Section 32-05-01-01.1 - License without examinationEvery person desiring to be licensed as a cosmetologist, instructor, manicurist, or esthetician without taking the examination shall make an application on the form provided by the board and:
1. Pay the application fee.2. Provide proof that the applicant is licensed as a cosmetologist, instructor, manicurist, or esthetician in another jurisdiction and that the applicant's license is in good standing.3. Demonstrate that either: a. The applicant provides satisfactory proof of completing the course curriculum hours required by the board and provide proof of successfully passing the theoretical and practical examinations substantially similar to those required in this state; orb. The other jurisdiction's licensure requirements at the time the applicant was licensed by the other jurisdiction were substantially equal to those in North Dakota at the time the North Dakota application was filed. Under this specific subsection, three thousand hours or more of work experience as a licensed cosmetologist will be considered substantially equal to three hundred hours of cosmetology education.4. Pass an examination on North Dakota laws, rules, and regulations.N.D. Admin Code 32-05-01-01.1
Effective July 1, 2000; amended effective December 1, 2005; January 1, 2012.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2017-363, January 2017, effective 1/1/2017.General Authority: NDCC 43-11-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-11-25