(1) The board shall admit to examination for a cosmetology license any person who is at least sixteen (16) years old and who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours over a period of no less than nine (9) months in a licensed school of cosmetology or no less than three thousand (3,000) hours in an apprenticeship program certified by the board, and has completed the tenth grade or has been successfully enrolled in a community college, a state institution of higher learning, or a public or private college or university. Examinations and all testing requirements shall be clear, objective and uniformly applied. Apprenticeships provided for in this subsection shall be mentored by a licensed cosmetology instructor or a cosmetologist with at least fifteen (15) years of experience. Only two (2) apprentices may be mentored by any person at the same time. Only two (2) apprentice mentors may operate within the same licensed salon/barber shop.
(2) The board shall issue to any student who has completed the prescribed hours in a licensed school or approved apprenticeship program and paid the required fee a temporary permit until such time as the next examination may be held but not exceeding six (6) months. Such student shall be issued only one (1) temporary permit. Application for an examination and license shall be accompanied by two (2) recent passport-style photographs of the applicant. No temporary permit will be issued to an applicant from any other state to operate a beauty salon, barber shop or school of any profession regulated by the board in this state unless in case of emergency.
(3) Applicants for the cosmetologist license, after having satisfactorily passed the prescribed examination, shall be issued a cosmetology license which shall be valid for two (2) years, and the license shall be subject to renewal. No license issued by the board may be renewed until all monetary fines and penalties assessed by the board to the licensee are paid in full.
(4) Any barber who has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours in a licensed barber school and who holds a current valid certificate of licensure to practice barbering is eligible to take the cosmetology examination to secure a cosmetology license upon successfully completing six hundred (600) hours in a licensed school of cosmetology. All fees for application, examination, licensure, and renewal thereof shall be the same as provided for cosmetologists.
(5) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.