(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as a manicurist/waxer unless he or she holds a license as a manicurist and has successfully completed at least 160 hours in waxing in a school licensed or registered under the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Any applicant who satisfies the qualifications in subsection (a), pays the applicable examination fee, successfully completes the examination, and pays any license fee shall be issued a manicurist/waxer license.