2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-394 — Waiver of examination; requirements.

Section 71-394
Waiver of examination; requirements.

The department may waive the requirement for examination and grant a license to any person who meets the requirements of subdivisions (1) through (4) of section 71-387 and who presents proof of the following:

(1) That he or she is currently licensed in the appropriate category in another jurisdiction, that he or she has never been disciplined or had his or her license revoked, and that, so far as the records of the licensing authority of the jurisdiction are concerned, the applicant is entitled to its endorsement. An applicant seeking licensure as an instructor in the manner provided in this section shall be licensed as an instructor in another jurisdiction. An applicant seeking licensure as a cosmetologist in the manner provided in this section shall be licensed as a cosmetologist in another jurisdiction. An applicant seeking licensure as an esthetician in the manner provided in this section shall be licensed as a cosmetologist, an esthetician, or an equivalent title in another jurisdiction. An applicant seeking licensure as an esthetics instructor in the manner provided in this section shall be licensed as a cosmetology instructor, esthetics instructor, or the equivalent in another jurisdiction. An applicant seeking licensure as an electrologist or an electrology instructor in the manner provided in this section shall be licensed as an electrologist or an electrology instructor, respectively, in another jurisdiction;

(2) That such license was issued on the basis of a written and practical examination and the results of the examinations, except that a practical examination shall not be required for an electrologist's or electrology instructor's license; and

(3) That the applicant complies with the hour requirements of subdivision (7) of section 71-387 through any combination of hours earned as a student or apprentice in a cosmetology establishment or an electrology establishment licensed or approved by the jurisdiction in which it was located and hour-equivalents granted for recent work experience, with hour-equivalents recognized as follows:

(a) Each month of full-time practice as an instructor within the five years immediately preceding application shall be valued as one hundred hour-equivalents toward an instructor's license or a cosmetology license and fifty hour-equivalents toward an esthetician's license;

(b) Each month of full-time practice as a cosmetologist within the five years immediately preceding application shall be valued as one hundred hour-equivalents toward a cosmetology license and fifty hour-equivalents toward an esthetician's license;

(c) Each month of full-time practice as an esthetician within the five years immediately preceding application shall be valued as fifty hour-equivalents toward an esthetician's license;

(d) Each month of full-time practice as an esthetics instructor within the five years immediately preceding application shall be valued as one hundred hour-equivalents toward an esthetics instructor's license; and

(e) Each month of full-time practice as an electrologist within the five years immediately preceding application shall be valued as fifty hour-equivalents toward an electrologist's license.

Source:

Laws 1986, LB 318, § 55

Laws 1987, LB 543, § 9

Laws 1995, LB 83, § 26

Laws 2002, LB 241, § 24

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska