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A person is entitled to receive a license to teach cosmetology, aesthetics or nail technology in a school if the person does all of the following:

1. Submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board.

2. Holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules or submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least twenty-three years of age.

3. Is a licensed cosmetologist, aesthetician or nail technician and complies with either of the following:

(a) Has practiced for at least one year, has passed the school examination and has received the following hours of instructor training:

(i) For a cosmetologist instructor, six hundred fifty hours.

(ii) For an aesthetics instructor, five hundred hours.

(iii) For a nail technician instructor, three hundred fifty hours.

(b) Has five years of licensed industry experience within the ten years preceding the application and meets requirements as prescribed by the board in its rules.

4. Passes the examination for an instructor license.

5. Pays the prescribed fees.