Section 17-26-304 - Prerequisites to examination for cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructorThe Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:
(1) Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age;(2) Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and(3) Has completed one (1) of the following:(A) For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours;(B) For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;(C) For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;(D) For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or(E) The prescribed course of study in cosmetology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas.Amended by Act 2017, No. 972,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.Amended by Act 2015, No. 1011,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 3, § 2; 1957, No. 48, § 1; 1957, No. 337, § 1; 1961, No. 490, § 3; 1965, No. 403, § 1; 1985, No. 215, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-832; Acts 2007, No. 223, § 15; 2009, No. 4, § 5.