Welcome
Welcome to the Kansas Board of Barbering website. We hope you find this site to be a useful resource whether it be for information about barbering in Kansas, our statutes and regulations, or providing you the ability to renew and restore licenses online.
KBOB Board meetings are held by conference call the first Thursday of each month at 1PM. Please use 785-296-2211 to call into the Board meetings.
We welcome your input, comments, and suggestions by survey, letter, email, phone, or fax.
To apply for vacancies on the Board of Barbering refer to the Governor’s website. If you have questions you can e-mail Lori Ferguson-Administrator at lori.ferguson@ks.gov. You can also call the office at 785-296-2211 for further information.
RENEW ONLINE
Barber, Instructor, Shop and School licenses are available for online renewal. A convenience fee will be added to your online renewal at checkout. If you are uncertain the amount you should pay for reinstatement contact the board office at 785-296-2211.
Pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1817 and K.A.R. 61-7-2, additional fees must be charged when filing an application for restoration of an expired license. If you are applying for restoration of your expired barbering license and do not know the correct fee amount, please contact us at 785-296-2211. Any application accompanied with the incorrect fee will be deemed incomplete and will not be processed.
License Renewal Schedule
License New and Renewals (Non-Expired)
Expired License Restoration
Barber College – New and Renewal Licenses
BARBER LICENSE EXAMINATION
The next Instructor Examination will be held in the Spring of 2019. If you are interested in getting in to an Instructors Course contact Lori Ferguson at the Board Office. lori.ferguson@ks.gov
The next Barber Examination will be held on: Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Legends Barber College in Wichita, 1675 South Rock #101, Wichita, Kansas 67207. The deadline to sign up for the exam is 4/13/2019 at 5:00PM.
A retake date for anyone needing to take the written portion of the exam again will be on Sunday, April 28th, 2019 at Legends Barber College 1675 South Rock #101, Wichita, Kansas 67207. The deadline to sign up for the exam is 4/13/2019 at 5:00PM. You sign up for the retake by completing an Application to take the Barber Exam on our website and mail it in with payment of $100 to the board office.