1. (A) A license as a cosmetologist must be issued by the board to a person who:

   1. (1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
   2. (2) has completed at least one thousand five hundred hours in classes in cosmetology in a reliable school approved by the board or is a registered master hair care specialist pursuant to Chapter 7 who has satisfied educational requirements established by the board in regulation; and
   3. (3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.

2. (B) A license as an esthetician must be issued by the board to a person who:

   1. (1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
   2. (2) has completed at least four hundred fifty hours in classes in skin care in a reliable school approved by the board or comparable training approved by the board; and
   3. (3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.

3. (C) A license as a nail technician must be issued by the board to a person who:

   1. (1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
   2. (2) has completed at least three hundred hours in classes in a reliable nail technician school approved by the board or comparable training approved by the board; and
   3. (3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.
4. (D) Temporary permits to practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician may be issued in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 427, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 222, Section 10.