N.J. Admin. Code § 13:28-1.7 - Teaching license; qualifications; application requirements

(a) Any person desiring to teach in a school of cosmetology and hairstyling shall secure a license from the Board.

(b) Upon request, the Board shall provide each applicant for licensure as a teacher of cosmetology and hairstyling with an application on which information pertinent to the qualifications in (c) below shall be provided.

(c) To qualify as a candidate for licensure as a teacher of cosmetology and hairstyling, an applicant shall present satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she:

1. Is of good moral character;

2. Is at least 18 years of age;

3. Does not have a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease which could reasonably be expected to be transmitted during the course of teaching cosmetology and hairstyling services;

4. Has completed high school or its equivalent;

5. Holds a cosmetology-hairstylist license issued by the Board;

6. Has successfully completed a teacher training course of 500 hours at a licensed school of cosmetology and hairstyling approved by the Board consistent with the requirements of 13:28-6.31;

7. Has successfully completed a 30 hour teaching methods course conducted by a college approved by the New Jersey Commission of Higher Education and approved by the Board;

8. Has been employed for 30 hours per week for six consecutive months in a licensed shop; and

9. Has successfully completed the Board examination.

(d) The holder of a teaching license issued by the Board pursuant to this section shall be authorized to teach cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, skin care specialty, manicuring, and hair braiding.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:28-1.7

New Rule, R.1998 d.285, effective 6/1/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 972(a), 30 N.J.R. 2047(a).
Amended by R.2003 d.458, effective 12/1/2003.
See: 35 N.J.R. 2400(a), 35 N.J.R. 5429(a).
In (c), rewrote 3 and deleted "in New Jersey" in 8.
Amended by R.2009 d.169, effective 5/18/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 6739(a), 41 N.J.R. 2124(b).
Rewrote (c)8.
Amended by R.2012 d.169, effective 10/15/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1763(a), 44 N.J.R. 2366(a).
Section was "Qualifications of teachers". In (a), substituted "Any" for "Each"; in (c)6, inserted "consistent with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:28-6.31; and added (d).
Special amendment, R.2019 d.124, effective 10/30/2019 (to expire October 27, 2020).
See: 51 N.J.R. 1779(a).
In (d), substituted ", manicuring, and hair braiding" for ", and manicuring". Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1798(a), effective 10/18/2021