Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 7 - COSMETOLOGISTS (§§ 73-7-1 — 73-7-71) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 73-7-1 — 73-7-37) › Section 73-7-15 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Licensing of instructors

(1)
The board shall admit to examination for a cosmetology instructor's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a)
Is a graduate of a licensed cosmetology school;
(b)
Has a high school education or its equivalent;
(c)
Has successfully completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instructor training in a licensed school of cosmetology;
(d)
Has successfully completed six (6) semester hours in college courses approved by the board; and
(e)
Holds a current, valid Mississippi cosmetology license .
(2)
The board shall admit to examination for a barbering instructor's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a)
Is a graduate of a licensed barbering school;
(b)
Has a high school education or its equivalent;
(c)
Has (i) not less than two (2) years of active experience as a licensed barber and has successfully completed not less than six hundred (600) hours of instructor training in a licensed school of barbering or (ii) less than two (2) years of active experience as a licensed barber and has successfully completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instructor training in a licensed school of barbering;
(d)
Has successfully completed six (6) semester hours in college courses approved by the board; and
(e)
Holds a current, valid Mississippi barbering license .
(3)
The board shall admit to examination for an esthetics instructor's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a)
Has a high school education or its equivalent;
(b)
Has successfully completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instructor training in a licensed school or apprenticeship program in which the practice of esthetics is taught;
(c)
Has successfully completed six (6) semester hours in college courses approved by the board; and
(d)
Holds a current, valid Mississippi esthetician's license .
(4)
The board shall admit to examination for a nail technician instructor's license any person who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who:
(a)
Has a high school education or its equivalent;
(b)
Has successfully completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instructor training in a licensed school or apprenticeship program in which the practice of nail technology is taught;
(c)
Has successfully completed six (6) semester hours in college courses approved by the board; and
(d)
Holds a current, valid Mississippi nail technician's license.
(5)
Applicants shall satisfactorily pass the examination prescribed by the board for licensing instructors prior to the issuance of the licenses provided for in this section. However, the board may, in its discretion, issue a temporary instructor's permit until such time as the next examination may be held, the period of which shall not exceed ninety (90) days. Such applicant shall be issued only one (1) temporary permit. All applications for an instructor's examination shall be accompanied by two (2) recent passport-style photographs of the applicant.
(6)
Renewal Requirements:
(a)
All cosmetology, barbering, nail technology, and/or esthetics instructors licensed pursuant to this section shall biennially obtain twenty-four (24) clock hours of continuing education in teacher training instruction in cosmetology , barbering, esthetics or nail technology, as the case may be, as approved by the board. Any instructor who fails to obtain the continuing education required by this subsection shall neither be allowed to instruct nor to enroll students under his or her license until such continuing education requirement has been met. The board may issue an inactive instructor license to such instructors, and an inactive license may be converted into an active license only after proof satisfactory to the board of completion of at least twenty-four (24) clock hours of approved continuing education required for teacher training instruction is submitted.
(b)
All persons who have received a license as a barbering instructor from the board before July 1, 2002, shall be considered to have met the requirements of this section, and all those certificates of registration shall be renewable as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(c)
No license issued by the board may be renewed until all monetary fines and penalties assessed by the board to the licensee are paid in full.
(7)
Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section
93-11-64
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Codes, 1942, § 8915-08; Laws, 1948, ch. 367, § 8; Laws, 1960, ch. 384, § 4; Laws, 1964, ch. 450, § 7; Laws, 1979, ch. 444, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 448, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 487, § 8; Laws, 1987, ch. 516, § 7; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 553, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1993, ch. 596, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 383, § 11; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1997, ch. 513, § 11; Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 31; Laws, 2000, ch. 485, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 492, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 487, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 525, § 11, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 12, eff. 1/1/2025.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 470, HB 1312,§ 11, eff. 4/9/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 380, HB 464, 3, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 523, HB 1164, 11, eff. 7/1/2013.
Repeal date:
Miss. Code § 73-7-63 provides that this chapter is repealed effective 7/1/2024. Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 28 repeals Miss. Code § 73-7-63 effective 1/1/2025.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.