HB 1559 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1559
AN ACT relative to training requirements for barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, and estheticians.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hopfgarten, Rock 5
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill reduces the training requirements for licensure as barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, and estheticians. The bill also requires topics of training adopted in rules of the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics to relate to the protection of public health.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2879
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to training requirements for barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, and estheticians.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Board of Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics; Rulemaking; Training. Amend RSA 313-A:8 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. The topics of training required for licensure by the board, provided that no topic of training shall be required unless it directly relates to the protection of public health;
2 Qualifications; Barbers. Amend RSA 313-A:10, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) Have received training of:
(1) A minimum of [1,500] 100 hours of training in a school of barbering approved by the board; or
(2) A minimum of [3,000] 100 hours distributed over a period of at least 18 months under a licensed barber who has engaged in the practice of barbering within the state for at least 2 years;
3 Qualifications; Cosmetologists. Amend RSA 313-A:11, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) Have received training of:
(1) A minimum of [1,500] 100 hours of training in a school of cosmetology approved by the board; or
(2) A minimum of [3,000] 100 hours distributed over a period of at least 18 months under a licensed cosmetologist who has engaged in the practice of cosmetology within the state for at least 2 years;
4 Qualifications; Manicurists. Amend RSA 313-A:12, I to read as follows:
I. Have completed a course of at least [300] 100 hours of professional training in manicuring, in a school approved by the board and passed an examination conducted by the board; or
5 Qualifications; Estheticians. Amend RSA 313-A:13 to read as follows:
313-A:13 Qualifications; Estheticians. To be issued an esthetics license by the board, an applicant shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements of RSA 313-A:11, I(a), (b), and (e) have completed a course of at least [600] 100 hours of training in a school approved by the board and have passed an examination conducted by the board. An apprenticeship approved by the board may substitute for the required training. Estheticians who have practiced professionally in this state for a period of at least 3 years prior to July 1, 1989, and who have satisfied the requirements of RSA 313-A:11, I(a), (b), and (e) and the training requirements of this section shall not be required to take the examination provided for in this section to be eligible for licensure under this chapter. Credit towards the hours requirement for esthetician training may be given to a licensed cosmetologist or barber for equivalent training in the cosmetology or barber program in a school approved by the board upon certification of the training by the school. Cosmetologists licensed by the board may obtain the training hours in subjects required by the board in increments at separate schools but must present certifications to the board for all required hours and curriculum subjects.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.