§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]