Sec. 1602.256. ELIGIBILITY FOR A MANICURIST SPECIALTY LICENSE. (a) A person holding a manicurist specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Section 1602.002(a)(8) or (9).
(b) To be eligible for a manicurist specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) be at least 17 years of age;
(2) have obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and
(3) have completed 600 hours of instruction in manicuring through a commission-approved training program.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 750, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (H.B. 2106), Sec. 8, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 9, eff. June 10, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (S.B. 1503), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 10.008, eff. September 1, 2017.
