§ 278 - Qualifications; cosmetologist
§ 278. Qualifications; cosmetologist
A person shall be eligible for licensure as a cosmetologist if the person is at least 18 years of age, has a high school or general educational development diploma, and has satisfactorily completed the following:
(1) a course of study of at least 1,500 hours at a school of cosmetology approved by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education or approved by the board under standards that the board has adopted by rule and passage of the examination described in section 283 of this title; or
(2) an apprenticeship of not less than 12 months and not more than 36 months consisting of not less than 2,000 hours and a maximum of 3,000 hours in a manner prescribed by the board in addition to courses, as prescribed by the board by rule, and passage of the examination described in section 283 of this title. (Added 1997, No. 40, § 16; amended 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. June 27, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 23; 2007, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)