88B-8. Qualifications for licensing apprentices.
The Board shall issue a license to practice as an apprentice to any individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Successful completion of at least 1,200 hours of a cosmetology curriculum in an approved cosmetic art school.
(2) Passage of an examination conducted by the Board.
(3) Payment of the fees required by G.S. 88B-20.