Licensure; qualifications

(225 ILCS 410/3-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2)     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-478)     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)     Sec. 3-2. Licensure; qualifications.     (1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a cosmetologist who has filed an application in writing or electronically on forms provided by the Department, pays the required fees, and:         a. Is at least 16 years of age; and         b. Is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance     or has received a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of that certificate; and        c. Has graduated from a licensed school of     cosmetology, having completed a program of 1,500 hours in the study of cosmetology extending over a period of not less than 8 months. A licensed school of cosmetology may, at its discretion, consistent with the rules of the Department, accept up to 1,000 hours of barber school training at a licensed barber school toward the 1,500 hour program requirement of cosmetology. Time spent in such study under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the period of study required by the provisions of this paragraph; and        d. Has passed an examination authorized by the     Department to determine eligibility to receive a license as a cosmetologist; and        e. Has met any other requirements set forth in this     Act or by rule.    (2) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 104-153, eff. 1-1-26.)       (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-478)     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)     Sec. 3-2. Licensure; qualifications.     (1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a cosmetologist who has filed an application in writing or electronically on forms provided by the Department, pays the required fees, and:         a. Is at least 16 years of age; and         b. Is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance     or has received a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of that certificate; and        c. Has graduated from a licensed school of     cosmetology, having completed a program of 1,500 hours in the study of cosmetology extending over a period of not less than 8 months, or has completed 3,000 in an apprenticeship program for cosmetologists under Section 1-15. A licensed school of cosmetology may, at its discretion, consistent with the rules of the Department, accept up to 1,000 hours of barber school training at a licensed barber school toward the 1,500 hour program requirement of cosmetology. Time spent in such study under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the period of study required by the provisions of this paragraph; and        d. Has passed an examination authorized by the     Department to determine eligibility to receive a license as a cosmetologist; and        e. Has met any other requirements set forth in this     Act or by rule.    (2) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 104-153, eff. 1-1-26; 104-478, eff. 1-1-27.)