North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 06 - BARBER AND ELECTROLYSIS EXAMINERS › Subchapter Y - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 06Y .0101 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, LICENSE RENEWAL, REINSTATEMENT AND REACTIVATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The following
				are requirements for the Board to approve renewals for electrologist or laser
				hair practitioners:
(1) Each electrologist
				licensed in this State shall complete 10 CEUs as defined in
				21 NCAC
				06V .0102 per license effective period as a
				requirement for renewal of the electrology license. Electrologists with 30 or
				more years of practice without interruption in licensure shall complete 10 CEUs
				every five years. The first five-year period shall be measured from the
				issuance date of the license in year 30, and subsequent periods shall be
				measured from the issuance date in each fifth year thereafter.
(2) A laser hair practitioner licensed in
				this State shall complete 10 CEUs per license effective period as a requirement
				for renewal of the laser hair practitioner license.
(3) An electrologist or laser hair
				practitioner who has been placed on the inactive list by the Board as set forth
				in G.S.
				88A-14 for fewer than five years and desires
				to return to active status shall present certification of completion of 10 CEUs
				within the 12 months preceding the reactivation application in satisfaction of
				the competency requirement of
				G.S.
				88A-14.
(4) An electrologist or laser hair
				practitioner whose license has been expired for 90 days or more but less than
				five years shall present certification of completion of 10 CEUs for each
				license effective period or part of a license effective period that has elapsed
				since the electrologist's or laser hair practitioner's license was last
				current, in satisfaction of the competency requirement of
				G.S.
				88A-12. At least 10 of the CEUs offered in
				satisfaction of a competency requirement shall have been completed within the
				12 months immediately preceding the application for reinstatement.
(5) Not more than 10 CEUs may be carried over
				to the next license effective period. CEUs earned through home study shall only
				be carried over to the next license effective period if the following occur:
(A) The education provider records the full
				name and license number of the attendee;
(B) There is both a host and a monitor
				administering the education, where the monitor verifies that attendees are
				present during the presentation;
(C) The attendee has a camera on at all times
				so that the monitor can verify that the attendee is participating in the
				presentation;
(D) The education
				provider records the time the attendee was present during the education;
				and
(E) The education provider
				submits verification of the licensee's attendance at the presentation within 30
				days of the event to the address in
				21 NCAC
				06A .0102.
(6) Licensees shall not receive credit from
				the Board for more than 10 CEUs of home study for continuing education in each
				license effective period.
(7) In
				the initial year of licensure, new licensees who take a licensing examination
				after the sixth month of the calendar year shall not be required to obtain CEUs
				until the following renewal year.
(8) Over any two sequential license effective
				periods, the Board shall give credit for no more than five CEUs in the area of
				business management.
(9) New
				licensees shall be required to pay for inspections for the upcoming
				year.
(10) An initial license shall
				not be issued until an initial inspection has been completed on the practicing
				office.