(a) To be eligible for an operator license, an applicant
must:
(1) submit a completed application in the manner prescribed
by the department;
(2) pay the applicable fee required under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent
of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered
by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to
benefit from training;
(5) have completed the following hours of cosmetology
instruction at a licensed beauty culture school either:
(A) 1,000 hours of instruction in a beauty culture
school; or
(B) 300 hours of instruction in cosmetology through
a commission-approved training program in a beauty culture school
and hold an active Class A barber certificate; and
(6) pass a written and practical examination required
under §83.21.
(b) To be eligible for an esthetician, manicurist,
or esthetician/manicurist specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a department-approved
form;
(2) pay the required fee under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent
of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered
by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to
benefit from training;
(5) have completed the following hours of cosmetology
instruction at a licensed beauty culture school:
(A) for an esthetician specialty license, 750 hours
of instruction;
(B) for a manicurist specialty license, 600 hours of
instruction;
(C) for an esthetician/manicurist specialty license;
either:
(i) 1,200 hours of esthetician/manicure specialty instruction
or, for applications received by the department on or after August
1, 2023, 800 hours of esthetician/manicure instruction; or
(ii) 750 hours of esthetician instruction; and
(iii) 600 hours of manicure instruction; and
(6) pass a written and practical examination required
under §83.21.
(c) A person who holds both an active esthetician license
and an active manicurist license is eligible for an esthetician/manicurist
specialty license by submitting a completed application in the manner
prescribed by the department and paying the required fee under §83.80.
(d) To be eligible for an eyelash extension specialty
license, an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a department-approved
form;
(2) pay the fee required under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent
of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered
by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to
benefit from training; and
(A) have satisfactorily completed 320 hours of instruction
in a department-approved eyelash extension application training program;
and
(B) pass a written and practical examination required
under §83.21.
(e) To be eligible for a hair weaving specialty certificate,
an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a department-approved
form;
(2) pay the fee required under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have completed the following hours of cosmetology
instruction at a beauty culture school: for a hair weaving specialty
certificate, 300 hours of instruction completed in not less than eight
weeks from date of enrollment; and
(5) pass a written and practical examination required
under §83.21.
(f) To be eligible for a student permit, an applicant
must:
(1) submit a completed application in the manner prescribed
by the department; and
(2) pay the fee required under §83.80.
(g) This section and §82.20 provide the minimum
requirements for practitioner license applications received by the
department before September 1, 2023. For practitioner license applications
received on or after September 1, 2023, §83.200 provides the
minimum requirements.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §83.20 adopted to be effective December 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 8082; amended to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1280; amended to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952; amended to be effective October 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 7050; amended to be effective January 1, 2008, 32 TexReg 9970; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9520; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8759; amended to be effective March 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 1693; amended to be effective January 1, 2023, 47 TexReg 8640 |