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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
547
BY
BUSINESS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
BARBER
AND
COSMETOLOGY
SERVICES
ACT;
AMENDING
SECTION
2
54
-
5810,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
CERTAIN
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR
LICENSURE
3
REGARDING
COSMETOLOGISTS;
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
54
-
5810,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
54
-
5810.
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR
LICENSURE
-
-
INSTRUCTORS
-
-
APPRENTICES
8
-
-
STUDENTS.
(1)
To
qualify
for
licensure
under
this
chapter,
an
applicant
9
for
licensure
must:
10
(a)
Be
at
least
sixteen
and
one
-
half
(16
1/2)
years
of
age
at
the
time
of
1
1
application;
12
(b)
Have
completed
at
least
two
(2)
years
of
high
school
or
have
at
-
13
tained
an
equivalent
education
as
determined
by
the
board;
14
(c)
Pass
an
examination
for
the
occupation
in
which
the
applicant
is
15
seeking
licensure,
which
examination
shall
be
conducted
or
approved
by
16
the
board;
and
17
(d)
Prove
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
board
that
the
applicant
has
not
18
engaged
in
conduct
that
would
constitute
grounds
for
discipline
under
19
section
54
-
5823,
Idaho
Code.
20
(2)
Except
as
otherwise
provided,
and
in
addition
to
the
requirements
21
listed
in
subsection
(1)
of
this
section,
an
applicant
for
licensure:
22
(a)
As
a
barber,
must
have:
23
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
24
least
nine
hundred
(900)
hours
in
a
barber
school
approved
by
the
25
board;
or
26
(ii)
Completed
at
least
one
thousand
eight
hundred
(1,800)
hours
27
as
an
apprentice
in
an
apprenticeship
that
covered
all
aspects
of
28
the
practice
of
barbering;
29
(b)
As
a
barber
-
stylist,
must
have:
30
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
31
least
one
thousand
five
hundred
(1,500)
hours
in
a
barber
school
32
approved
by
the
board;
or
33
(ii)
Completed
at
least
three
thousand
(3,000)
hours
as
an
appren
-
34
tice
in
an
apprenticeship
that
covered
all
aspects
of
the
practice
35
of
barber
-
styling;
36
(c)
As
a
cosmetologist,
must
have:
37
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
38
least
one
thousand
six
hundred
(1,600)
one
thousand
(1,000)
hours
39
in
a
cosmetology
school
approved
by
the
board;
or
40
2
(ii)
Completed
at
least
three
thousand
two
hundred
(3,200)
two
1
thousand
(2,000)
hours
as
an
apprentice
in
an
apprenticeship
that
2
covered
all
aspects
of
the
practice
of
cosmetology;
3
(d)
As
an
electrologist,
must
have:
4
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
5
least
six
hundred
(600)
hours
in
a
school
approved
by
the
board;
or
6
(ii)
Completed
at
least
one
thousand
two
hundred
(1,200)
hours
as
7
an
apprentice
in
a
cosmetology
establishment
under
the
direct
per
-
8
sonal
supervision
of
a
licensed
electrologist
instructor;
9
(e)
As
an
esthetician,
must
have:
10
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
1
1
least
six
hundred
(600)
hours
in
a
school
approved
by
the
board;
or
12
(ii)
Completed
at
least
one
thousand
two
hundred
(1,200)
hours
13
as
an
apprentice
in
a
cosmetology
establishment
under
the
direct
14
personal
supervision
of
a
licensed
cosmetology
instructor.
Such
15
establishment
must
have
at
least
one
(1)
licensed
esthetician
16
on
-
site
in
accordance
with
board
rules;
and
17
(f)
As
a
nail
technician,
must
have:
18
(i)
Completed
and
graduated
from
a
course
of
instruction
of
at
19
least
four
hundred
(400)
hours
in
a
school
approved
by
the
board;
20
or
21
(ii)
Completed
at
least
eight
hundred
(800)
hours
as
an
apprentice
22
in
a
cosmetology
establishment
under
the
direct
personal
super
-
23
vision
of
a
licensed
cosmetology
instructor.
Such
establishment
24
shall
have
at
least
one
(1)
licensed
nail
technician
on
-
site
in
ac
-
25
cordance
with
board
rules.
26
(3)
To
qualify
as
an
instructor
of
barbering,
barber
-
styling,
cosme
-
27
tology,
electrology,
esthetics,
or
nail
technology,
an
applicant
must:
28
(a)
Hold
a
current
license
in
the
profession
or
closely
related
profes
-
29
sion,
as
determined
by
the
board,
for
which
the
applicant
seeks
to
in
-
30
struct;
31
(b)
Have
worked
for
at
least
five
(5)
of
the
last
seven
(7)
years
as
a
li
-
32
censed
barber,
barber
-
stylist,
cosmetologist,
electrologist,
estheti
-
33
cian,
or
nail
technician,
or
have
satisfactorily
completed:
34
(i)
A
minimum
six
(6)
month
teacher's
course
of
instruction
in
one
35
(1)
of
the
specialties
described
in
this
subsection;
or
36
(ii)
A
minimum
three
(3)
month
teacher's
course
of
instruction
in
37
a
school
of
one
(1)
of
the
specialties
described
in
this
subsec
-
38
tion,
if
the
applicant
has
at
least
two
(2)
years
of
experience
as
39
a
licensee
in
one
(1)
of
the
specialties
described
in
this
subsec
-
40
tion;
and
41
(c)
Have
completed
twelve
(12)
college
credit
hours
or
equivalent
edu
-
42
cation,
as
determined
by
the
board,
or
pass
an
examination
approved
by
43
the
board.
44
(4)
To
be
qualified
to
hold
an
apprenticeship
for
purposes
of
this
chap
-
45
ter,
a
person
must:
46
(a)
Meet
the
qualifications
set
forth
in
paragraphs
(a),
(b),
and
(d)
of
47
subsection
(1)
of
this
section;
and
48
(b)
Be
registered
as
an
apprentice
with
the
board.
49
3
(5)
To
be
considered
a
student
for
purposes
of
this
chapter,
a
person
1
must:
2
(a)
Meet
the
qualifications
set
forth
in
paragraph
(b)
of
subsection
3
(1)
of
this
section;
and
4
(b)
Be
registered
as
a
student
in
a
licensed
barber
school
or
cosmetol
-
5
ogy
school.
6
(6)
A
high
school
student
enrolled
in
a
licensed
school
may
be
under
7
sixteen
and
one
-
half
(16
1/2)
years
of
age
while
accruing
the
course
of
in
-
8
struction
hours
required
for
licensure.
9
SECTION
2.
This
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
Jan
-
10
uary
1,
2027.
1
1