Licensing of instructors

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-15, under Cosmetologists and Barbers.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-15

(1) The board shall admit to examination for an instructor’s license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:(a) Is a graduate of a licensed school;(b) Has a high school education or its equivalent;(c) Has successfully completed six hundred (600) hours of instructor training in a licensed school;(d) Is at least twenty-one (21) years old; and(e) Holds a current, valid Mississippi practitioner’s license.

(a) Is a graduate of a licensed school;

(b) Has a high school education or its equivalent;

(c) Has successfully completed six hundred (600) hours of instructor training in a licensed school;

(d) Is at least twenty-one (21) years old; and

(e) Holds a current, valid Mississippi practitioner’s license.

(2) Applicants shall satisfactorily pass the examination prescribed by the board for licensing instructors prior to the issuance of the licenses provided for in this section. However, the board may, in its discretion, issue a temporary instructor’s permit until such time as the next examination may be held, the period of which shall not exceed six (6) months. Such applicant shall be issued only one (1) temporary permit. All applications for an instructor’s examination shall be accompanied by two (2) recent passport-style photographs of the applicant.

(3) Renewal Requirements:(a) All instructors licensed pursuant to this section shall biennially obtain twelve (12) clock hours of continuing education, as approved by the board. Any instructor who fails to obtain the continuing education required by this subsection shall neither be allowed to instruct nor to enroll students under his or her license until such continuing education requirement has been met. The board may issue an inactive instructor license to such instructors, and an inactive license may be converted into an active license only after proof satisfactory to the board of completion of at least twelve (12) clock hours of board-approved continuing education.(b) All persons who have received a license as a barbering instructor from the board before July 1, 2002, shall be considered to have met the requirements of this section, and all those certificates of registration shall be renewable as otherwise provided in this chapter.(c) 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.

(a) All instructors licensed pursuant to this section shall biennially obtain twelve (12) clock hours of continuing education, as approved by the board. Any instructor who fails to obtain the continuing education required by this subsection shall neither be allowed to instruct nor to enroll students under his or her license until such continuing education requirement has been met. The board may issue an inactive instructor license to such instructors, and an inactive license may be converted into an active license only after proof satisfactory to the board of completion of at least twelve (12) clock hours of board-approved continuing education.

(b) All persons who have received a license as a barbering instructor from the board before July 1, 2002, shall be considered to have met the requirements of this section, and all those certificates of registration shall be renewable as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(c) 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) 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.