157.3 - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
157.3 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
1. An applicant who has graduated from high school or its
equivalent shall be issued a license to practice any of the
cosmetology arts and sciences by the department when the applicant
satisfies all of the following:
a. Presents to the department a diploma, or similar evidence,
issued by a licensed school of cosmetology arts and sciences
indicating that the applicant has completed the course of study for
the appropriate practice of the cosmetology arts and sciences
prescribed by the board. An applicant may satisfy this requirement
upon presenting a diploma or similar evidence issued by a school in
another state, recognized by the board, which provides instruction
regarding the practice for which licensure is sought, provided that
the course of study is equivalent to or greater in length and scope
than that required for a school in this state, and is approved by the
board.
b. Completes the application form prescribed by the board.
c. Passes an examination prescribed by the board. The
examination may include both practical demonstrations and written or
oral tests and shall not be confined to any specific system or
method. However, a member of the board who is a licensed instructor
of cosmetology arts and sciences shall not be involved in the
selection or administration of the exam.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person who completes the
application form prescribed by the board and who submits satisfactory
proof of having been licensed in a practice of the cosmetology arts
and sciences in another state for at least twelve months in the
twenty-four month period preceding the submission of the application
shall be allowed to take the examination for a license to practice
the appropriate practice of the cosmetology arts and sciences.
However, the examination requirement shall be waived for those
persons who submit evidence of licensure in another state which has a
reciprocal agreement with the state of Iowa under sections 147.44,
147.48, and 147.49. Section History: Early Form
[C27, 31, 35, § 2585-b3, -b4; C39, § 2585.12, 2585.13; C46,
50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 157.3, 157.4; C77, 79, 81, § 157.3] Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1097, § 5; 92 Acts, ch 1205, § 3; 2005 Acts, ch 89,
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Referred to in § 157.2, 157.3A, 158.8, 158.10