16 Tex. Admin. Code § 83.20 - License Requirements-Individuals (before September 1, 2023)
(a) To be eligible
for an operator license, an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application in the
manner prescribed by the department;
(2) pay the applicable fee required under
§83.80;
(3) be at least 17
years of age;
(4) have obtained a
high school diploma, or the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed
a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures
the person's ability to benefit from training;
(5) have completed the following hours of
cosmetology instruction at a licensed beauty culture school either:
(A) 1,000 hours of instruction in a beauty
culture school; or
(B) 300 hours of
instruction in cosmetology through a commission-approved training program in a
beauty culture school and hold an active Class A barber certificate;
and
(6) pass a written
and practical examination required under §83.21.
(b) To be eligible for an esthetician,
manicurist, or esthetician/manicurist specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a
department-approved form;
(2) pay
the required fee under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have obtained a high school diploma, or
the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination
administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability
to benefit from training;
(5) have
completed the following hours of cosmetology instruction at a licensed beauty
culture school:
(A) for an esthetician
specialty license, 750 hours of instruction;
(B) for a manicurist specialty license, 600
hours of instruction;
(C) for an
esthetician/manicurist specialty license; either:
(i) 1,200 hours of esthetician/manicure
specialty instruction or, for applications received by the department on or
after August 1, 2023, 800 hours of esthetician/manicure instruction;
or
(ii) 750 hours of esthetician
instruction; and
(iii) 600 hours of
manicure instruction; and
(6) pass a written and practical examination
required under §83.21.
(c) A person who holds both an active
esthetician license and an active manicurist license is eligible for an
esthetician/manicurist specialty license by submitting a completed application
in the manner prescribed by the department and paying the required fee under
§83.80.
(d) To be eligible for
an eyelash extension specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) submit a completed application on a
department-approved form;
(2) pay
the fee required under §83.80;
(3) be at least 17 years of age;
(4) have obtained a high school diploma, or
the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination
administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability
to benefit from training; and
(A) have
satisfactorily completed 320 hours of instruction in a department-approved
eyelash extension application training program; and
(B) pass a written and practical examination
required under §83.21.
(e) To be eligible for a hair weaving
specialty certificate, an applicant must:
(1)
submit a completed application on a department-approved form;
(2) pay the fee required under
§83.80;
(3) be at least 17
years of age;
(4) have completed
the following hours of cosmetology instruction at a beauty culture school: for
a hair weaving specialty certificate, 300 hours of instruction completed in not
less than eight weeks from date of enrollment; and
(5) pass a written and practical examination
required under §83.21.
(f) To be eligible for a student permit, an
applicant must:
(1) submit a completed
application in the manner prescribed by the department; and
(2) pay the fee required under
§83.80.
(g) This
section and §82.20 provide the minimum requirements for practitioner
license applications received by the department before September 1, 2023. For
practitioner license applications received on or after September 1, 2023,
§83.200 provides the minimum requirements.
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