Title 32 — Professions and Occupations

This chapter does not apply to the following persons while in the proper discharge of their professional duties: 1. Medical practitioners who are licensed pursuant to this title if the practices treat physical or mental ailments or disease. 2. Commissioned physicians and surgeons…

A. The board shall establish and collect fees not to exceed the following: 1. Application for initial personal license, a onetime fee of $100. 2. Application for personal reciprocity or universal license, a onetime fee of $200. 3. Application for establishment license, including …

A person is entitled to receive an aesthetician's license if the person: 1. Submits to the board an application for an aesthetician's license on a form supplied by the board. 2. Does either of the following: (a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of…

A person is entitled to receive a cosmetologist license if the person does all of the following: 1. Submits to the board an application for a cosmetologist license on a form supplied by the board. 2. Does either of the following: (a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for…

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice nail technology if the person does all of the following: 1. Submits to the board an application for a nail technician license on a form supplied by the board. 2. Does either of the following: (a) Completes and receives appropr…

A person is entitled to receive a license to practice hairstyling if the person does all of the following: 1. Submits to the board an application for a hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board. 2. Either: (a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two …

B. An applicant for a barber license shall meet all of the following: 1. Do either of the following: (a) Complete and receive appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or the equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submit satisfactory evid…

Notwithstanding sections 32-510, 32-511, 32-512, 32-512.01 and 32-512.02, a person is entitled to receive a barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist license if the person does all of the following: 1. Submits to the board an application for a barber, co…

A. The board or a national professional organization for barbering or cosmetology, or both, that is selected by the board shall administer written and practical examinations for a barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician, hairstylist or instructor license. The examina…

A. An applicant who fails an examination for a license pursuant to this article is entitled to a reexamination. B. If an applicant fails either part of the examination, the applicant shall only retake the part of the examination that the applicant failed. C. If one year or more e…

A. An aesthetician or a cosmetologist who wishes to perform cosmetic laser procedures and procedures using IPL devices must: 1. Apply for and receive a certificate from the department. 2. Comply with the requirements of this section and department rules. B. An aesthetician or a c…

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, a barber, a cosmetologist, an aesthetician, a nail technician or a hairstylist shall renew the person's license on or before the person's birthday once every two years. B. A barber, a cosmetologist, an aesthetician, a nail technician or a…

A. A license that is not renewed pursuant to section 32-517 automatically reverts to inactive status. B. A licensee may reactivate an inactive license: 1. If a license has been inactive for less than one year, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty. 2. If a license h…

1. Submits to the board an application for an eyelash technician registration on a form supplied by the board. 2. Either: (a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and s…

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. Ei…

Notwithstanding section 32-531, a person is entitled to receive a license to teach barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board, pays th…

A. An examination for an instructor license shall be written and practical. B. The board shall inform each applicant of the applicant's examination results in writing. C. The board shall make an accurate record of each examination. D. An applicant who fails any part of the examin…

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, an instructor shall renew the instructor's license on or before the instructor's birth date once every two years. B. An instructor shall submit an application for renewal accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee in order to renew the ins…

A. An instructor may practice in the category of practice in which the instructor is licensed to practice in an establishment that is licensed pursuant to this chapter. B. An instructor shall teach only in the area in which the instructor is licensed by the board to teach.

A. An instructor license that is not renewed pursuant to section 32-535 automatically reverts to inactive status. B. A licensee may reactivate an inactive license: 1. If a license has been inactive for less than one year, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty. 2. If…

A. A person is entitled to receive a license to operate an establishment if the person: 1. Submits to the board an application for an establishment license on a form supplied by the board. 2. Pays the prescribed fee. B. The safety and sanitary requirements specified by the board …

The board shall inspect establishments on a regular basis as it deems necessary.

Each establishment shall display the following in a conspicuous location that is readily observable by any patron: 1. The current establishment license. 2. The current license for each barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist who is practicing in the es…

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, an establishment license is renewable each year on or before the anniversary date of the first license by meeting all the requirements for an establishment license and paying the prescribed renewal fee. B. An establishment owner who fails…

A. An establishment shall not change from the name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or change its trade name without filing a new application and paying the prescribed fee. B. Within ten days after any change of ownership of the establishment or change i…

A. A person is entitled to a license to operate a school if: 1. The person pays the prescribed fee. 2. The person furnishes a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 approved by the board and executed by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond s…

A. A school shall not change from the name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or change its trade name without filing a new application and paying the prescribed fee. B. A school owner shall notify the board in writing within ten days after any change of o…

A. Instructors shall not apply their time to private practice with or without compensation in a school. B. Students shall be under the constant supervision of an instructor.

Schools shall display the following in a conspicuous location: 1. The current school license. 2. The current licenses of instructors teaching in the school. 3. The latest inspection sheet.

A school shall contain sufficient equipment as prescribed by the board in its rules.

A school of any type may include programs related to a subject that the board licenses or registers but may not include an establishment. A school may offer for sale related products and articles.

A. Students of a licensed school may render services to the public only under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor. C. A student in a school shall not receive a salary or commission from the school for any barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyl…

A private school is required to execute a contract between itself and a student in duplicate. The form of the contract shall be approved by the board. A contract between a school and a student shall bear the signature of a school official and the student or parent or guardian if …

A. A private school shall submit a copy of its official catalog to the board for board approval. B. A private school catalog shall contain the following: 1. Name and address of the school. 2. Date of publication. 3. Admission requirements and procedures used by the school. 4. Num…

A student who desires to transfer from one school to another may apply to another school of the student's choice. The transferring school shall provide the student with a completion form documenting the hours and courses that the student has successfully completed. The form shall…

A school shall keep records as prescribed by the board in its rules on file for each student enrolled or reenrolled in a school for a regular course, postgraduate course or additional hours.

The board shall inspect schools on a regular basis as it deems necessary.

A. Within five days after a school closes it shall notify the board by certified mail of the closure. B. Within ten days after a school closes it shall forward all student records to the board.

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, school licenses are renewable on or before June 30 of every year by meeting all the requirements for a school license and paying the prescribed renewal fee. B. A school owner who fails to renew his school license by June 30 of every year …

A school must be recognized as a postsecondary educational institution if both of the following apply: 1. The school admits as regular students only individuals who have earned a recognized high school diploma or the equivalent of a recognized high school diploma or who are beyon…

The board may take any one or a combination of the following disciplinary actions: 1. Revoke a license or registration. 2. Suspend a license or registration. 3. Impose a civil penalty in an amount of not more than $2,000. 4. Impose probation requirements best adapted to protect t…

A. The board may take disciplinary action or refuse to issue or renew a license or registration for any of the following causes: 1. Continuing to perform barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology, hairstyling or eyelash extension services if the person knowingly has an …

A. The board on its own motion may investigate any information that appears to show the existence of any of the causes set forth in section 32-572. The board shall investigate the report of any person that appears to show the existence of any of the causes set forth in section 32…

A. A person shall not: 1. Perform or attempt to perform barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology, hairstyling or personal services related to eyelash extensions without a license or registration in that category issued pursuant to this chapter, or practice in a categor…

The board, the attorney general, a county attorney or any other person may apply to the superior court in the county in which acts or practices of any person which constitute a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are alleged to have occurred fo…

A. Examination materials, records of examination grading and performance and transcripts of educational institutions are confidential and are not subject to inspection pursuant to title 39, chapter 1, article 2. B. All investigation files are confidential and are not subject to i…

1. "Active military member" means any person with full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve. 2. "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable or criminal action allowed by a member state's law…

1. License and regulate cosmetology. 2. Have a mechanism or entity in place to receive and investigate complaints about licensees practicing in that state. 3. Require licensees within that state to pass a cosmetology competency examination before being licensed to provide cosmeto…

B. On receiving an application for a multistate license, according to commission rules, a member state's state licensing authority shall ascertain whether the applicant meets the requirements for a multistate license under this compact. C. If an applicant meets the requirements f…

B. If a licensee changes the licensee's home state by moving between two member states: 1. The licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of the licensee's multistate license in the licensee's new home state. The licensee shall pay all applicable fees and notify the prev…