Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Barbers › Chapter 21 - Licensure › Rule 645-21.2 - Requirements for Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The following
				criteria shall apply to licensure:
a.
				Applicants shall complete a board-approved application form. Application forms
				may be obtained from the board's website (
www.idph.iowa.gov/licensure
) or
				directly from the board office. The application and licensure fees shall be
				sent to the Board of Barbering, Professional Licensure Division, Fifth Floor,
				Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075.
b. Applicants shall present proof of
				completion of the tenth grade or equivalent education. In the event the
				applicant is a refugee or immigrant from a country where high school records no
				longer exist, the applicant shall be considered to have met this requirement
				when the applicant submits an affidavit attesting to the fact that the
				applicant has met the tenth-grade requirement.
c. Applicants shall provide an official copy
				of the transcript or diploma sent directly from the school to the board showing
				proof of completion of training at a barber school licensed by the board. If
				the applicant graduated from a school that is not licensed by the board, the
				applicant shall direct the school to provide an official transcript showing
				completion of a course of study that meets the requirements of rule
				645-23.8(158).
d. If the applicant
				has graduated from an apprenticeship program, the applicant must direct the
				United States Department of Labor to submit a certificate of completion. If the
				applicant completed all or part of a barbering apprenticeship training program
				registered by the Office of Apprenticeship of the United States Department of
				Labor while committed to the custody of the director of the department of
				corrections, the applicant shall request the department of corrections to
				provide an official transcript showing completion of all or part of the
				apprenticeship program.
e.
				Applicants shall pass both the NIC theory examination and the NIC practical
				examination with a score of 70 percent or better on each examination.
(1) The applicant shall submit the test
				registration fee for the written theory and the practical examination directly
				to the test service.
(2) NIC
				examinations are administered according to guidelines set forth by the National
				Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology.
f. An applicant shall provide verification of
				license from the state in which the applicant has most recently been licensed
				as a barber, sent directly from the state to the Iowa board of barbering
				office. The applicant must also disclose any public or pending complaints
				against the applicant in any other jurisdiction.
g. Applications for a barber license must be
				received in the board office a minimum of five business days prior to the NIC
				practical examination.
h. Licensees
				who were issued their licenses within six months prior to renewal shall not be
				required to renew their licenses until the renewal month two years
				later.
i. Incomplete applications
				that have been on file in the board office for more than two years shall be:
(1) Considered invalid and shall be
				destroyed; or
(2) Maintained upon
				written request of the applicant. The applicant is responsible for requesting
				that the file be maintained.