Arkansas § 17-26-304 Prerequisites to examination for cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor

Arkansas Statutes

§ 17-26-304 — Prerequisites to examination for cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor

The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:

(1)Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age;

(2)Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and (3) Has completed one (1) of the following:

(A)For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours;

(B)For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;

(C)For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;

(D)For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or (E) The prescribed course of study in cosmetology u

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The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who: (1) Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age; (2) Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and (3) Has completed one (1) of the following: (A) For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours; (B) For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; (C) For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; (D) For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or (E) The prescribed course of study in cosmetology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas.

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Legislative History

Amended by Act 2017, No. 972,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1011,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 3, § 2; 1957, No. 48, § 1; 1957, No. 337, § 1; 1961, No. 490, § 3; 1965, No. 403, § 1; 1985, No. 215, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-832; Acts 2007, No. 223, § 15; 2009, No. 4, § 5.