SEC. 73-7-18. Licensing of estheticians.
(1) The board shall admit to examination for an esthetician's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a) Is not less than seventeen (17) years of age;
(b) Can read, write and speak English;
(c) Has a high school education or its equivalent; and
(d) Has successfully completed a course of training in esthetics of not less than six hundred (600) hours in an accredited school in which the practice of esthetics is taught, including not less than one hundred (100) hours of theory and five hundred (500) hours of skill practice.
Any licensed esthetician wishing to acquire a cosmetology license may apply the six hundred (600) hours of esthetics training toward the requirements for a cosmetology license.
(2) Every person who has completed not less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of training in esthetics approved by the board in this or any other state prior to July 1, 1987, shall be registered with the board within a period not exceeding six (6) months after July 1, 1987, and shall be granted an esthetician's license by the board if such person presents satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has fulfilled all the requirements to be admitted to examination except the training hours requirement.
SOURCES: Laws, 1987, ch. 516, Sec. 10; reenacted, 1991, ch. 553, Sec. 14; 1993, ch. 596, Sec. 13; reenacted, 1995, ch. 383, Sec. 14, eff from and after July 1, 1995
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 34. Section 73-7-18, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-7-18. (1) The board shall admit to examination for an esthetician's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a) Is not less than seventeen (17) years of age;
(b) Can read, write and speak English;
(c) Has a high school education or its equivalent; and
(d) Has successfully completed a course of training in esthetics of not less than six hundred (600) hours in an accredited school in which the practice of esthetics is taught, including not less than one hundred (100) hours of theory and five hundred (500) hours of skill practice.
Any licensed esthetician wishing to acquire a cosmetology license may apply the six hundred (600) hours of esthetics training toward the requirements for a cosmetology license.
(2) Every person who has completed not less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of training in esthetics approved by the board in this or any other state prior to July 1, 1987, shall be registered with the board within a period not exceeding six (6) months after July 1, 1987, and shall be granted an esthetician's license by the board if such person presents satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has fulfilled all the requirements to be admitted to examination except the training hours requirement.
(3) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SOURCES: 1997 Laws, Chapter 588, Sec. 34, SB2164, and Chapter 513, Sec. 14, HB393, Effective July 1, 1997.
Note: 1997 Laws, Chapter 588, Sec. 150, states as follows:
SECTION 150. Any person or entity shall be absolutely immune from any liability arising from compliance with the dictates of this act unless such conduct by the person or entity is willful and intentional.