Section 73-7-16 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Licensing of schools(1) All schools of cosmetology or school owners shall have a school license and shall pay to the board the required license fee biennially therefor. A grace period of sixty (60) days will be given in which to renew the license, and upon the expiration of the grace period of sixty (60) days, any applicant for the renewal of a school license will be required to pay a delinquent fee in addition to the renewal fee. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate necessary and reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance and renewal of school licenses. However, the board shall not refuse to issue or renew a school's license because of the number of schools already in that area of the state, and any rule promulgated by the board for that purpose shall be null and void.(2) Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.(3) The board shall require all schools of cosmetology to only admit students who have not less than a tenth-grade education or a high school diploma or its equivalency.Laws, 1987, ch. 516, § 8; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 553, § 12; reenacted, Laws, 1993, ch. 596, § 12; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 383, § 12; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 513, § 12; Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 32; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 492, § 12; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 487, § 12; Laws, 2010, ch. 507, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 371, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2011, ch. 525, § 12, eff. 7/1/2011.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 470, HB 1312,§ 12, eff. 4/9/2021.Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 380, HB 464, 4, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 523, HB 1164, 12, eff. 7/1/2013.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.