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Middlesex DA urges one-hour salon training on domestic violence; committee heard personal testimony
Summary
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and community partners asked the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to give favorable consideration to House Bill 323 / Senate Bill 200, a bill requiring one hour of free online domestic violence training for licensed salon professionals.
District Attorney Marian Ryan of Middlesex County asked the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to give favorable consideration to House Bill 323 and its companion, Senate Bill 200, which would require salon-service licensees in Massachusetts to complete a one-hour free online training on domestic violence.
Ryan told the committee that salon professionals are well positioned to notice signs of intimate-partner violence and to provide resources to people who might not disclose abuse elsewhere. “People often tell their hairdresser or…
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