§ 20-27-1508 - Examination -- Fee.

20-27-1508. Examination -- Fee.

(a) (1) (A) Each artist in training seeking licensure as an artist under the rules of the Department of Health and Human Services shall take a written examination and a practical examination prepared or approved by the department.

(B) Upon completion of the hours required under 20-27-1507, a practical examination shall be conducted by the department in each field of training for which the artist in training is seeking licensure.

(2) Until an artist in training receives a passing grade on both the written examination and the practical examination, no artist in training may:

(A) Be licensed as an artist;

(B) Hold himself or herself out as a licensed artist; or

(C) Independently perform body art.

(b) The department shall levy and collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) from each artist in training who applies to take the written and practical examinations required under this section for licensure as an artist.