On behalf of the Indiana State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners (Board), I am submitting this notice in compliance with IC 4-22-2-19, which requires an agency to begin the rulemaking process not later than 60 days after the effective date of the statute that authorizes the rule.

The statutory authority for this rulemaking for the Indiana State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners is IC 25-1-1.1-6, which was enacted in P.L.182–2018, SECTION 1 and became effective on July 1, 2018. It authorized the State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners rules and emergency rules concerning convictions of concern and related provisions. Emergency rules were adopted effective November 7, 2018.

The Indiana State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners was unable to begin the rulemaking process within 60 days of the statute authorizing the rule. The Board met on July 16, 2018, but a draft rule was not yet prepared for the Board's review. At the Board's next meeting on September 17, 2018, the Board reviewed and adopted an emergency rule in preparation for preparing a final rule.

The Indiana State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners initiated the rulemaking process by publishing its Notice of Intent to Adopt a Rule in the Indiana Register on September 11, 2019 (DIN: 20190911-IR-820190433NIA).

Tracy Hicks

Director

Indiana State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners