SECTIONS 7337-7345 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7337-7345

7337. Every application for admission to examination and licensure
shall be in writing, on forms prepared and furnished by the board.
Each application shall be accompanied by the required fee, and
shall contain proof of the qualifications of the applicant for
examination and licensure. It shall be verified by the oath of the
applicant. Every applicant shall, as a condition of admittance to the
examination facility, present satisfactory proof of identification.
Satisfactory proof of identification shall be in the form of a valid,
unexpired driver's license or identification card, containing the
photograph of the person to whom it was issued, issued by any state,
federal, or other government entity.

7337.5. (a) The board shall adopt regulations providing for the
submittal of applications for admission to examination of students of
approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering schools who have
completed at least 75 percent of the required course clock hours and
curriculum requirements (60 percent for students of the manicurist
course), or any person licensed as an apprentice in barbering,
cosmetology, skin care, or nail care who has completed at least 75
percent of the required apprenticeship training hours. The
regulations shall include provisions that ensure that all proof of
qualifications of the applicant is received by the board before the
applicant is examined.
(b) An application for examination submitted by a student of an
approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering school under this
section shall be known as a "school preapplication" and an additional
preapplication fee may be required.
(c) An application for examination submitted by a person licensed
as an apprentice in barbering, cosmetology, skin care, or nail care
shall be known as an "apprenticeship preapplication" and an
additional fee may be required.
(d) The board shall administer the licensing examination not later
than 10 working days after graduation from an approved cosmetology,
electrology, or barbering school to students who have submitted an
application for admission for examination under the preapplication
procedure, or not later than 10 working days after completion of an
approved barbering, cosmetology, skin care, or nail care
apprenticeship program for a person licensed as an apprentice.

7338. The examination of applicants for a license shall include
both a practical demonstration and a written test and shall embrace
the subjects typically taught in a program approved by the board.
The examination shall not be confined to any particular system or
method. It shall be consistent in both practical and technical
requirements, and of sufficient thoroughness to satisfy the board as
to the applicant's skill in, and knowledge of, the practice of the
occupation or occupations for which a license is sought.
In the conduct and grading of examinations, practical
demonstrations shall prevail over written tests.
The scope of examinations shall be consistent with the definition
of the activities licensed under this chapter, and shall be as the
board, by regulation, may require to protect the health and safety of
consumers of the services provided by licensees.
The board's examinations shall be limited to clearly job-related
questions, activities, and practical services. Examinations shall
also include written tests in antisepsis, disinfection, sanitation,
the use of mechanical apparatus and electricity as applicable to the
practice of barbering, cosmetology, or electrolysis. They may include
other demonstrations and tests as the board, in its discretion, may
require.

7340. All examinations shall be prepared by or under the direction
of the board. The board shall establish standards and procedures
governing administration and grading and shall exercise supervision
as may be necessary to assure compliance therewith.

7341. The board shall mail or deliver to every person failing any
examination provided for in this chapter the total grade received on
the examination.
An unsuccessful applicant for licensure, after taking an
examination and within 90 days after the results thereof have been
declared, shall have the right to inspect his or her examination
paper in the city in which the examination was taken.

7342. Licenses in the practice of the occupation for which the
license was sought shall be issued by the board to any applicant who
satisfactorily passes an examination, who possesses the other
qualifications required by law and who has remitted the license fee
required by this chapter. The license shall entitle the holder to
engage in the practice of that occupation in a licensed
establishment. The license shall be issued by the board on the same
day that the applicant satisfactorily passes the examination.

7344. The board may contract or otherwise arrange for reasonably
required physical accommodations and facilities to conduct
examinations.

7345. If an applicant fails to complete his or her application
within one year after it has been filed, or fails to take the
examination within one year after becoming eligible therefor, the
application shall be considered abandoned and the fee forfeited. An
application submitted after the abandonment of a former application
shall be treated as a new application and shall be required to meet
all of the requirements for an initial license.