329.050. Applicants for examination or licensure--qualifications. - Missouri Statutes

Applicants for examination or licensure--qualifications.

329.050. 1. Applicants for examination or licensure pursuant to thischapter shall possess the following qualifications:

(1) They must be persons of good moral character, have an educationequivalent to the successful completion of the tenth grade and be at leastseventeen years of age;

(2) If the applicants are apprentices, they shall have served andcompleted, as an apprentice under the supervision of a licensedcosmetologist, the time and studies required by the board which shall be noless than three thousand hours for cosmetologists, and no less than eighthundred hours for manicurists and no less than fifteen hundred hours foresthetics. However, when the classified occupation of manicurist isapprenticed in conjunction with the classified occupation of cosmetologist,the apprentice shall be required to successfully complete an apprenticeshipof no less than a total of three thousand hours;

(3) If the applicants are students, they shall have had the requiredtime in a licensed school of no less than one thousand five hundred hourstraining or the credit hours determined by the formula in Subpart A of Part668 of Section 668.8 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, asamended, for the classification of cosmetologist, with the exception ofpublic vocational technical schools in which a student shall complete noless than one thousand two hundred twenty hours training. All studentsshall complete no less than four hundred hours or the credit hoursdetermined by the formula in Subpart A of Part 668 of Section 668.8 ofTitle 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, for theclassification of manicurist. All students shall complete no less thanseven hundred fifty hours or the credit hours determined by the formula inSubpart A of Part 668 of Section 668.8 of Title 34 of the Code of FederalRegulations, as amended, for the classification of esthetician. However,when the classified occupation of manicurist is taken in conjunction withthe classified occupation of cosmetologist, the student shall not berequired to serve the extra four hundred hours or the credit hoursdetermined by the formula in Subpart A of Part 668 of Section 668.8 ofTitle 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, otherwise requiredto include manicuring of nails; and

(4) They shall have passed an examination to the satisfaction of theboard.

2. A person may apply to take the examination required by subsection1 of this section if the person is a graduate of a school of cosmetology orapprentice program in another state or territory of the United States whichhas substantially the same requirements as an educational establishmentlicensed pursuant to this chapter. A person may apply to take theexamination required by subsection 1 of this section if the person is agraduate of an educational establishment in a foreign country that providestraining for a classified occupation of cosmetology, as defined by section329.010, and has educational requirements that are substantially the samerequirements as an educational establishment licensed under this chapter.The board has sole discretion to determine the substantial equivalency ofsuch educational requirements. The board may require that transcripts fromforeign schools be submitted for its review, and the board may require thatthe applicant provide an approved English translation of such transcripts.

3. Each application shall contain a statement that, subject to thepenalties of making a false affidavit or declaration, the application ismade under oath or affirmation and that its representations are true andcorrect to the best knowledge and belief of the person signing theapplication.

4. The sufficiency of the qualifications of applicants shall bedetermined by the board, but the board may delegate this authority to itsexecutive director subject to such provisions as the board may adopt.

5. For the purpose of meeting the minimum requirements forexamination, training completed by a student or apprentice shall berecognized by the board for a period of no more than five years from thedate it is received.

(RSMo 1939 § 9816, A.L. 1945 p. 959, A. 1949 H.B. 2069, A.L. 1961 p. 498, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1989 H.B. 738 & 720, A.L. 1995 S.B. 292, A.L. 1996 S.B. 930, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2005 S.B. 177 merged with S.B. 280)

Prior revision: 1929 § 9095