PURPOSE: This rule explains the requirements for reinstatement of an expired license.

1. (1) The holder of an expired license to practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology may submit an application to the board to reinstate that license within two (2) years of the date the license expired. The application shall be on a form supplied by the board and shall be accompanied by the license renewal fee plus the late fee and other information as the board may require.

2. (2) Examination Required.

   1. (A) Any person who has allowed his/her license to practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology to expire for a period of more than two (2) years may submit an application to the board to reinstate that license by examination. The examination shall consist of the practical portion of the licensure examination. The application shall be properly completed on a form supplied by the board and shall include or be accompanied by the individual’s license number, the license renewal fee and the late fee, two (2) bust photographs measuring approximately two inches by two inches (2" × 2") which have been taken within the last two (2) years and other information as the board may require.
   2. (B) In order to be scheduled for examination to reinstate an expired license, the properly completed application must be received in the Jefferson City office along with the required fees no fewer than ten (10) working days prior to the first day of each scheduled examination. Applications received after this cut-off date and all applications received after every available space for the examination has been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled examination.

AUTHORITY: section 329.230, RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 90- 13.020. Original rule filed Aug. 2, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. Amended: Filed Dec. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION 14, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. Moved to 20 CSR 2090-13.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 329.230, RSMo 1945, amended 1981.