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Statutes > Connecticut > Title20 > Chap387 > Sec20-254

      Sec. 20-254. License without examination. Any person who holds a license at the time of application as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, or as a person entitled to perform similar services under different designations in any other state, in the District of Columbia, or in a commonwealth or territory of the United States, and who (1) has completed not less than fifteen hundred hours of formal education and training in hairdressing and cosmetology, and (2) was issued such license on the basis of successful completion of an examination shall be eligible for licensing in this state and entitled to a license without examination upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars. Applicants who trained in another state, district, commonwealth or territory which required less than fifteen hundred hours of formal education and training may substitute no more than five hundred hours of licensed work experience in such other state, district, commonwealth or territory toward meeting the training requirement. If the examination was taken in a language other than English, the applicant shall demonstrate successful completion of an English proficiency examination as prescribed by the department. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the board annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure without examination under this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4592; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 79; P.A. 80-484, S. 115, 174, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 59, 71; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 33, 117; P.A. 03-32, S. 1; P.A. 04-221, S. 16.)

      History: 1971 act increased fee from $20 to $25; P.A. 80-484 deleted distinction between "assistant" and "registered" hairdressers and cosmeticians, deleted requirement that applicant be "of good moral character" and required that he be "a currently practicing, competent practitioner" for examination waiver to apply and added provisions prohibiting issuance of license to one involved in disciplinary action or unresolved complaint and requiring annual notification of board of number of applications; P.A. 81-471 eliminated reference to licensure as operator; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee from $25 to $50; P.A. 03-32 added persons licensed in a commonwealth or territory as eligible for license without examination and made technical changes; P.A. 04-221 required 1,500 hours of education and successful completion of examination to qualify for licensure without examination, added provisions re experience in lieu of training hours and demonstration of proficiency in English and made conforming changes.