TITLE: Relating to the education requirements to obtain certain manicurist and manicurist specialty licenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the education requirements to obtain certain manicurist and manicurist specialty licenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the education requirements to obtain certain manicurist and manicurist specialty licenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1601.257(b), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An applicant for a manicurist license must: (1) be at least 17 years of age; (2) have completed the seventh grade or the equivalent of the seventh grade; (3) have completed a commission-approved training program consisting of 300 [600] hours of instruction in manicuring; and (4) submit the required fee with the application. SECTION 2. Section 1601.262, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B) must: (1) be at least 17 years of age and have completed the seventh grade or its equivalent; and (2) have completed: (A) 600 [900] hours of instruction in a barber technician/manicurist curriculum in a commission-approved training program; or (B) 300 [600] hours of instruction in a manicure curriculum and 300 hours of instruction in a barber technician curriculum in a commission-approved training program. (d) Of the 600 hours of instruction required by Subsection (c)(2)(A), not more than 300 hours may be in the manicurist portion of the curriculum. SECTION 3. Section 1602.256(b), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) To be eligible for a manicurist specialty license, an applicant must: (1) be at least 17 years of age; (2) have obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and (3) have completed 300 [600] hours of instruction in manicuring through a commission-approved training program. SECTION 4. Section 1602.261, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (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) 900 [1,200] hours of instruction in a manicure/esthetics specialty curriculum in a commission-approved training program; or (B) 300 [600] hours of instruction in a manicure curriculum and 750 hours of instruction in an esthetics curriculum in commission-approved training programs. (d) Of the 900 hours of instruction required by Subsection (c)(2)(A), not more than 300 hours may be from the manicurist portion of the curriculum. SECTION 5. Sections 1601.257, 1601.262, 1602.256, and 1602.261, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for a license filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a license filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.