Section 37:3077 - License of instructor of electrology; qualifications; examinations; issuance of licenseA. The board may issue a license to any person as an instructor of electrology, subject to the restrictions provided herein and rules promulgated pursuant to this Chapter. No person shall teach or instruct electrology or its allied courses who does not hold both a valid license to practice electrology and a valid instructor's license issued by the board in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.B. The board shall not license as an instructor of electrology any person who does not file with it a verified application therefor, accompanied by the application fee required by this Part, together with evidence verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, that the applicant:(1) Meets all the requirements to practice electrology in this state and holds a current license to practice electrology in this state.(2) Has practiced as a licensed electrologist for at least five years.C. The board shall not issue an instructor's license to any person seeking initial licensure on or after August 1, 1999, who does not possess the following qualifications: (1) Possesses the applicant qualifications required in Subsection B of this Section.(2)(a) Has successfully completed the curriculum for instructor training in electrolysis in an instructor training program that maintains the standards established and approved by the board and is part of either an approved school of electrology or an approved apprenticeship program. Such curriculum shall be under the supervision of a licensed instructor of electrology, shall include a course of study and practice over no less than a two-month period, and shall include at least one hundred hours of teaching skills, seventy-five hours of facilitating/managing skills, and fifty hours of clinic-supervised practice teaching.(b)(i) An instructor training program may grant credit for the one hundred hours of teaching skills and seventy-five hours of facilitating/managing skills to an individual who possesses a valid teaching certificate.(ii) The board may provide by rule for granting credit for all or part of the one hundred hours of teaching skills, the seventy-five hours of facilitating/managing skills, or any combination thereof, for college-level courses in teaching skills and facilitating/managing skills.(3)(a) Successfully achieves a minimum test score on an examination administered and approved by the board. The examination shall be given four times annually at such time and place and under such supervision as the board determines and specifically at such other times as in the opinion of the board the number of applicants warrants. The board shall designate the date, time, and place of examination and shall give public notice thereof and, in addition, shall notify each person who has made application for examination to the board.(b) Within ten days after each examination, the official in charge shall deliver the question and answer papers to the board. The board shall examine and rate the answers and shall transmit an official report to each applicant for license stating the rating of the candidate in each subject and whether or not the board approves the candidate for a license. If a candidate fails one or more parts of an examination, the candidate may take the parts which he has failed in a subsequent examination upon payment of a fifteen-dollar examination fee. If after two attempts the examination is not satisfactorily completed, the candidate thereafter shall be required to repeat and take the entire examination within one year of the date of the original examination.D. After investigation of the applicant and other evidence submitted, the board shall notify each applicant that the application and evidence submitted for consideration is satisfactory and accepted, or unsatisfactory and rejected. If an application is rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for the rejection.Acts 1999, No. 530, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 91, §1; Acts 2001, No. 792, §1.Acts 1999, No. 530, §1, eff. 8/1/1999; Acts 2001, No. 91, §1; Acts 2001, No. 792, §1.