Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation
Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing
Part 4 - Barbers, Hairdressers/Cosmeticians, Manicurists, Estheticians, and Instructors
Section 216-RICR-40-05-4.5 - Application for License and Fees
Universal Citation: 216 RI Code of Rules 40 05 4.5
Current through September 18, 2024
4.5.1 Application
A. Application for
licensure shall be completed and submitted on forms provided by the Department.
The application shall be accompanied by the following documents and fee:
1. U.S. born applicants: a certified copy of
birth certificate
2. Foreign born
applicants: proof of lawful entry into the country
3. Professional education transcripts:
Supporting certified transcript of educational credentials as required in
§4.4.2 of this Part, signed by an official, verifying the dates of
attendance and completion of the appropriate program. Such documentation must
be sent directly from the school to the Department and must consist of original
statements and/or photocopies bearing the signature of the school official and
the imprint of the school seal.
4.
High school graduation: Verification of high school graduation or equivalent
may be an original signed statement from an official of the high school or
equivalent program or a notarized photocopy of the original document, or, in
lieu of high school graduation or the equivalent; verification of twenty-five
(25) or more years of prior experience in the practice for which the license is
sought.
5. Applicants who obtained
their high school education in a foreign country must have their high school
credentials evaluated by a recognized educational documentation evaluation
center for equivalency.
6. Fees:
The license fee as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and
Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of
this Title).
4.5.2 Licensing by Examination
A. Applicants shall be required to
satisfactorily pass an examination(s) for the specific class of license the
applicant is seeking (barber, hairdresser/cosmetician, manicurist, esthetician
or hairdressing/cosmetician, manicurist, esthetician instructor), as determined
by the Department to test the qualifications of the applicant to practice in a
specific classification(s) in accordance with the statutory and regulatory
requirements of this Part.
B. For
written examination(s), the Department may utilize a nationally recognized
examination, such as the National Interstate Council (NIC) of State Boards of
Hairdressing Examination or such other examination from a recognized
examination service or agency as may be determined by the Department.
1. The minimal passing score of the written
examination(s) approved by the Department for hairdresser/cosmetician,
manicurist, esthetician, barbers, and instructors shall be seventy percent
(70%).
C. Practical
examinations shall be given in a manner prescribed by the Department and the
minimal passing score shall be seventy percent (70%).
D. Re-Examination In case of failure of any
applicant to satisfactorily pass an examination, the applicant shall be
entitled to re-examination upon payment of the required reexam fee to the
examination service or agency that administers the nationally recognized
examination for the Department.
4.5.3 Requirements for Applicants Licensed in Another State
A. Any person
licensed to practice barbering, hairdressing/cosmetic therapy, manicuring or
esthetics in another State where the requirements are the equivalent of those
of this State, the applicant shall be entitled to a license for barbering,
hairdresser/cosmetician, manicurist or esthetician, upon the acceptance of his
or her credentials by the Department including but not limited to:
1. Verification of licensure in good standing
from each State in which the applicant holds or has held a license as a barber,
hairdresser/cosmetic therapist, manicurist or esthetician.
2. The applicant must have satisfactorily
passed a written and practical examination acceptable to the Department of the
theory and practice of barbering, hairdressing/cosmetic therapy, manicuring or
esthetics, depending on the licensure classification which the applicant is
seeking.
3. If the requirements of
another State are not equivalent to the requirements of this State, the
Department may grant the following:
a.
Barber/hairdresser/cosmetician applicant one hundred (100) hours of
instructional credit for each three (3) month period that said applicant was
licensed and actively practicing, up to a limit of five hundred (500)
hours.
b. Esthetician applicant
forty (40) hours of instructional credit for each three (3) month period that
said applicant was licensed and actively practicing, up to a limit of two
hundred (200) hours.
c. Manicurist
applicant twenty (20) hours of instructional credit for each three (3) month
period that said applicant was licensed and actively practicing, up to a limit
of one hundred (100) hours.
B. Persons who have been duly licensed by
examination under the laws of other States of the United States or Territories,
and the District of Columbia shall not be prevented from practicing the
profession for which they have been trained in either barbering,
hairdressing/cosmetic therapy, manicuring or esthetics in this State for a
period of three (3) months, provided:
1. The
applicant files an application and obtains a license from the Department within
three (3) months from the start of their employment.
2. The privilege to work for three (3) months
as provided for in §4.5.3(B) of this Part shall not be extended or renewed
beyond the three (3) months from the date of issuance of the temporary
permit.
4.5.4 Requirements for Applicants from Another Country
A. Any person licensed to practice barbering,
hairdressing/cosmetic therapy, manicuring or esthetics in another country where
the educational requirements are essentially equivalent of those of this State
may be entitled to apply to sit for the licensing examination for barbering,
hairdresser/cosmetician, manicurist or esthetician, upon the acceptance of his
or her credentials by the Department.
1. If
the education and training requirements of another country are not equivalent
to the requirements of this State, the Department may grant the applicant up to
one thousand (1,000) hours of instructional credit for a combination of foreign
training and experience for a minimum of two and one half (2 1/2) years (thirty
(30) months) of actively practicing their profession in a foreign
country.
B. The
applicant must satisfactorily meet all of the requirements of §4.4.2 of
this Part.
C. The applicant shall
not be prevented from practicing the profession for which they have been
trained either in barbering, hairdressing/cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or
esthetics in this State for a period of three (3) months, provided:
1. The applicant files an application and
obtains a license from the Department within three (3) months from the start of
their employment.
2. The privilege
to work for three (3) months as provided for in §4.5.4(C) of this Part
shall not be extended or renewed beyond the three (3) months from the date of
issuance of the temporary permit.
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