84R4677 TSR-D
By: Schaefer H.B. No. 846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility for an esthetician specialty license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1602.257(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) To be eligible for an esthetician specialty license, an
applicant must:
(1) be at least 17 years of age; and
(2) [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
[(3)] have completed 350 [750] hours of instruction in
esthetics specialty through a commission-approved training
program.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1602.257(b), Occupations Code, applies only to an application for
an esthetician specialty license submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application for an esthetician
specialty license submitted before that date is governed by the law
in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.