157.10 - COURSE OF STUDY.

        157.10  COURSE OF STUDY.
         1.  The course of study required for licensure for the practice of
      cosmetology shall be two thousand one hundred clock hours, or seventy
      semester credit hours or the equivalent thereof as determined
      pursuant to administrative rule and regulations promulgated by the
      United States department of education.  The clock hours, and
      equivalent number of semester credit hours or the equivalent thereof
      as determined pursuant to administrative rule and regulations
      promulgated by the United States department of education, of a course
      of study required for licensure for the practices of electrology,
      esthetics, nail technology, manicuring, and pedicuring shall be
      established by the board.  The board shall adopt rules to define the
      course and content of study for each practice of cosmetology arts and
      sciences.
         2.  A person licensed in or a student of a practice of cosmetology
      arts and sciences shall be granted full credit for each course
      successfully completed which meets the requirements for licensure in
      another practice of cosmetology arts and sciences.
         3.  A barber licensed under chapter 158 or a student in a barber
      school who applies for licensure in a practice of cosmetology arts
      and sciences or who enrolls in a school of cosmetology arts and
      sciences shall be granted, at the discretion of the school, at least
      half credit and up to full credit for each course successfully
      completed for licensure as a barber which meets the requirements for
      licensure in a practice of cosmetology arts and sciences.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C77, 79, 81, § 157.10] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1110, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1205, § 8; 2004 Acts, ch 1100,
      §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §102
         Referred to in § 157.2, 261.18