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Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 11a - Cosmetology and Associated Professions Licensing Act
Section 302.21 - Licensed instructor -- Qualifications.
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UT Code § 58-11a-302.21 (2025)
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Effective 1/1/2026
58-11a-302.21. Licensed instructor -- Qualifications.
Enacted by Chapter 491, 2025 General Session
58-11a-302.21. Licensed instructor -- Qualifications.
- (1)An applicant for licensure as an instructor shall:
- (a)submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
- (b)subject to Subsection (4), pay a fee determined by the division under Section 63J-1-504;
- (c)provide satisfactory documentation that the applicant is currently licensed or permitted in the discipline that the applicant is seeking to instruct;
- (d)provide satisfactory documentation that the applicant has completed six months of work experience in the discipline the applicant intends to instruct and:
- (i)an instructor training program for the discipline for which the applicant is licensed, by a licensed or recognized school for a minimum of 35% of the minimum hours for the license or permit the applicant intends to instruct; or
- (ii)on-the-job instructor training for the discipline for which the applicant is licensed, by a licensed or recognized school for a minimum of 35% of the minimum hours for the license or permit the applicant intends to instruct; and
- (e)meet the examination requirement established by administrative rules made by the division.
- (2)An applicant for an instructor license or permit under this chapter whose education in the discipline for which a license or permit is sought was completed at a foreign school may satisfy the educational requirement for licensure by demonstrating, to the satisfaction of the division, the educational equivalency of the foreign school education with a licensed school under this chapter.
- (3)
- (a)An individual may not instruct a discipline unless the individual has an instructor license that allows instruction of that discipline.
- (b)The division shall make rules establishing which disciplines each type of instructor license may instruct.
- (4)The division may not charge a fee to an individual applying for licensure as an instructor under this chapter if the individual is a licensed instructor in any other discipline under this chapter.
- (5)The division may offer any required examination under this section, which is prepared by a national testing organization, in languages in addition to English.
- (6)For purposes of a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, on-the-job instructor training described in this section is not considered a program.
Enacted by Chapter 491, 2025 General Session
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