Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
83 chapters · 2,038 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-412 School term — Cosmetology curriculum
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(a) Each school shall maintain a school term of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours, instruction of which shall not be in excess of ten (10) hours per day and six (6) days per week during the course. The school shall maintain a course of practical training and t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-413 Electrology course
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(a) (1) An electrology course established by a school of cosmetology shall consist of three hundred fifty (350) hours or six hundred (600) hours of practical training and technical instruction that shall extend over a period of not less than two (2) months for a three-hundred-fif…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-414 Special programs
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(a) Instruction shall not exceed ten (10) hours per day and six (6) days per week during the program. (b) When a student completes the required number of hours for a special program and reenrolls for a cosmetology program or when a student transfers from a special program to a co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-415 Student registration — Reregistration on transfer
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(a) (1) All students of cosmetology, manicuring, electrology, aesthetics, and instructor training shall be registered with the Department of Health before accredited hours can be obtained.(2) The enrollment application shall be accompanied by a copy of a method of identification …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-416 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-26-416Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-417 Student work
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(a) In each licensed school of cosmetology:(1) A student for a license as a cosmetologist, after one hundred fifty (150) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of the branches of cosmetology taught in the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-418 Cosmetology courses in public schools
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(a) (1) All public educational institutions operating cosmetological schools shall comply with the standards and rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.(2) (A) However, the responsibility for approval of cosmetological schools in public educational institutions shall be t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-419 Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training
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(a) A cosmetological school or establishment under this subchapter shall establish a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training course. (b) (1) A student enrolled in a cosmetological school or establishment shall complete a one-hour course in domestic violence and se…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-420 Mobile salons
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(a) (1) Beginning September 1, 2017, the Department of Health may issue a license for the operation of a mobile salon to an applicant who submits an application on a form approved by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee, pays required fees as determined by the department …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-501 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-502 Legislative findings
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(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Natural hair braiding is a traditional practice that is safe;(2) Natural hair braiding presents no significant health and safety risks to customers or practitioners;(3) Occupational regulation harms consumers by limiting their choices or by…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-503 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Mechanical device” means clips, combs, curlers, curling irons, hairpins, rollers, scissors, needles, thread, and hair binders; and(2) (A) “Natural hair braiding” means a service of twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding ha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-504 Exemption
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The practice of natural hair braiding, except as provided by this subchapter, is exempt from regulation under this chapter and is exempt from the authority of the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee, the State Board of Health, and the Department of Health.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-505 Application of certification requirements
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(a) A person who has practiced natural hair braiding for two (2) consecutive years as of December 31, 2015, shall be granted a natural hair braiding certificate if he or she completes and files the following on or before December 31, 2015:(1) An application for certification;(2) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Artist” means any person other than a licensed physician who performs body art on a human and is licensed in this state;(2) “Artist instructor” means an artist who:(A) Has been licensed by the Department of Health as an artist for at least five…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-602 Unlawful to perform body art on person under 18 years of age — Documentation and consent
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(a) (1) A person under eighteen (18) years of age shall not undergo body art unless:(A) Written consent is given by the person's parent or legal guardian;(B) The parent or legal guardian is present during the procedure;(C) The person to undergo body art and the parent or legal gu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-603 Department of Health to license, regulate, and inspect for health hazards
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(a) (1) Body art establishments in which body art is performed and artists who perform body art shall be licensed by the Department of Health.(2) An institution shall be licensed by the department as an establishment and as an approved body art training institution.(3) An artist …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-604 Local health officials
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(a) Any city or county department of health may periodically inspect body art establishments on the basis of compliance with state, city, or county sanitary regulations. (b) The governing body of any municipality or county may adopt by ordinance local sanitary regulations of body…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-605 No criminal liability
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This subchapter does not create any liability, criminal or otherwise, for a person under eighteen (18) years of age for undergoing body art.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-606 Blood-borne pathogens course
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(a) (1) Each artist, artist instructor, and student artist shall complete United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration blood-borne pathogens training approved by the Department of Health.(2) An approved online course may be used to satisfy the requirement under sub…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-607 Education of student artist
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(a) An artist instructor shall be a registered instructor in an institution licensed by the Department of Health. (b) The maximum number of student artists in training in a training facility at any time shall be at a ratio of no more than eight (8) students to one (1) artist inst…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-608 Examination — Fee
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(a) (1) (A) Each artist in training seeking licensure as an artist under the rules of the Department of Health shall take a written examination prepared or approved by the department upon completion of training.(B) Upon completion of the hours required under § 17-26-607, a practi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-609 Temporary demonstration license
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(a) The Department of Health may issue a temporary demonstration license to an artist or establishment or to a supplier of materials for body art for:(1) Educational purposes where body art is performed;(2) Trade shows where body art is performed;(3) Demonstrations of body art pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-610 Critical items for closure of body art establishment
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(a) (1) The Department of Health shall create and publish a list of critical items for closure of an establishment.(2) The department shall list the prohibitions under § 17-26-611 as critical items for closure. (1) The Department of Health shall create and publish a list of criti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-611 Prohibitions
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(a) Body art is prohibited:(1) On a person who is inebriated or appears to be incapacitated by the use of alcohol or drugs;(2) On a person who shows signs of recent intravenous drug use;(3) On an area with sunburn, open lesions, rashes, or wounds;(4) With the use of a product or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-612 Penalties
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(a) An artist who violates this subchapter or rules adopted by the State Board of Health pertaining to body art commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense. (b) After n…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-613 Prohibited practice
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An artist licensed by the Department of Health shall not perform or attempt to perform the insertion of a subdermal implant.