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Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-304

Prerequisites to examination for cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor

Known as the Cosmetology Act

The act spans §§ 17–17 (62 sections).

Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 3, § 2; 1957, No. 48, § 1; 1957, No. 337, § 1; 1961, No. 490, § 3; 1965, No. 403, § 1; 1985, No. 215, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-832; Acts 2007, No. 223, § …

The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:

(1) Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age;

(2) Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and

(3) Has completed one (1) of the following: For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours;

(4) For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;

(5) For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;

(6) For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or

(7) The prescribed course of study in cosmetology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.