The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:
(1) Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age;
(2) Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and
(3) Has completed one (1) of the following:
(A) For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours;
(B) For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;
(C) For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;
(D) For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or
(E) The prescribed course of study in cosmetology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions
Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations
§ 17-26-302. Application for examination and license
§ 17-26-303. Examinations generally
§ 17-26-304. Prerequisites to examination for cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor
§ 17-26-306. Electrologists — Prerequisites to examination
§ 17-26-307. Electrology instructors — Prerequisites to examination
§ 17-26-309. Examination for cosmetologists and all branches of cosmetology
§ 17-26-310. Failure to appear for examination
§ 17-26-311. Eligibility for reexamination
§ 17-26-312. Issuance of license
§ 17-26-314. Specificity of permit or license
§ 17-26-316. Display of license
§ 17-26-317. Notice of address change
§ 17-26-318. Duplicate license