Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of
Rule 24.28.01 - RULES OF THE BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY SERVICES LICENSING BOARD
Section 24.28.01.301 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE
Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 24.28.01.301
Current through August 31, 2023
The Board may grant a license to an applicant for licensure who meets the requirements set forth in Section 54-810, Idaho Code, pays the required fee, meets the requirements prescribed in Section 300 of these rules, and the following education or apprenticeship, experience, and examination qualifications: (3-28-23)
01. Original Barber License. (3-28-23)
a. Education. For a currently licensed
cosmetologist, a licensed barber school must credit eight hundred (800) hours
toward the required nine hundred (900) hours for a barber course. The school
must submit for the Board's approval a written explanation of how the credited
hours and the remaining hours of instruction will be allotted among the
subjects in the barber course curriculum, provided that the remaining hours of
instruction must at a minimum include: (3-28-23)
i. Barber theory, including male haircuts,
and (3-28-23)
ii. Shaving.
(3-28-23)
b. For a
currently licensed barber in another state, territory, possession or country,
and who does not meet the qualifications for licensure by endorsement, fifty
(50) hours of instruction may be credited for each three (3) months of
practical experience in barbering. (3-28-23)
02. Original Barber-Stylist License. (3-28-23)
a. For a currently
licensed cosmetologist, a licensed barber school must credit one thousand four
hundred (1,400) hours toward the required one thousand five hundred (1,500)
hours for a barber-stylist course. The school must submit for the Board's
approval a written explanation of how the credited hours and the remaining
hours of instruction will be allotted among the subjects in the barber-stylist
course curriculum, provided that the remaining hours of instruction must at a
minimum include the following: (3-28-23)
i.
Barber theory, including male haircuts, and (3-28-23)
ii. Shaving. (3-28-23)
b. For a currently licensed barber-stylist in
another state, territory, possession or country, fifty (50) hours of
instruction may be credited for each three (3) months of practical experience
in barber-styling. (3-28-23)
03. Original Cosmetologist License. (3-28-23)
a. Education. For a
currently licensed barber-stylist, a licensed cosmetology school must credit
one thousand three hundred (1,300) hours toward the required one thousand six
hundred (1,600) hours for a cosmetology course. The school must submit for the
Board's approval a written explanation of how the credited hours and the
remaining hours of instruction will be allotted among the subjects in the
cosmetology course curriculum, provided that the remaining hours of instruction
must at a minimum include the following: (3-28-23)
i. Nail technology; (3-28-23)
ii. Esthetics; and (3-28-23)
iii. Cosmetology theory, including female
hairstyling. (3-28-23)
b.
For a currently licensed barber, a licensed cosmetology school must credit nine
hundred (900) hours toward the required one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours
for a cosmetology course. The school must submit for the Board's approval a
written explanation of how the credited hours and the remaining hours of
instruction will be allotted among the subjects in the cosmetology course
curriculum, provided that the remaining hours of instruction must at a minimum
include the following: (3-28-23)
i. Working
on the hair with chemicals; (3-28-23)
ii. Nail technology; (3-28-23)
iii. Esthetics; and (3-28-23)
iv. Cosmetology theory, including female
hairstyling. (3-28-23)
c.
A currently licensed esthetician, haircutter, or nail technician must be given
credit of two hundred (200) hours toward the required one thousand six hundred
(1,600) hours for a cosmetology course or four hundred (400) hours toward the
required three thousand two hundred (3,200) hours as a cosmetology apprentice.
(3-28-23)
d. For a currently
certificated makeup artist in this state, a licensed cosmetology school may
credit up to fifty (50) hours toward the required instructional hours for a
cosmetology course, or a licensed instructor may credit up to one hundred (100)
hours toward the required apprenticeship hours. (3-28-23)
e. For an esthetician, haircutter, or nail
technician student, a licensed cosmetology school may credit eighty percent
(80%) of accumulated hours, but no more than two hundred (200) hours, toward
the required instructional hours for a cosmetology course. (3-28-23)
f. For a currently licensed cosmetologist in
another state, territory, possession or country, one hundred (100) hours of
instruction or two hundred (200) hours as an apprentice may be credited for
each six-month period of practical experience in cosmetology.
(3-28-23)
04. Original Electrologist License. Education. For a currently licensed electrologist in another state, territory, possession or country, forty (40) hours of instruction or eighty (80) hours as an apprentice may be credited for each six-month period of practical experience in electrology. (3-28-23)
05. Original Esthetician License. (3-28-23)
a.
Education. For a currently certificated makeup artist in this state, a licensed
cosmetology school may credit up to fifty (50) hours toward the required
instructional hours for an esthetics course or, a licensed instructor may
credit up to one hundred (100) hours toward the required apprenticeship hours.
(3-28-23)
b. A licensed cosmetology
school may credit one-seventh (1/7) of accumulated hours toward the required
instructional hours for an esthetics course for a cosmetology student.
(3-28-23)
c. For a currently
licensed esthetician in another state, territory, possession or country, sixty
(60) hours of instruction or one hundred twenty (120) hours as an apprentice
may be given for each six-month period of practical experience in esthetics.
(3-28-23)
06. Original Nail Technician License. (3-28-23)
a. A licensed cosmetology school may credit
one-seventh (1/7) of accumulated hours toward the required instructional hours
for a nail technology course for a cosmetology student. (3-28-23)
b. For a currently licensed nail technician
in another state, territory, possession or country, forty (40) hours of
instruction or eighty (80) hours as an apprentice may be credited for each
six-month period of practical experience in nail technology.
(3-28-23)
07. Makeup Artist Certificate. (3-28-23)
a. Education/Training. Successful completion
of instruction of not less than one hundred (100) hours in makeup artistry,
which must include instruction and practical experience in safety and infection
control. Hours may be classroom instruction, training, practical experience, or
a combination. Instruction may be received from one (one) or more of the
following sources: (3-28-23)
i. A cosmetology
school licensed in this state or another state, territory, possession, or
country; (3-28-23)
ii. A
cosmetology or esthetics instructor licensed in this state or another state,
territory or possession; (3-28-23)
iii. A retail cosmetics dealer licensed in
this state or another state, territory or possession; or (3-28-23)
iv. Other source of instruction that
includes: (3-28-23)
(1). Knowledgeable and
experienced instructor with a record of safe practices; (3-28-23)
(2). Instruction in client safety and safe
product selection; and (3-28-23)
(3). Hands-on practice and training in
infection control. (3-28-23)
v. Any combination of the sources listed in
Subsections 301.07.a.i. through a.iv. of
this rule. (3-28-23)
b.
Documentation of Education/Training. An applicant may present proof of
education/training in makeup artistry in the following ways: (3-28-23)
i. A current cosmetology or esthetician
license from another state, territory, possession or country.
(3-28-23)
ii. Transcripts or
records of instruction. (3-28-23)
iii. Documentation of work history and
training as an employee for a retail cosmetics dealer licensed in this state or
another state, territory or possession of the United States.
(3-28-23)
iv. Membership in the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Make-Up Artists and Hair
Stylists Guild or other similar organization whose membership requirements meet
or exceed the requirements of these rules. (3-28-23)
v. Documentation of other training/experience
must include: (3-28-23)
(1). Identity and
qualifications of the person delivering the instruction/training;
(3-28-23)
(2). Method of
instruction/training and amount of hands-on training provided; and
(3-28-23)
(3). Subject matters
covered, particularly pertaining to topics listed in Subsection
301.07.a.iv of these rules.
(3-28-23)
c.
Additional Education/Training. The Board may require an applicant who does not
have a documented record of sufficient training in safety and infection control
to obtain additional training or other demonstration of competency in that
area. (3-28-23)
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