Continuing Education

(a)To renew a cosmetology license, a licensee must complete a total of six

(6)hours of Board approved continuing education.

(b)To renew a manicurist license, a licensee must complete a total of six

(6)hours of Board approved continuing education.

(c)To renew an esthetician license, a licensee must complete a total of six

(6)hours of Board approved continuing education.

(d)To renew an electrologist license, a licensee must complete a total of six

(6)hours of Board approved continuing education.

(e)To renew a barber or barber-stylist license, a licensee must complete a total of six

(6)hours of Board approved continuing education.

(f)Cosmetology licensees or instructor licensees who are at least sixty-five

(65)years of age, and have held a cosmetology or instructor license for at least fifteen

(15)years will only be required to complete two

(2)hours of continuing education in health and safety.

(g)

(1)Licensees may not receive continuing education credit for attending the same course more than once for one

(1)renewal period. COL 6/21/2023 CH. 18 BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY ACT OF 2010

(2)Further, licensees must retain a copy of the certificate of completion for a course of two

(2)years after the date of completion.

(3)In conducting any inspection or investigation of the licensee, the Board may examine the licensee’s records to determine compliance.

(h)To receive Board approval, applications to sponsor continuing education seminars must be submitted to the Board at least ninety

(90)days before the date seminars are to be held.

(i)The Board may grant exceptions to the ninety

(90)days requirement if seminars would have otherwise met all adopted guidelines. Requests for exceptions must be made in writing to the Board.

(j)Continuing education seminars must meet Board standards for presentation and content, and must contribute directly to professional competence of attendees.

(k)Physical attendance at seminars is required to receive credit for continuing education.

(l)Continuing education accepted by the proper licensing authority in other States may be accepted or credited subject to proper documentation and approval by the Board.

(m)Instructors for continuing education seminars must make presentations in person.

(n)No continuing education instructor or presenter may instruct for more than eight

(8)hours in one

(1)day.

(o)A proper record of registration and attendance for continuing education seminars must be kept by sponsors for at least three

(3)years.

(p)No member of the Board may conduct or be a provider of continuing education courses.

(q)Changes to continuing education proposals will be subject to an administrative fee.