62-4-110. Application and qualifications for practicing or teaching -- Fees.
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Title 62 Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 4 Tennessee Cosmetology Act of 1986
Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-4-110 (2016)
62-4-110. Application and qualifications for practicing or teaching -- Fees.
(a) Any person who desires a cosmetologist's license shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant has attained the age of at least sixteen (16) years and has completed and passed a course of instruction of no less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in practice and theory at a school of cosmetology.
(b) Any person who desires a license to practice manicuring only shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant has attained the age of at least sixteen (16) years and has completed and passed a course of instruction of no less than six hundred (600) hours in the practice and theory of manicuring at a school of cosmetology.
(c) Any person who desires a license to instruct in a school shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant:
(A) Is a high school graduate, evidenced by a certificate or diploma or possesses a general equivalency diploma (GED(R));
(B) Holds a valid cosmetologist's, manicurist's, aesthetician's or natural hair stylist's license issued by the board;
(C) Has completed and passed a board-approved course in instructor training of at least three hundred (300) hours within a period of six (6) months as an instructor trainee or has served as a junior instructor for a minimum of one (1) year;
(D) Has been licensed as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist, or natural hair stylist pursuant to this chapter for at least three (3) continuous years; and
(E) Seeks to instruct only in the area in which the applicant is currently licensed.
(d) Any person who desires a license to practice aesthetics only shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant has attained the age of at least sixteen (16) years and has completed and passed a course of instruction of no less than seven hundred fifty (750) hours in the practice and theory of aesthetics at a school of cosmetology.
(e) Any person who desires a license to practice shampooing only shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant has attained the age of at least sixteen (16) years and has completed and passed a course of instruction of no less than three hundred (300) hours in the practice and theory of shampooing at a school of cosmetology.
(f) Any person who desires a natural hair styling license shall submit an application for examination to the board on the prescribed form. The application shall be accompanied by:
(1) A nonrefundable, nontransferable application/examination fee as set by the board; and
(2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant has attained the age of at least sixteen (16) years and has completed and passed a course of instruction of no less than three hundred (300) hours in the practice and theory of natural hair styling at a school of cosmetology.
HISTORY: Acts 1986, ch. 817, § 10; 1987, ch. 112, § 4; 1988, ch. 902, §§ 2-5; 1989, ch. 93, § 6; 1989, ch. 523, §§ 109-112; 1996, ch. 897, §§ 4, 5, 20; 2007, ch. 485, § 3; 2015, ch. 402, § 17; 2015, ch. 450, § 1.
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