§ 32-531 — Instructors; applications; qualifications; denial; hearing

A. A person is entitled to receive a license to teach barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person meets all of the following:

1. Submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board.

2. Either:

(a) Holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.

(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Is a licensed barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist, is applying for an instructor license to teach a subject in which the person is licensed, has practiced for at least one year in the profession for which the person is applying for an instructor license and has received the following hours of instructor training:

(a) For a cosmetologist instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

(b) For an aesthetics instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

(c) For a nail technician instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

(d) For a hairstylist instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

(e) For a barbering instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

4. Passes a written examination and a practical examination for an instructor license.

5. Pays the prescribed fees.

6. Completes an infection prevention, sanitation and law review class provided by the board.

B. An applicant may appeal the board's denial of an instructor license by requesting a hearing. The hearing shall be before the board at its next regular meeting that follows the board's receipt of the request. At the hearing the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate that the alleged deficiencies that are the basis of the denial do not exist.