N.Y. GBS Law § 430

§ 430. Purpose of article. The need for technical skill, training and\nexperience, good health, good moral character and other fundamental\nqualities and qualifications in persons engaged in the practice of\nbarbering, as herein defined, having been unquestionably established and\ndemonstrated and in order to safeguard the health of the persons who\npatronize the barber shops of our state and because of the evils\nconnected with itinerant barbers and barber shops and because of the\ninadequacy of local regulation, it is the purpose of the legislature, in\nenacting this article, to safeguard and protect the barbers of this\nstate from the evils of itinerant barbers and barber shops and to\nsafeguard and protect the lives, health and well being of those persons\nwho patronize the barber shops of our state by making adequate provision\nfor the examination, licensing and regulation of the barber shops and\nthe barbers and apprentices to whom such persons submit themselves for\nbarber work.\n