Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
Present law generally prohibits a person from being a barber instructor or teaching cosmetology, manicuring, aesthetics, or natural hair styling in this state without possessing a valid certificate of registration or license issued by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners ("the board").<br /> <br /> COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS<br /> <br /> Present law requires a person who desires a license to instruct in a cosmetology school to submit an application for examination to the board, accompanied by a nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee; satisfactory proof that the person successfully completed, as part of their hours of instruction, up to one hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the person, on domestic violence; and satisfactory proof of the following:<br /> <br /> (1) That the person is a high school graduate; holds a valid cosmetologist's, manicurist's, aesthetician's, or natural hair stylist's license issued by the board; has completed and passed a board-approved course in instructor training of at least 300 hours within a period of six months as an instructor trainee or has served as a junior instructor for a minimum of one year; has been licensed for at least three continuous years; and seeks to instruct only in the area in which the person is currently licensed; or<br /> <br /> (2) That the person holds a valid certificate of registration as a barber instructor; and completes 300 hours in a licensed school of cosmetology learning the fundamentals of cosmetology technique and pedicuring.<br /> <br /> In order to maintain an active instructor's license, present law requires an instructor to, every two years, submit to the board satisfactory proof that the instructor has attended a board-approved instructor training program in cosmetology, manicuring, aesthetics, or natural hair styling for a minimum of 16 hours. The board may grant up to one additional year for submission of proof upon a showing of good cause.<br /> <br /> This bill provides that a person licensed as an instructor to teach in a cosmetology school the practice and theory of aesthetics, manicuring, barbering, or cosmetology is exempt from all course requirements necessary to practice as an aesthetician, manicurist, barber, or cosmetologist, except that the person is subject to examination by the board.<br />
Present law generally prohibits a person from being a barber instructor or teaching cosmetology, manicuring, aesthetics, or natural hair styling in this state without possessing a valid certificate of registration or license issued by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners ("the board").<br /> <br /> COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS<br /> <br /> Present law requires a person who desires a license to instruct in a cosmetology school to submit an application for examination to the board, accompanied by a nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee; satisfactory proof that the person successfully completed, as part of their hours of instruction, up to one hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the person, on domestic violence; and satisfactory proof of the following:<br /> <br /> (1) That the person is a high school graduate; holds a valid cosmetologist's, manicurist's, aesthetician's, or natural hair stylist's license issued by the board; has completed and passed a board-approved course in instructor training of at least 300 hours within a period of six months as an instructor trainee or has served as a junior instructor for a minimum of one year; has been licensed for at least three continuous years; and seeks to instruct only in the area in which the person is currently licensed; or<br /> <br /> (2) That the person holds a valid certificate of registration as a barber instructor; and completes 300 hours in a licensed school of cosmetology learning the fundamentals of cosmetology technique and pedicuring.<br /> <br /> In order to maintain an active instructor's license, present law requires an instructor to, every two years, submit to the board satisfactory proof that the instructor has attended a board-approved instructor training program in cosmetology, manicuring, aesthetics, or natural hair styling for a minimum of 16 hours. The board may grant up to one additional year for submission of proof upon a showing of good cause.<br /> <br /> This bill provides that a person licensed as an instructor to teach in a cosmetology school the practice and theory of aesthetics, manicuring, barbering, or cosmetology is exempt from all course requirements necessary to practice as an aesthetician, manicurist, barber, or cosmetologist, except that the person is subject to examination by the board.<br />
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