225 ILCS 410/3A-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 410/ - Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985.|Article IIIA - Estheticians

 (from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-5)(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)Sec. 3A-5. Examination.(a) The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants for a  license as an esthetician or teacher of esthetics at such times and places as  it may determine.  The  Department shall authorize no fewer than 4 examinations for  a license as an esthetician or a teacher of esthetics in a calendar year. An applicant for licensure as an esthetician who has completed 600 hours in the study of esthetics may take the examination.If an applicant neglects, fails without an approved excuse, or refuses to  take the next available examination offered for licensure under this Act,  the fee paid by the applicant shall be forfeited to the Department and the  application denied.  If an applicant fails to pass an examination for licensure  under this Act within 3 years after filing his or her application, the  application shall be denied.  However, such applicant may thereafter make a  new application for examination, accompanied by the required fee, if he or she  meets the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.  If an applicant  for licensure as an esthetician is unsuccessful at 3 examinations conducted by  the Department, the applicant shall, before taking a subsequent examination,  furnish evidence of not less than 125 hours of additional study of esthetics in  an approved school of cosmetology or esthetics since the applicant last took  the examination.  If an applicant for licensure as an esthetics teacher is unsuccessful at 3 examinations conducted by the  Department, the applicant shall, before taking a subsequent examination,  furnish evidence of not less than 80 hours of additional study in teaching  methodology and educational psychology in a licensed school of cosmetology or  esthetics since the applicant last took the examination.  An applicant who  fails to pass a fourth examination shall not again be admitted to an  examination unless (i) in the case of an applicant for licensure as an  esthetician, the applicant shall again take and complete a program of 750 hours  in the study of esthetics in a licensed school of cosmetology approved to teach  esthetics or a school of esthetics, extending over a period that  commences after the applicant fails to pass the fourth examination and that is  not less than 18 weeks nor more than 4 consecutive years in duration; or (ii) in  the case of an applicant for a license as an esthetics teacher, the applicant  shall again take and complete a program of 750 hours of teacher  training in a  school of cosmetology approved to teach esthetics or a school of esthetics,  except that if the applicant had 2 years of practical experience as a licensed  cosmetologist or esthetician within 5 years preceding the initial examination  taken by the applicant, the applicant must again take and complete a program  of 500 hours of  teacher training in  licensed cosmetology or a licensed esthetics school.(b) Each applicant shall be given a written examination testing both  theoretical and practical knowledge which shall include, but not be limited to,  questions that determine the applicant's knowledge, as provided by rule.(c) The examination of applicants for licensure as an esthetics teacher may  include:(1) teaching methodology;(2) classroom management; and(3) record keeping and any other subjects that the     Department may deem necessary to insure competent performance.(d) This Act does not prohibit the practice of esthetics by one who has  applied in writing to the Department, in form and substance satisfactory to  the Department, for a license as an esthetician or an esthetics teacher and has complied with all the provisions of this Act  in order to qualify for a license, except the passing of an examination to be  eligible to receive such license certificate, until: (i) the expiration of 6  months after the filing of such written application, or (ii) the decision  of the Department that the applicant has failed to pass an examination within  6 months or failed without an approved excuse to take an examination conducted  within 6 months by the Department, or (iii) the withdrawal of the application.  (Source: P.A. 100-642, eff. 1-1-19; 100-934, eff. 1-1-19.)