 1c - HEALTH-SAFETY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8090 - M: S

S476.194 1c - FRAUD - OBTAIN UNLAWFUL BARBERING LICENSE - M: S

S476.194 1d - HEALTH-SAFETY - OPERATE BARBERSHOP WITHOUT LICENSED BARBER - M: S

S476.194 1d - FRAUD - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8091 - M: S

S476.194 1e - HEALTH-SAFETY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8092 - M: S

S476.194 1e - HEALTH-SAFETY - USE SUSPENDED REVOKED BARBERING LICENSE - M: S

S476.194 1f - HEALTH-SAFETY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8093 - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 476.194

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Brian Berry v. Travis Leslie, 767 F.3d 1144 (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 17782, 2014 WL 4558168

...dler, during which Fields complained of some of the difficulties that she had encountered in conducting her barbershop inspections. Upon discovering that barbering without a license is a second-degree misdemeanor under Florida law, see Fla. Stat. § 476.194,1 Vidler 1 Section 476.194, Fla....

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