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 73-7-13 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Admission requirements for examination; temporary permits; issuance of licenses; requirements for barbers to be licensed in cosmetology

(1)
The board shall admit to examination for a cosmetology license any person who is at least sixteen (16) years old and who has made application to the board in proper form, has paid the required fee, and who has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours over a period of no less than nine (9) months in a licensed school of cosmetology or no less than three thousand (3,000) hours in an apprenticeship program certified by the board, and has a high school education or its equivalent or has been successfully enrolled in a community college. Apprenticeships provided for in this subsection shall be monitored or mentored by a licensed cosmetology instructor only. Only one (1) apprentice may be mentored by any person at the same time.
(2)
The board may, in its discretion, issue to any student who has completed the prescribed hours in a licensed school or approved apprenticeship program and paid the required fee a temporary permit until such time as the next examination may be held but not exceeding six (6) months. Such student shall be issued only one (1) temporary permit. Application for an examination and license shall be accompanied by two (2) recent passport-style photographs of the applicant. No temporary permit will be issued to an applicant from any other state to operate a beauty salon, barber shop or school of any profession regulated by the board in this state unless in case of emergency.
(3)
Applicants for the cosmetologist license, after having satisfactorily passed the prescribed examination, shall be issued a cosmetology license which shall be valid for two (2) years, and the license shall be subject to renewal. 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.
(4)
Any barber who has successfully completed no less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours in a licensed barber school and who holds a current valid certificate of licensure to practice barbering is eligible to take the cosmetology examination to secure a cosmetology license upon successfully completing six hundred (600) hours in a licensed school of cosmetology. All fees for application, examination, licensure, and renewal thereof shall be the same as provided for cosmetologists.
(5)
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
.
(6)
Any licensed cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, or nail technician who is registered but not actively practicing in the State of Mississippi at the time of making application for renewal of an active license, may apply for registration as inactive status. Such "inactive" status list shall be maintained by the board and shall set out the names and post office addresses of all persons registered but not actively practicing in this state, arranged alphabetically by name and also by the municipalities and states of their last-known professional or residential address. Only the cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians and nail technicians registered on the appropriate list as actively practicing in the State of Mississippi shall be authorized to practice those professions. No cosmetologist, barber, nail technician or esthetician shall be registered on the "inactive" list until the person has furnished a statement of intent to take such action to the board. Any licensed cosmetologist, barber, nail technician or esthetician , who is registered on the "inactive" status list shall not be eligible for active licensure status until either of the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a)
Written application shall be submitted to the board stating the reasons for such inactivity and setting forth such other information as the board may require on an individual basis and completion of the number of clock hours of continuing education as approved by the board; or
(b)
Evidence to the satisfaction of the board shall be submitted that they have actively practiced their profession in good standing in another state and have not been guilty of conduct that would warrant suspension or revocation as provided by applicable law; and
(c)
Payment of the fee for processing such inactive license shall be paid biennially in accordance to board rules.
Codes, 1942, § 8915-07; Laws, 1948, ch. 367, § 7; Laws, 1960, ch. 384, § 3; Laws, 1964, ch. 450, § 6; Laws, 1982, ch. 448, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 487, § 7; Laws, 1987, ch. 516, § 5; Laws, 1988, ch. 537, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 553, § 9; Laws, 1993, ch. 596, § 10; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 383, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 513, § 9; Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 29; Laws, 2000, ch. 485, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 492, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 487, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 525, § 9, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 9, eff. 1/1/2025.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 470, HB 1312,§ 9, eff. 4/9/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 380, HB 464, 2, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 345, SB 2040, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 523, HB 1164, 9, 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.