Sec. 1602.261. ELIGIBILITY FOR MANICURIST/ESTHETICIAN SPECIALTY LICENSE. (a) A person holding a manicurist/esthetician specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(5) through (10).
(b) To be eligible for a manicurist/esthetician specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) submit an application on a form prescribed by the department;
(2) pay the required fee; and
(3) either:
(A) hold both an active manicurist specialty license and an active esthetician specialty license; or
(B) meet the educational requirements of Subsection (c).
(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B) must:
(1) either:
(A) have obtained a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; or
(B) have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and
(2) have completed:
(A) 1,200 hours of instruction in a manicure/esthetics specialty curriculum in a commission-approved training program; or
(B) 600 hours of instruction in a manicure curriculum and 750 hours of instruction in an esthetics curriculum in commission-approved training programs.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 1170), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 14, eff. June 10, 2015.
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