Sec. 1602.254. ELIGIBILITY FOR AN OPERATOR LICENSE. (a) A person holding an operator license may perform any practice of cosmetology.
(b) To be eligible for an operator license, an applicant must meet the requirements of Subsection (c) or:
(1) be at least 17 years of age;
(2) have obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and
(3) have completed:
(A) 1,500 hours of instruction in a licensed beauty culture school; or
(B) 1,000 hours of instruction in beauty culture courses and 500 hours of related high school courses prescribed by the commission in a vocational cosmetology program in a public school.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of an operator license under this section to a person who holds a Class A barber certificate. The department shall issue the license to an applicant who:
(1) holds an active Class A barber certificate;
(2) completes 300 hours of instruction in cosmetology through a commission-approved training program in a cosmetology school;
(3) passes the examination required under Section 1602.262; and
(4) submits to the department:
(A) an application on a form prescribed by the department; and
(B) the required fee.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 750, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 1170), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.
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