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317B.025
Qualifications and fees for esthetician, esthetic salon, and esthetics
instructor licenses -- Dual licenses.
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The board shall issue an esthetician license to any person who:
(a) Is of good moral character and temperate habit;
(b) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(c) Has a high school diploma, General Educational Development (GED)
diploma, or the results from the Test for Adult Basic Education indicating a
score equivalent to the twelfth grade of high school;
(d) Has satisfactorily completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instruction in a
licensed school approved by the board;
(e) Has received a satisfactory grade on an examination prescribed by the board to
determine fitness to practice as an esthetician; and
(f) Has paid a fee of at least seventy-five dollars ($75) to be adjusted as needed in
administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
The board may issue a license to a cosmetologist who seeks dual licensure as an
esthetician by offering a dual cosmetologist and esthetician license to individuals
who meet licensure criteria for a cosmetologist as in KRS Chapter 317A and
licensure criteria for an esthetician as in this chapter. The fee for the dual license for
license renewal shall be determined by the board as promulgated in administrative
regulations. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit separate licensure of
cosmetologists and estheticians.
The board shall issue licenses as follows:
(a) A license to operate an esthetic salon shall be issued to any licensed
esthetician upon receipt of:
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The completed application; and
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A fee of at least one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to be adjusted as
needed in administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
(b) If an owner is not a licensed esthetician, the owner shall have a licensed
esthetician manage the esthetic salon at all times. A new license shall be
purchased if the salon's owner, manager, or location changes.
(c) Licensed esthetic salons shall have the furnishings and salon equipment
required pursuant to administrative regulations adopted by the board.
(d) Any licensed esthetician who leases or rents space or pays a fee to do business
in a beauty salon or esthetic salon shall be considered an independent owner
and shall meet the qualifications for the respective salon owner as set out in
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection.
(e) The board may refuse to issue a license if the applicant fails to comply with
this chapter or the administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
The board shall issue a license to teach esthetic practices to any person who:
(a) Is of good moral character and temperate habit;
(b) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
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Has a high school diploma, General Educational Development (GED)
diploma, or the results from the Test for Adult Basic Education indicating a
score equivalent to the twelfth grade of high school;
(d) Holds a current cosmetologist and instructor's license;
(e) Has completed fifty (50) hours in esthetics training within the last two (2)
years;
(f) Has received a satisfactory grade on the examination for the teaching of
esthetics as prescribed by the board; and
(g) Has paid a fee promulgated by the board in administrative regulations.
The board may issue a license to teach esthetic practices to an individual with two
(2) or more years' experience in teaching esthetic practices in another jurisdiction
who meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (3) of this
section.
Courses in esthetic practices may be taught at any licensed cosmetology school that
complies with the administrative regulations promulgated by the board under this
chapter.
Applications for esthetician examinations required by this section shall be
accompanied by an examination fee of at least one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125) to be adjusted as needed in administrative regulations promulgated by the
board.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 20, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 4, effective June 24, 2003.
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