(1) The board shall admit to examination for a nail technician’s license any person who is at least sixteen (16) years old and who has made application to the board in proper form, who has paid the required fee, and who:(a) 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; and(b) Has successfully completed no less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of practice and related theory in nail technology over a period of no less than nine (9) weeks in a licensed school in which the practice of nail technology is taught in this or any other state or no less than seven hundred (700) hours in an apprenticeship program certified by the board. Examinations and all testing requirements shall be clear, objective and uniformly applied. Apprenticeships provided for in this section shall be mentored by a person with an instructor license in nail technology or a nail technician 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.
(a) 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; and
(b) Has successfully completed no less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of practice and related theory in nail technology over a period of no less than nine (9) weeks in a licensed school in which the practice of nail technology is taught in this or any other state or no less than seven hundred (700) hours in an apprenticeship program certified by the board. Examinations and all testing requirements shall be clear, objective and uniformly applied. Apprenticeships provided for in this section shall be mentored by a person with an instructor license in nail technology or a nail technician 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 for 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) Licensed nail technicians desiring to pursue additional hours to be eligible for a license as a cosmetologist may be credited with any hours acquired in studying and training to be a nail technician which may be applied to the number of hours required for a cosmetology license examination.
(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.
(5) 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.