(a)If the board determines that:
(1)a person possesses a valid license from another jurisdiction to
perform acts that require a license under this article; and
(2)the jurisdiction issuing the license imposes substantially equal
requirements on applicants for the license as are imposed on
applicants for an Indiana license;
the board may issue a license to perform those acts in Indiana to that
person upon payment of the fee required under IC 25-8-13.
(b)This subsection applies only to applications for a cosmetologist
license under IC 25-8-9. If the jurisdiction issuing the license does not
impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as
required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other juri
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(a) If the board determines that:
(1) a person possesses a valid license from another jurisdiction to
perform acts that require a license under this article; and
(2) the jurisdiction issuing the license imposes substantially equal
requirements on applicants for the license as are imposed on
applicants for an Indiana license;
the board may issue a license to perform those acts in Indiana to that
person upon payment of the fee required under IC 25-8-13.
(b) This subsection applies only to applications for a cosmetologist
license under IC 25-8-9. If the jurisdiction issuing the license does not
impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as
required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that
jurisdiction. One (1) year of licensed practice is equal to one hundred
(100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed a
minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours of education.
(c) This subsection applies only to applications for a manicurist
license under IC 25-8-11. If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not
impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as
required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that
jurisdiction, as follows:
(1) For an applicant with less than twenty (20) years of actual
licensed practice as a manicurist, one (1) year of licensed practice
is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant
who has completed at least three hundred (300) hours of
education.
(2) For an applicant with twenty (20) or more years of actual
licensed practice as a manicurist, one (1) year of licensed practice
is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant
who has completed at least one hundred (100) hours of education.
(d) This subsection applies only to applications for an electrologist
license under IC 25-8-10. If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not
impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as
required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that
jurisdiction. One (1) year of licensed practice as an electrologist is
equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has
completed at least two hundred (200) hours of education.
(e) This subsection applies only to applications for an esthetician
license under IC 25-8-12.5. If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not
impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as
required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that
jurisdiction. One (1) year of licensed practice as an esthetician is equal
to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has
completed at least four hundred (400) hours of education.
(f) This subsection applies only to applications for a beauty culture
instructor license under IC 25-8-6. If the jurisdiction issuing a license
does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours
as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the
combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the
other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that
jurisdiction. One (1) year of licensed practice as a beauty culture
instructor is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an
applicant who has completed at least seven hundred (700) hours of
education.
(g) This subsection applies only to applications for a barber license
under IC 25-8-12.1. If the jurisdiction issuing the license does not
impose substantially equivalent requirements as required under
subsection (a)(2), the board may approve a combination of education
hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when
issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction. One (1) year of
licensed practice is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to
an applicant who has completed at least one thousand (1,000) hours of
education.