Sec. 1602.261. ELIGIBILITY FOR MANICURIST/ESTHETICIAN SPECIALTY LICENSE. (a) A person holding a manicurist/esthetician specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(4) through (10).

(b) To be eligible for a manicurist/esthetician specialty license, an applicant must:

(1) submit an application on a form prescribed by the department;

(2) pay the required fee; and

(3) either:

(A) hold both an active manicurist specialty license and an active esthetician specialty license; or

(B) meet the educational requirements of Subsection (c).

(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B) must:

(1) either:

(A) have obtained a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; or

(B) have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and

(2) have completed:

(A) 1,200 hours of instruction in a manicure/esthetics specialty curriculum in a commission-approved training program; or

(B) 600 hours of instruction in a manicure curriculum and 750 hours of instruction in an esthetics curriculum in commission-approved training programs.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 1170), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 14, eff. June 10, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (S.B. 1503), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 10.013, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 14.003, eff. September 1, 2019.