HLS 24RS-2092 REENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 930
BY REPRESENTATIVES VENTRELLA, BUTLER, CREWS, EGAN, EMERSON,
OWEN, AND WILDER
COSMETOLOGY: Provides relative to cosmetology
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 37:582 and 586(A)(1) and (2) and to enact R.S. 37:563(18) and
3 (19), 575(A)(18), and 595(B)(9), relative to cosmetology; to provide for the duties
4 of the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology; to require the creation of a website by
5 the board; to provide for examination requirements; to provide for definitions; to
6 provide for the requirements for cosmetology schools; to outline the hours of
7 instruction needed for a hair design license; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 37:582 and 586(A)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted and
10R.S. 37:563(18) and (19), 575(A)(18), and 595(B)(9) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §563. Definitions
12 As used in this Chapter, the following words have the following meanings:
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14 (18) "Hair design" means the practice of arranging, dressing, cutting,
15 trimming, styling, shampooing, permanent waving, chemical relaxing, straightening,
16 curling, bleaching, lightening, coloring, mustache and beard design, and superficial
17 skin stimulation of the scalp.
18 (19) "Hair designer" means a person licensed in accordance with this
19 Chapter to engage in the practice of hair design.
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1 §575. Powers and duties of the board
2 A. The board shall be responsible for the control and regulation of the
3 practice of cosmetology and shall do all of the following:
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5 (18) Create and maintain a website that allows applicants to apply, pay fees,
6 and see their current status for cosmetology licensure.
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8 §582. Qualifications for certificate as a registered cosmetologist, hair designer,
9 esthetician, or manicurist; out-of-state licensees
10 A. In order to receive a certificate of registration as a registered
11 cosmetologist, hair designer, esthetician, or manicurist, a person shall, in addition to
12 the requirements set forth in Subsection B of this Section, meet all of the following
13 requirements:
14 (1) Be at least sixteen years of age.
15 (2) Have, at the time of completion of the required schooling, the equivalent
16 training as would be contemplated in the satisfactory completion of the tenth grade
17 from an approved high school.
18 (3) Have satisfactorily passed an examination conducted by the board to
19 determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration.
20 (4) Have paid the appropriate fee set forth in R.S. 37:599.
21 B. In addition to the requirements set forth in Subsection A of this Section,
22 a person shall also meet the following requirements in order to obtain his certificate
23 of registration as a registered cosmetologist, hair designer, esthetician, or manicurist:
24 (1) To obtain a certificate as a registered cosmetologist, a person shall have
25 completed and passed a course at a registered or licensed school of cosmetology
26 approved by the board.
27 (2) To obtain a certificate as a registered esthetician, a person shall have
28 completed and passed an esthetics course at a registered or licensed school of
29 cosmetology approved by the board.
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1 (3) To obtain a certificate as a registered manicurist, a person shall have
2 completed and passed a manicuring course at a registered or licensed school of
3 cosmetology approved by the board.
4 (4) To obtain a certificate as a registered hair designer, a person shall have
5 completed and passed a hair designing course at a registered or licensed school of
6 cosmetology approved by the board.
7 C. The board shall issue the appropriate certificate of registration to any
8 person who possesses a license or certificate of registration to practice as a
9 cosmetologist, hair designer, esthetician, or manicurist from another state or from a
10 foreign country and who also meets the following requirements:
11 (1) Has completed and passed the appropriate course of study at a school
12 which is licensed in the state or country which issued the license.
13 (2) Has satisfactorily passed the appropriate examination conducted by the
14 board national interstate council of state boards of cosmetology, or NIC, written and
15 practical examinations to determine his fitness to receive the certificate of
16 registration.
17 (3) Has paid the appropriate fee set forth in R.S. 37:599.
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19 §586. Examination of applicants
20 A.(1) The examination team and testing service contracted by the board shall
21 conduct examinations of applicants for certificates as registered cosmetologists, hair
22 designers, estheticians, manicurists, teachers, and for any special permit issued by
23 the board which requires testing at such times and places as deemed appropriate by
24 the board.
25 (2) Practical cosmetologist, hair design, Louisiana state theory, and national
26 theory examinations shall be conducted at least twice monthly.
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28 §595. Requirements for schools
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1 B. All registered cosmetology schools may offer one or more of the
2 following courses, and postsecondary schools shall offer one or more of the
3 following courses only as a postsecondary educational program:
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5 (9) A course of practical training and technical instruction extending over a
6 period of not less than seven consecutive months and including not less than one
7 thousand hours for the basic course of hair design leading to a hair design certificate
8 sufficient to apply for licensure in hair design. The course of study shall include
9 lectures, discussion, instructions, and mechanical application.
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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 930 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Ventrella
Abstract: Provides relative to cosmetology.
Present law provides for the powers and duties of the La. State Bd. of Cosmetology (board).
Proposed law retains present law and requires the board to create and maintain a website that
allows applicants to apply, pay fees, and see their current status for cosmetology licensure.
Present law provides for definitions.
Proposed law adds definitions for "hair design" and "hair designer"
Present law provides for the qualifications for a registered cosmetologist, esthetician, or
manicurist.
Proposed law adds the qualifications for a hair designer.
Present law provides that any person who possesses a license or certificate of registration
to practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist from another state or from a foreign
country has to satisfactorily pass the appropriate examination conducted by the board to
determine his fitness to receive the certificate of registration.
Proposed law changes present law and instead requires that the person pass the national
interstate council of state boards of cosmetology, or NIC, written and practical examinations.
Present law requires and outlines courses for cosmetologists, aestheticians, and manicurists.
Proposed law adds a course requirement and outline for hair design.
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(Amends R.S. 37:582 and 586(A)(1) and (2)); Adds R.S. 37:563(18) and (19), 575(A)(18),
and 595(B)(9))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Add the definitions of "hair design" and "hair designer".
3. Add qualifications for hair design.
4. Replace the board exam required for a person who possesses a license or
certificate of registration to practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist
from another state or from a foreign country with the national interstate council
of state boards of cosmetology, or NIC, examinations. Add that proposed law
also provides to hair designers.
5. Add an examination for hair design to be given at least twice monthly.
6. Require and outline a course for hair design.
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