(1)An
applicant for any license provided in this article 105 or for examination shall be at
least sixteen years of age.
(2)An applicant for examination shall furnish proof of graduation from a
barber school or beauty school approved by the private occupational school division
pursuant to article 64 of title 23; approved by the state board for community
colleges and occupational education pursuant to article 60 of title 23; or, if the
school is located in another state or country, approved by the governmental agency
responsible for approving the schools in that state or country. The applicant shall
also furnish proof that the applicant has successfully completed educational
requirements equal to those set by the director. If the applicant has graduated from
a school located out
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(1) An
applicant for any license provided in this article 105 or for examination shall be at
least sixteen years of age.
(2) An applicant for examination shall furnish proof of graduation from a
barber school or beauty school approved by the private occupational school division
pursuant to article 64 of title 23; approved by the state board for community
colleges and occupational education pursuant to article 60 of title 23; or, if the
school is located in another state or country, approved by the governmental agency
responsible for approving the schools in that state or country. The applicant shall
also furnish proof that the applicant has successfully completed educational
requirements equal to those set by the director. If the applicant has graduated from
a school located outside Colorado, the applicant shall furnish proof that the
applicant has successfully completed educational requirements substantially equal
to those set by the director.
(3) The director shall promulgate rules to implement this section, but shall
not require an applicant for examination to furnish proof of training of more than
the number of hours of course completion in the subject area in which the applicant
seeks licensure as follows:
(a) For a cosmetologist:
(I) Fifty credits, as defined by:
(A) Institutional accreditation requirements;
(B) The Colorado commission on higher education full-time equivalent clock-to-credit hour requirements; or
(C) The department of education accreditation requirements; or
(II) One thousand five hundred contact hours;
(b) For a barber:
(I) Fifty credits, as defined by:
(A) Institutional accreditation requirements;
(B) The Colorado commission on higher education full-time equivalent clock-to-credit hour requirements; or
(C) The department of education accreditation requirements; or
(II) One thousand five hundred contact hours;
(c) Six hundred contact hours for an esthetician;
(d) Six hundred contact hours for a nail technician;
(e) One thousand two hundred contact hours for a hairstylist.
(3.5) (a) For the purposes of fulfilling the applicable contact hour
requirements in subsections (3)(a)(II), (3)(b)(II), (3)(c), (3)(d), and (3)(e) of this section,
an applicant for examination may substitute work experience obtained in a foreign
country as a barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, nail technician, or hairstylist using a
ratio of three months of work experience for every one hundred contact hours;
except that an applicant shall not substitute work experience for any of the contact
hours required for disinfection, cleaning, and safe work practices or for the hours
required to review laws and rules, as determined by rule of the director.
(b) The director may, by rule, determine the manner in which an applicant
shall provide proof of the work experience. An applicant for examination who
substitutes work experience for contact hours required pursuant to subsection (3)
of this section may submit as proof of work experience a signed and notarized
attestation of work experience that includes the place or places of employment if
the director determines that records are not generally available in the location
where the work experience was gained.
(4) Every person desiring to obtain a license to practice the occupation of a
barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, hairstylist, or nail technician in this state shall
apply and pay to the director an examination fee. The director shall issue a license
to applicants who successfully pass the examination and who qualify upon the
payment of the required fee.