§ 12-105-107 — Examinations

Colorado § 12-105-107

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Barbers and Cosmetologists

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(1) For the benefit of applicants, the director
shall hold examinations as often as necessary, subject to appropriation constraints.

(2) The respective examinations of applicants for licenses to practice
barbering, hairstyling, or cosmetology under this article 105 shall be conducted
under rules prescribed by the director and shall include practical demonstrations,
written tests in reference to the practices to which a license is applied, and such
related studies or subjects as the director may determine necessary for the proper
and efficient performance of the practices, and the examinations shall not be
confined to any specific system or method. The practical demonstrations shall be
conducted under conditions that are as similar to actual operating conditions as
possible. The director is authorized to rent adequate facilities in which to hold the
examinations.

(3) The examinations must be consistent with the practical and theoretical
requirements of the practices of barbering, hairstyling, or cosmetology or providing
nail technician or esthetician services as provided by this article 105, and the
director shall review, revise, and update the examinations periodically on a
reasonable basis in consultation with the advisory committee created pursuant to
section 12-105-106. Examinations must be graded promptly, and the results of the
examinations must be made available to the applicants promptly. The examination
must emphasize health and safety issues.

(4) The director shall offer a separate and complete testing station and
facility for each applicant, and no oral examination shall be given in connection with
practical demonstrations.

(5) No person is permitted to examine applicants in any of the practical
portions for barbers, hairstylists, cosmetologists, estheticians, or nail technicians in
which the person has not had practical experience and received a license as
provided in this article 105.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 824, � 1, effective October 1.