| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 1603.252(a), Occupations Code, is |
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| 13 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (a) The department may accept, approve, develop, or |
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| 15 | | - | contract for the examinations required by this chapter, including |
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| 16 | | - | the administration of the examinations. |
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| 17 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 1603.255, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 18 | | - | to read as follows: |
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| 19 | | - | Sec. 1603.255. EARLY EXAMINATION. The department may |
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| 20 | | - | allow for the early written examination of a student who has |
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| 21 | | - | completed the following number of hours of instruction in a |
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| 22 | | - | department-approved training program: |
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| 23 | | - | (1) 1,000 hours for a student seeking a Class A barber |
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| 24 | | - | certificate [or operator license] in a private barber [or |
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| 25 | | - | cosmetology] school; [or] |
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| 26 | | - | (2) 900 hours for a student seeking a Class A barber |
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| 27 | | - | certificate [or operator license] in a publicly funded barber [or |
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| 28 | | - | cosmetology] school; or |
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| 29 | | - | (3) 1,000 hours, including 150 hours in sanitation and |
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| 30 | | - | safety, for a student seeking an operator license in a private |
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| 31 | | - | beauty culture school or a public secondary or postsecondary beauty |
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| 32 | | - | culture school. |
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| 33 | | - | SECTION 3. Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, is |
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| 34 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 35 | | - | (c) The following persons may administer a practical |
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| 36 | | - | examination required under this subchapter: |
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| 37 | | - | (1) the department; [or] |
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| 38 | | - | (2) a person with whom the department contracts under |
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| 39 | | - | Section 1603.252; |
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| 40 | | - | (3) a barber school, private beauty culture school, or |
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| 41 | | - | public secondary or postsecondary beauty culture school that is |
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| 42 | | - | approved by the department to administer the examination under |
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| 43 | | - | Section 1603.252; or |
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| 44 | | - | (4) the Windham School District. |
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| 45 | | - | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 46 | | - | 1603.255, Occupations Code, apply only to a person who applies to |
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| 47 | | - | take an early examination for a barbering or cosmetology license on |
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| 48 | | - | or after the effective date of this Act. A person who applies to |
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| 49 | | - | take an early examination before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 50 | | - | governed by the law in effect on the date the person applies, and |
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| 51 | | - | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 52 | | - | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | + | amended by adding Section 132.007 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | + | Sec. 132.007. COSMETOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM; PRACTICAL |
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| 13 | + | EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A public junior college or career |
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| 14 | + | school or college may administer any practical examination required |
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| 15 | + | by law for the practice of cosmetology. |
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| 16 | + | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in the law, any |
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| 17 | + | person sitting for a professional exam for the practice of |
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| 18 | + | cosmetology must have completed a minimum of 1,000 hours of |
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| 19 | + | instruction, including a minimum of 150 hours of instruction in |
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| 20 | + | sanitation and safety, in a beauty culture course or in a vocational |
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| 21 | + | cosmetology program in a public school, including a junior college |
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| 22 | + | or career school or college. |
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| 23 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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