Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1135
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and
occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 25-8-4-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2013,
SECTION 25, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. (a) Each applicant must pass a final practical
demonstration examination of the acts permitted by the license. The
applicant's beauty culture school following shall administer the final
practical demonstration examination:
(1) The applicant's beauty culture school.
(2) The program sponsor or employer of the applicant's
United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship
program to practice cosmetology.
(b) The board shall conduct a written examination of the students
enrolled in beauty culture school or applicants for a beauty culture
professional license. The written examinations described in this
section:
(1) shall be conducted at the times and places determined by the
board;
(2) may be administered through computer based testing;
(3) may be conducted before graduation from beauty culture
school; and
(4) shall be conducted at times set by the board.
SECTION 2. IC 25-8-9-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.158-2016,
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SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this
chapter must state that the applicant:
(1) is at least seventeen (17) years of age;
(2) has successfully completed the tenth grade or received the
equivalent of tenth grade education;
(3) has graduated from a beauty culture school or completed a
United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship
program to practice cosmetology;
(4) has received a satisfactory grade (as defined by IC 25-8-4-9)
on an examination for cosmetologist license applicants prescribed
by the board;
(5) has not committed an act for which the applicant could be
disciplined under IC 25-8-14; and
(6) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13-7 for the issuance of a
license under this chapter.
SECTION 3. IC 25-8-9-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2024]: Sec. 4.5. An individual who has completed a United States
Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to
practice cosmetology is eligible to take the examination described
in section 3(4) of this chapter.
SECTION 4. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024] (a) The state board of
cosmetology and barber examiners shall amend 820 IAC 2-2-3 to
comply with IC 25-8-9-3, as amended by this act, and IC 25-8-9-4.5,
as added by this act.
(b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2026.
HEA 1135 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
HEA 1135 — Concur