Instructor’s Continuing Education. Practice by

Instructor – Instructor May Become Licensed as a COL 6/21/2023 CH. 18 BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY ACT OF 2010 Cosmetologist – Inactive Status.

(a)

(1)To maintain an active instructor license in cosmetology, esthetics, electrology, barbering or manicuring, an instructor shall every two

(2)years submit to the Board satisfactory proof that the instructor has attended a Boardapproved instructor training program in cosmetology for a minimum of six

(6)hours.

(2)Persons obtaining an initial instructor’s license shall attend a Board-approved instructor training program in cosmetology for a minimum of six

(6)hours after receiving such licenses.

(b)The Board may, in its discretion, grant up to one

(1)year for submission of such proof upon a showing of good cause, including, but not limited to, illness or emergency. However, no such extension of time shall relieve an instructor from meeting any future deadline for compliance with this Section.

(c)The active license of any instructor who fails to comply with this Section shall become invalid and non-renewable.

(1)Before an instructor’s license expires, an instructor may notify the Board of the instructor’s intention to place the license on inactive status.

(A)Such notice of intention shall be accompanied by the regular license fee, but the instructor shall be relieved of the obligation to attend the otherwise required Board approved training program.

(B)An instructor may stay on inactive status as long as the appropriate fees are paid on a regular basis.

(C)To change a license from inactive status to active status, the instructor shall attend a Board approved instructor training program specific to their specialty for a minimum of twenty-four

(24)hours.

(2)Any person who holds a valid active license as a cosmetology instructor may engage in the practice of cosmetology under such license. However, no instructor may render cosmetology services in a school, except such services COL 6/21/2023 CH. 18 BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY ACT OF 2010 as are directly incidental to the instruction of students.

(3)Any person whose instructor’s license expires or becomes invalid may, within sixty

(60)days after the date of expiration or invalidity, obtain a cosmetologist’s license from the Board upon payment of a fee set by the Board.

(4)

(A)If a licensee wishes to place their instructor license on inactive status, the licensee must submit a written request to the Board.

(B)The licensee will need to attend his or her first seminar during the two

(2)years following his or her first renewal and every other year after that.