54-5810. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE — INSTRUCTORS — APPRENTICES — STUDENTS. (1) To qualify for licensure under this chapter, an applicant for licensure must:

(a) Be at least sixteen and one-half (16 1/2) years of age;

(b) Have completed at least two (2) years of high school or have attained an equivalent education as determined by the board;

(c) Be of good moral character; and

(d) Pass an examination for the occupation in which the applicant is seeking licensure, which examination shall be conducted or approved by the board.

(2) Except as otherwise provided, and in addition to the requirements listed in subsection (1) of this section, an applicant for licensure:

(a) As a barber, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least nine hundred (900) hours in a barber school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours as an apprentice in an apprenticeship that covered all aspects of the practice of barbering;

(b) As a barber-stylist, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in a barber school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least three thousand (3,000) hours as an apprentice in an apprenticeship that covered all aspects of the practice of barber-styling;

(c) As a cosmetologist, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours in a cosmetology school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least three thousand two hundred (3,200) hours as an apprentice in an apprenticeship that covered all aspects of the practice of cosmetology;

(d) As an electrologist, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least six hundred (600) hours in a school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours as an apprentice in a cosmetology establishment under the direct personal supervision of a licensed electrologist instructor. Such establishment must have at least one (1) licensed electrologist on-site in accordance with board rules;

(e) As an esthetician, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least six hundred (600) hours in a school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours as an apprentice in a cosmetology establishment under the direct personal supervision of a licensed cosmetology instructor. Such establishment must have at least one (1) licensed esthetician on-site in accordance with board rules;

(f) As a haircutter, must have completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least nine hundred (900) hours in a school approved by the board;

(g) As a nail technician, must have:

(i) Completed and graduated from a course of instruction of at least four hundred (400) hours in a school approved by the board; or

(ii) Completed at least eight hundred (800) hours as an apprentice in a cosmetology establishment under the direct personal supervision of a licensed cosmetology instructor. Such establishment shall have at least one (1) licensed nail technician on-site in accordance with board rules.

(3) To qualify as a barber instructor, an applicant must:

(a) Hold a current barber license;

(b) Pass an examination approved by the board; and

(c) Have at least five (5) years of experience as a licensed barber or have satisfactorily completed:

(i) A minimum six (6) month course of barber instructing as a student in a licensed barber school; or

(ii) A minimum three (3) month course of barber instructing as a student in a licensed barber school, if the applicant has at least two (2) years of experience as a licensed barber.

(4) To qualify as a barber-stylist instructor, an applicant must:

(a) Hold a current barber-stylist license or a cosmetologist license;

(b) Pass an examination approved by the board; and

(c) Have at least five (5) years of experience as a licensed barber-stylist or have satisfactorily completed:

(i) A minimum six (6) month course of barber-stylist instructing as a student in a licensed barber school; or

(ii) A minimum three (3) month course of barber-stylist instructing as a student in a licensed barber school, if the applicant has at least two (2) years of experience as a licensed barber-stylist.

(5) To qualify as an instructor of cosmetology, electrology, esthetics or nail technology, an applicant must:

(a) Have completed twelve (12) college credit hours or an equivalent education as determined by the board or pass an examination required by board rules;

(b) Hold a current license as a cosmetologist, electrologist, esthetician or nail technician; and

(c) Have at least five (5) years of experience as a licensed cosmetologist, electrologist, esthetician or nail technician, which years of experience immediately precede the application for an instructor’s license, or have satisfactorily completed:

(i) A minimum six (6) month teacher’s course of instruction in a school of cosmetology; or

(ii) A minimum three (3) month teacher’s course of instruction in a school of cosmetology, if the applicant has at least two (2) years of experience as a licensed cosmetologist, electrologist, esthetician or nail technician.

(6) To be qualified to hold an apprenticeship for purposes of this chapter, a person must:

(a) Be at least sixteen and one-half (16 1/2) years of age;

(b) Have completed at least two (2) years of high school or have attained an equivalent education as determined by the board; and

(c) Be registered as an apprentice with the board.

(7) To be considered a student for purposes of this chapter, a person must:

(a) Be at least sixteen and one-half (16 1/2) years of age;

(b) Have completed at least two (2) years of high school or have attained an equivalent education as determined by the board; and

(c) Be registered as a student in a licensed barber school or cosmetology school.

History:

[54-5810, added 2018, ch. 228, sec. 3, p. 526; am. 2019, ch. 150, sec. 2, p. 502.]