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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-26-111

Qualifications of applicants

Known as the Electrologists Practice Act

The act spans §§ 63–63 (27 sections).

Acts 1988, ch. 896, § 13; 1990, ch. 872, § 1; 1993, ch. 342, § 1; T.C.A., § 62-34-211; Acts 2009, ch. 456, §§ 11-17.

An applicant for a license to be an electrologist must:

(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) Be of good moral character;

(3) Have been graduated by an accredited high school or have completed equivalent recognized education;

(4) Have completed an electrology education program that is approved under this chapter, which includes: At least one hundred fifty (150) hours of electrolysis theory and at least three hundred fifty (350) hours of clinical practice taught by a licensed electrology instructor;

(5) An electrology education program in any other state that the commissioner determines is substantially equivalent to that required by subdivision (4)(A); or

(6) At least six hundred (600) hours of electrology practice taught by a dermatologist approved by the commissioner who has documented continuing education in electrology theory and practice;

(7) Applicants who satisfy the educational requirements for licensure under this subdivision (4)(C) shall be eligible for practice as an electrologist only under the direct supervision and control of a dermatologist approved by the commissioner, and shall receive a limited license that bears an endorsement to that effect, upon passing the state board examination, payment of all prescribed fees and the satisfying of license renewal fees and requirements;

(8) The dermatologist shall notify the commissioner or the commissioner's designee as to each student who begins the training program pursuant to this subdivision (4)(C);

(9) The dermatologist shall also notify the commissioner or the commissioner's designee when an electrologist is no longer under the supervision and control of such dermatologist; and

(10) Hours of training and experience received by applicants after January 1, 1989, may be applied to the experience provisions of this subdivision (4)(C);

(11) Have successfully passed an examination approved by the commissioner;

(12) Have paid all fees required by this chapter; and

(13) Have submitted an application to the commissioner on a prescribed form.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.