HLS 22RS-1050 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1019
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUBUISSON
COSMETOLOGY: Provides relative to licensure of cosmetologists
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 37:586(A)(2) and (B) and 595(B)(1), to enact R.S. 37:586(F),
3 and to repeal R.S. 37:582(C)(2) and 599(A)(1)(b), relative to licensure for
4 cosmetologists; to provide for license portability; to remove the practical
5 examination requirement; to provide for preemptive examination; to reduce the
6 requisite number of course hours provided for certain licenses; and to provide for
7 related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 37:586(A)(2) and (B) and 595(B)(1) are hereby amended and
10reenacted and R.S. 37:586(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §586. Examination of applicants
12 A.
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14 (2) Practical cosmetologist, Louisiana state theory, and national theory
15 examinations shall be conducted at least twice monthly.
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17 B. The examinations shall include practical demonstrations and written and
18 oral tests which shall reflect the subjects normally taught in approved schools in the
19 course required for the appropriate certificate of registration.
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1 F. A student who has completed at least seventy-five percent of the
2 coursework required to attain a license pursuant to this Chapter shall be allowed to
3 preemptively take any required examination for licensure.
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5 §595. Requirements for schools
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7 B. All registered cosmetology schools may offer one or more of the
8 following courses, and postsecondary schools shall offer one or more of the
9 following courses only as a postsecondary educational program:
10 (1) A course of practical training and technical instruction extending over a
11 period of not less than nine consecutive months and including not less than fifteen
12 hundred one thousand hours for the basic course of cosmetology leading to a
13 cosmetology certificate sufficient to apply for licensure as a cosmetologist. The
14 course of study shall include lectures, discussion, instructions, and mechanical
15 application.
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17 Section 2. R.S. 37:582(C)(2) and 599(A)(1)(b) are hereby repealed in their entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1019 Original 2022 Regular Session DuBuisson
Abstract: Makes changes to the examination and licensing requirements for persons
seeking a license from the La. Cosmetology Board (board).
Present law allows a person with an out-of-state license, in a field regulated by the board,
to receive a license if they pass a test provided by the board and pay the required fees.
Proposed law retains present law in part, but removes the examination requirement to allow
for license portability.
Present law requires a person applying for a license from the board to satisfy various
requirements prior to being issued a license. As part of the requirements in present law, the
applicant is required to take and pass a practical examination.
Proposed law removes the practical examination from the list of requirements and retains
the remainder of the qualifications.
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Present law allows an applicant to take an examination for licensure upon completion of all
educational course work.
Proposed law still allows an applicant to take an examination after completion of the
coursework, but also allows an applicant to take an examination upon completion of 75%
of the coursework.
(Amends R.S. 37:586(A)(2) and (B) and 595(B)(1); Adds R.S. 37:586(F); Repeals R.S.
37:582(C)(2) and 599(A)(1)(b))
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