(a)

1. (1) Upon application to the Department of Health in the form provided for the particular class of license applied for, accompanied by the required fee, application shall expire after one (1) year.

2. (2) A person licensed as a cosmetologist, electrologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor under the laws of another state shall be granted a license to practice the occupation or occupations in the state not of greater scope than the occupation or occupations for which the applicant was previously licensed in the other state, upon the following conditions:

   1. (A) The applicant for license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, or aesthetician is not fewer than eighteen (18) years of age and the applicant for a license as an instructor or electrologist is not fewer than twenty-one (21) years of age;
   2. (B) The applicant holds a current valid license upon application for reciprocity, evidenced by:

(i) A certified copy of the license and an affidavit from the other state; or

1. (ii) Such other evidence as the department may require;

   1. (C) The applicant has passed an examination comparable to the examination given in this state; and
   2. (D) The applicant passes an Arkansas law examination under this chapter.

(b) A person who has completed the required hours for the license for which the applicant applied under the laws of another state shall be eligible for examination upon the following conditions:

1. (1) The applicant for license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, or aesthetician is not fewer than eighteen (18) years of age and the applicant for a license as an instructor or electrologist is not fewer than twenty-one (21) years of age;

2. (2) The applicant completed hours received from a licensed school of cosmetology or postsecondary school of cosmetology, evidenced by:

   1. (A) A certified copy of training and an affidavit received directly from the applicable licensing entity; or
   2. (B) Such other evidence as the department may require; and

3. (3) The applicant passes a written and practical examination.

   1. (c)

4. (1) A person that has completed partial hours under the laws of another state shall be eligible for examination under the following conditions:

   1. (A) The applicant for license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, or aesthetician is not fewer than eighteen (18) years of age and the applicant for a license as an instructor or electrologist is not fewer than twenty-one (21) years of age;

   2. (B) Partial hours evidenced by:

      1. (i) Certified copy of training and an affidavit received directly from the other state; or
      2. (ii) Such other evidence as the department may require;
   3. (C) The applicant completes the required hours required under the rules of the department for the license for which the applicant applied; and
   4. (D) The applicant passes a written and practical examination.

5. (2)

   1. (A) If the training, completed or partial, was obtained in another state, then the applicant must meet eligibility requirements.
   2. (B) The applicant is responsible for arranging to have sent to the department his or her certification from the other state or school in which the hours were obtained.
   3. (C) If the department determines eligibility requirements are met, the applicant will be required to take the Arkansas written and practical exams.