Regulatory Reform Act of 2024.

Senate Bill 607, known as the Regulatory Reform Act of 2024, modifies licensing rules in North Carolina to reduce barriers for certain professionals and adjust training standards. The bill exempts specific individuals, such as medical staff and inmates, from needing barber or cosmetologist licenses while performing their duties, and it removes the state residency requirement for electrologists wishing to obtain a license. Additionally, the legislation increases the minimum training hours for massage and bodywork therapists from 500 to 650 hours before they can be licensed. These changes directly affect barbers, cosmetologists, electrologists, and massage therapists by altering the qualifications and exemptions required to practice legally in the state.