§439-12 Requisites for admission to examination. (a) The executive secretary of the board shall determine the sufficiency of the preliminary qualifications of applicants for admission to examinations; provided that the licensure categories shall be limited to cosmetologist, hairdresser, esthetician, nail technician, and instructor. The preliminary qualifications for admission to examination shall be as provided in this section.

(b) A cosmetologist applicant shall be at least sixteen years old and have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Three thousand six hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or in a barber shop under the supervision of a licensed barber for the hairdresser training only; or

(2) One thousand eight hundred hours of training in a licensed beauty school.

(c) A hairdresser applicant shall be at least sixteen years old and have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Two thousand five hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or hairdresser or licensed barber for the hairdresser training; or

(2) One thousand two hundred fifty hours of training in a licensed beauty school.

(d) An esthetician applicant shall be at least sixteen years old and have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) One thousand two hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or esthetician; or

(2) Six hundred hours of training in a licensed beauty school.

(e) A nail technician applicant shall be at least sixteen years old and have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Seven hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician; or

(2) Three hundred fifty hours of training in a licensed beauty school.

(f) An instructor applicant may apply to teach in any of the practices of cosmetology if the applicant has:

(1) Completed six hundred hours of a board approved course in the theory and practice of teaching; and

(2) Served actively for a period of at least one year as a licensed beauty operator in the State or in another jurisdiction having standards for beauty operators substantially equivalent to those of this State.

(g) The board shall recognize beauty training obtained in another jurisdiction which is substantially equivalent to the training available in this State. If such training is not equivalent, the board shall make a determination as to whether or not to recognize the training by evaluating the type and duration of the training and the experience required to obtain a license in the other jurisdiction.

(h) The board, as prescribed by rules, may recognize training obtained under a licensed barber to fulfill the hairdresser training requirement. [L 1949, c 397, pt of §1; am L 1955, c 198, §3; RL 1955, §59-13; am L 1961, c 142, §2(b), (c); am L 1965, c 120, §1; HRS §439-12; am L 1978, c 233, §1; am L 1981, c 47, §2; am L 1983, c 210, §8; am L 1984, c 7, §10; am L 1986, c 139, §6; am L 1987, c 154, §12; am L 1989, c 153, §6; am L 1997, c 87, §10; am L 1998, c 187, §2]