IT'S HARDER TO BECOME A HAIR-BRAIDER THAN AN EMT. WHO'S TO BLAME?
By Nick Fouriezos
Last year, Jocelyn DoCouto stood before a handful of lawmakers at the Rhode Island capitol — and began to braid her daughter’s hair. Typically, the 26-year-old works with clients in the privacy of her home in Pawtucket, just north of Providence. But on that day, DoCouto was testifying before members of the House Corporations committee. Her goal? To prove the state shouldn’t require a cumbersome, and costly, license to practice natural hair-braiding.
Considering that braiders don’t always use chemicals, like other stylists or cosmetologists, it may seem like a no-brainer. Yet about half of all states require some license for natural hair-braiders. The cost can be prohibitive to small-time entrepreneurs — not just financially, but also timewise. According to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian-leaning law firm that has pushed to end braiding regulations in more than a dozen states:
THE AVERAGE COSMETOLOGIST MUST COMPLETE 386 DAYS OF TRAINING, COMPARED TO JUST 34 FOR THE AVERAGE EMT.
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/its-harder-to-become-a-hair-braider-than-an-emt-whos-to-blame/83708
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