Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes qualifications and
requirements for the state cosmetology examination.
(1) Qualifications for State Exam.
(A) No person shall be admitted to take a
state examination except upon a satisfactory showing that training requirements
have been completed.
(B) No
training received in a school may be credited towards the fulfillment of the
hours necessary in an apprenticeship program and no training received in a
beauty cosmetology establishment may be credited towards the hours necessary in
a school to meet the minimum requirements necessary to qualify for a state
examination.
(C) For the purpose of
meeting the minimum requirements for examination, training hours completed by a
student or apprentice shall only be recognized by the board for a period of
five (5) years from the date the board issues the relevant student or
apprentice license to the person.
(D) In order to be scheduled for examination,
all training hours must be completed and a properly completed application on a
form supplied by the board must be received by the board within five (5) years
from the date the board issued his/her student or apprentice license. The
Application for Examination/Temporary Permit Form must be received in the test
administrator's office, along with all applicable examination fees, no less
than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the scheduled examination the
applicant desires to take. Applications received after this cut-off date and
all applications received after every available space for the examination has
been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this
cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled
examination.
(E) The minimum
passing examination scores required for licensure as an operator are
seventy-five (75) for the practical examination and seventy-five (75) for the
written examination.
(2)
Temporary Permit. An individual who has been approved to take the state
examination may, at the same time, apply for a temporary permit to practice
cosmetology in the specific classification for which the individual has applied
for licensure. An individual operating under a temporary permit shall be under
the supervision of a person currently licensed by the board in the specific
classification of cosmetology in the specific classification of the temporary
permit. A temporary permit issued to a student or apprentice pursuant to
section
329.060,
RSMo, will be terminated if the student or apprentice fails to pass an
examination or fails to appear for a scheduled examination. Thereafter, the
person may practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology in
Missouri only after passing a state examination and receiving a license. An
additional temporary permit shall not be issued to any individual.
(3) Failure of State Exam.
(A) Any person desiring to retake an
examination for any reason will be required to submit a Re-Examination
Scheduling Request Form, along with the appropriate fee to the test
administrator's office before being scheduled for the examination.
(B) Any person that fails any portion of the
cosmetology examination three (3) times shall be required to obtain additional
training of not less than forty (40) hours in each of those subjects failed,
not to exceed one hundred sixty (160) hours total. The additional training
shall be certified by any school of cosmetology licensed by this board. After
additional training has been obtained, any person desiring to retake the
examination will be required to submit a Re-Examination Application to the test
administrator's office, along with the regular examination fee. Any apprentice
that desires to retake the cosmetology licensure examination shall comply with
the requirements pursuant to
20 CSR
2085-7.010(3)(B).
(C) Any apprentice that fails any portion of
the cosmetology examination three (3) times shall be required to obtain
additional training of not less than eighty (80) hours in each of those
subjects failed, not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) hours total. The
additional training shall be certified by an apprentice supervisor licensed by
this board. After additional training has been obtained, any person desiring to
retake the examination will be required to submit a Re-Examination Application
to the test administrator's office, along with the regular examination fees.
Any apprentice that desires to retake the cosmetology licensure examination
shall comply with the requirements of
20 CSR
2085-7.010(3)(B).
(4) Credit for Out-of-State or
Out-of-Country Training.
(A) Any person who
lawfully practiced or received training in another state or country who does
not qualify for licensure without examination may apply to the board for
licensure by examination. The board will evaluate the applicant's experience
and training to determine the extent to which the applicant's training and
experience satisfies current Missouri licensing requirements. Any person that
receives credit for out-of-state training or out-of-country training but still
does not meet the qualifications to take the Missouri cosmetology examination
will receive notice from the board of the exact training requirements necessary
to completely satisfy the state examination qualifications as set forth in
Chapter 329, RSMo. The applicant for licensure under this subsection shall pay
the appropriate examination and licensure fees.
1. An applicant for the Missouri cosmetology
examination, as an apprentice or a student, who has obtained training hours
outside Missouri, may be given credit for those training hours so long as they
were received from a licensed school of cosmetology or licensed apprentice
program in the other state or country.
2. For purposes of review of an application
for examination from an applicant pursuant to section 329.050.2, RSMo, a school
of cosmetology or an apprentice program in another state or territory of the
United States, province or country shall be considered to have substantially
the same requirements as an educational establishment licensed pursuant to
Chapter 329, RSMo, if the board is satisfied that it has substantially the same
requirements as set forth in section 329.040.3-7, RSMo, and rule
20 CSR
2085-12.050(1)(A).
(B) Any person desiring credit for
training received in another state shall submit an affidavit completed by the
state licensing board or the school where the hours were completed which
verifies the following: applicant name; school name and address; date of
termination of training; total hours earned by the student and distribution of
those hours by subject for each of the subject areas required by section
329.040,
RSMo or
20 CSR
2085-12.050(1)(A), for which credit
is sought. The affidavit shall be completed on a form supplied by the board and
shall also contain the name and title of the person completing the form, the
date completed and the state board seal, school seal or notary statement.
Training completed by the applicant shall be recognized by the board for a
period of no more than five (5) years from the date it was received.
(C) All foreign documents or documents not in
the English language must be certified by a board approved credential
evaluating service.
*Original authority: 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008;
329.050, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1961, 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001,
2005; 329.060, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2005; and
329.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1961, 1979, 1981, 1995,
2005.