SEC. 73-7-21. Licensing of manicurists; requirements for manicurist to obtain cosmetology license.

The board shall admit to examination for a manicurist's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:

(a) Is at least seventeen (17) years of age;

(b) Can read, write and speak English;

(c) Has successfully completed no less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of practice and related theory in manicuring and pedicuring over a period of no less than nine (9) weeks in an accredited school of cosmetology in this or any other state; and

(d) Has a high school education or its equivalent.

Licensed manicurists desiring to pursue additional hours to be eligible for a license as a cosmetologist may be credited with the three hundred fifty (350) hours acquired in studying and training to be a manicurist which may be applied to the number of hours required for a cosmetology license examination.

The board shall adopt regulations governing the use of power drills for the purpose of filing false or natural fingernails. * * *

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.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8915-11; Laws, 1948, ch. 367, Sec. 11; 1964, ch. 450, Sec. 10; reenacted without change, 1983, ch. 487, Sec. 11; 1987, ch. 516, Sec. 12; reenacted, 1991, ch. 553, Sec. 16; 1993, ch. 596, Sec. 15; reenacted, 1995, ch. 383, Sec. 16, eff from and after July 1, 1995. 1997 Laws, Chapter 588, Sec. 36, SB2164, and Chapter 513, Sec. 16, HB393, Effective July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 485, Sec. 6, HB781, eff. July 1, 2000.

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