36-15-29. License required for school of cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics--Requirements for license.
No person may conduct a cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics school for any of the practices of cosmetology, as applicable, unless that person is licensed as a school by the commission. The commission shall issue the license if the applicant meets the following requirements:
(1)The applicant completes the application and provides any required documentation;
(2)The application is accompanied by the fee required in this chapter;
(3)The applicant has no violations with another cosmetology board;
(4)The education offered is a complete program of not less than fifteen hundred hours for a cosmetology program or a complete program of not less than four hundred hours for a nail technician program or a complete program of not less than the hours established by rules pursuant to §36-15-13 for an esthetician license or the respective equivalent credit hours; and
(5)The applicant meets all requirements established by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Source: SDC 1939, §27.1506; SL 1947, ch 125, §1; SL 1957, ch 118, §1; SL 1972, ch 206, §27; SL 1997, ch 218, §12; SL 2003, ch 202, §40; SL 2005, ch 201, §3; SL 2009, ch 182, §2; SL 2018, ch 232, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.