Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 644A - Cosmetology
NRS 644A.520 - Renewal of license or certificate of registration: Application; fees; penalties for late renewal; photographs; instruction relating to infection control and prevention. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Renewal of license or certi...

1. An application for renewal of any license or certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter must be:
(a) Made on a form prescribed and furnished by the Board;
(b) Made on or before the date for renewal specified by the Board;
(c) Accompanied by the applicable fee for renewal; and
(d) Accompanied by all information required to complete the renewal.
2. The fees for renewal of a license or a certificate of registration, as applicable, are:
(a) For nail technologists, electrologists, estheticians, hair designers, shampoo technologists, demonstrators of cosmetics and cosmetologists:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $50 and not more than $100.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $100 and not more than $200.
(b) For hair braiders:
(1) For 2 years, $70.
(2) For 4 years, $140.
(c) For instructors:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $60 and not more than $100.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $120 and not more than $200.
(d) For cosmetological establishments:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $100 and not more than $200.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $200 and not more than $400.
(e) For establishments for hair braiding:
(1) For 2 years, $70.
(2) For 4 years, $140.
(f) For schools of cosmetology:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $500 and not more than $800.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,600.
3. For each month or fraction thereof after the date for renewal specified by the Board in which a license or a certificate of registration as a shampoo technologist is not renewed, there must be assessed and collected at the time of renewal a penalty of $50 for a school of cosmetology and $20 for an establishment for hair braiding, a cosmetological establishment, all persons licensed pursuant to this chapter and persons registered as a shampoo technologist.
4. An application for the renewal of a license or a certificate of registration, as applicable, as a cosmetologist, hair designer, shampoo technologist, hair braider, esthetician, electrologist, nail technologist, demonstrator of cosmetics or instructor must be:
(a) Accompanied by two current photographs of the applicant which are 2 by 2 inches and have the name of the applicant written on the back of each photograph; or
(b) If the application for the renewal of the license or certificate of registration, as applicable, is made online, accompanied by a current photograph of the applicant which is 2 by 2 inches and is electronically attached to the application for renewal.
5. Before a person applies for the renewal of a license or certificate of registration, as applicable, as a cosmetologist, hair designer, shampoo technologist, hair braider, esthetician, electrologist, nail technologist or demonstrator of cosmetics, the person must complete at least 4 hours of instruction relating to infection control and prevention in a professional course or seminar approved by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1850; A 1987, 1070; 1991, 2059; 1995, 462; 1997, 2162; 2001, 1194; 2005, 2643, 2773, 2807; 2009, 2505; 2011, 3039; 2015, 605)

1. An application for renewal of any license or certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter must be:
(a) Made on a form prescribed and furnished by the Board;
(b) Made on or before the date for renewal specified by the Board;
(c) Accompanied by the applicable fee for renewal; and
(d) Accompanied by all information required to complete the renewal.
2. The fees for renewal of a license or a certificate of registration, as applicable, are:
(a) For nail technologists, electrologists, estheticians, advanced estheticians, hair designers, shampoo technologists, demonstrators of cosmetics and cosmetologists:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $50 and not more than $100.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $100 and not more than $200.
(b) For hair braiders:
(1) For 2 years, $70.
(2) For 4 years, $140.
(c) For instructors:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $60 and not more than $100.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $120 and not more than $200.
(d) For cosmetological establishments:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $100 and not more than $200.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $200 and not more than $400.
(e) For establishments for hair braiding:
(1) For 2 years, $70.
(2) For 4 years, $140.
(f) For schools of cosmetology:
(1) For 2 years, not less than $500 and not more than $800.
(2) For 4 years, not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,600.
3. For each month or fraction thereof after the date for renewal specified by the Board in which a license or a certificate of registration as a shampoo technologist is not renewed, there must be assessed and collected at the time of renewal a penalty of $50 for a school of cosmetology and $20 for an establishment for hair braiding, a cosmetological establishment, all persons licensed pursuant to this chapter and persons registered as a shampoo technologist.
4. An application for the renewal of a license or a certificate of registration, as applicable, as a cosmetologist, hair designer, shampoo technologist, hair braider, esthetician, advanced esthetician, electrologist, nail technologist, demonstrator of cosmetics or instructor must be:
(a) Accompanied by two current photographs of the applicant which are 2 by 2 inches and have the name of the applicant written on the back of each photograph; or
(b) If the application for the renewal of the license or certificate of registration, as applicable, is made online, accompanied by a current photograph of the applicant which is 2 by 2 inches and is electronically attached to the application for renewal.
5. Before a person applies for the renewal of a license or certificate of registration, as applicable, as a cosmetologist, hair designer, shampoo technologist, hair braider, esthetician, advanced esthetician, electrologist, nail technologist or demonstrator of cosmetics, the person must complete at least 4 hours of instruction relating to infection control and prevention in a professional course or seminar approved by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1850; A 1987, 1070; 1991, 2059; 1995, 462; 1997, 2162; 2001, 1194; 2005, 2643, 2773, 2807; 2009, 2505; 2011, 3039; 2015, 605; 2021, 2693, effective January 1, 2022)