Section 36-15-25 - Instructor license required to teach--Senior instructor requirements--Conditional license--Areas of instruction.
36-15-25. Instructor license required to teach--Senior instructor requirements--Conditional license--Areas of instruction. No person may teach in a school unless that person is licensed by the commission as an instructor. Any person may qualify and be licensed by the commission as a senior instructor for cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics, as applicable, upon application made to the commission. The application shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant:
(1) Possesses the qualifications required by § 36-15-15;
(2) Currently holds a valid cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician license, as applicable;
(3) Has complied with any instructor education as prescribed by § 36-15-26.2;
(4) Has completed the requirements as a junior instructor set forth in § 36-15-26 or has at least one year of teaching experience as a licensed instructor from another state in cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics, as applicable; and
(5) Has passed an examination prescribed by the commission.
However, the applicant may receive the license conditionally, dependent on completing instructor education and passing the examination as prescribed by the commission in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26.
A senior instructor with a cosmetologist license may instruct in any practice of cosmetology. A senior instructor with a nail technician license may only instruct in the practice of nail technology. A senior instructor with an esthetician license may only instruct in the practice of esthetics.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1508 (5) as enacted by SL 1957, ch 118, § 1; SL 1972, ch 206, § 25; SL 2003, ch 202, § 35; SL 2007, ch 217, § 6.