Practicing license requirement.

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45:5B-11 Practicing license requirement.

11. A shop licensed by the board shall employ at least one experienced practicing licensee to generally oversee the management of the shop. The practicing licensee shall:

a. Hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist; or

b. (1) If the shop performs only beauty culture services, hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist or beauty culture license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist or beautician; or

(2) If the shop performs only barbering services, hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist or barbering license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist or barber; or

c. If the shop performs only manicuring services, hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or manicurist license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or manicurist; or

d. If a shop performs only skin care specialty services, hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or skin care specialty license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or skin care specialist; or

e. If a shop performs only hair braiding services, hold a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or hair braiding license and have three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist, beautician or hair braiding specialist.

A shop which satisfies the requirements of this section by employing a practicing licensee who holds a beautician, barber, manicuring, hair braiding or skin care specialty license is precluded from employing senior students other than those being trained in the practice for which the practicing licensee holds a license unless the shop also employs a practicing licensee who holds a license as a cosmetologist-hairstylist and has at least three years of experience as a cosmetologist-hairstylist.

L.1984, c.205, s.11; amended 1987, c.92, s.1; 1998, c.88; 2000, c.159, s.2; 2009, c.162, s.9; 2018, c.126, s.8.


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