# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 4. Barbers

### Subtitle 3. Licenses

#### Section 4-305

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section and of Sec. 4-306 of this subtitle, the Board may waive any requirement of this subtitle for an individual who is licensed to practice barbering or to provide barber-stylist services in another state.

(b) The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:

  (1) pays the examination fee required under Sec. 4-303 of this subtitle;

  (2) provides adequate evidence that the applicant has been licensed as a barber-stylist, barber, or master barber, whichever is applicable, in another state for at least the 6 months immediately preceding the filing of the application; and

  (3) passes the applicable examination.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)