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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 9. REGULATION OF BARBERS, COSMETOLOGISTS, AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS |
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Chapter 1602. COSMETOLOGISTS |
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Subchapter F. LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS |
Sec. 1602.261. ELIGIBILITY FOR MANICURIST/ESTHETICIAN SPECIALTY LICENSE
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(a) A person holding a manicurist/esthetician specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(6) through (11).
(b) To be eligible for a manicurist/esthetician specialty license, an applicant must:
(1) submit an application on a form prescribed by the department;
(2) pay the required fee; and
(3) either:
(A) hold both an active manicurist specialty license and an active esthetician specialty license; or
(B) meet the educational requirements of Subsection (c).
(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B) must:
(1) either:
(A) have obtained a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; or
(B) have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and
(2) have completed:
(A) 1,200 hours of instruction in a manicure/esthetics specialty curriculum in a commission-approved training program; or
(B) 600 hours of instruction in a manicure curriculum and 750 hours of instruction in an esthetics curriculum in commission-approved training programs.