Qualifications for State Cosmetology Examinations

PURPOSE: This rule establishes qualifications and requirements for the state cosmetology examination. (1) Qualifications for State Exam. (A) No person shall be admitted to take a state examination except upon a satisfactory showing that training requirements have been completed. (B) No training received in a school may be credited towards the fulfillment of the hours necessary in an apprenticeship program and no training received in a beauty cosmetology establishment may be credited towards the hours necessary in a school to meet the minimum requirements necessary to qualify for a state examination. (C) For the purpose of meeting the minimum requirements for examination, training hours completed by a student or apprentice shall only be recognized by the board for a period of five (5) years from the date the board issues the relevant student or apprentice license to the person. (D) In order to be scheduled for examination, all training hours must be completed and a properly completed application on a form supplied by the board must be received by the board within five (5) years from the date the board issued his/her student or apprentice license. The Application for Examination/Temporary Permit Form must be received in the test administrator’s office, along with all applicable examination fees, no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the scheduled examination the applicant desires to take. Applications received after this cut-off date and all applications received after every available space for the examination has been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled examination. (E) The minimum passing examination scores required for licensure as an operator are seventy-five (75) for the practical examination and seventy-five (75) for the written examination. (2) Temporary Permit. An individual who has been approved to take the state examination may, at the same time, apply for a temporary permit to practice cosmetology in the specific classification for which the individual has applied for licensure. An individual operating under a temporary permit shall be under the supervision of a person currently licensed by the board in the specific classification of cosmetology in the specific classification of the temporary permit. A temporary permit issued to a student or apprentice pursuant to section 329.060, RSMo, will be terminated if the student or apprentice fails to pass an examination or fails to appear for a scheduled examination. Thereafter, the person may practice any of the classified occupations of cosmetology in Missouri only after passing a state examination and receiving a license. An additional temporary permit shall not be issued to any individual. (3) Failure of State Exam. (A) Any person desiring to retake an examination for any reason will be required to submit a Re-Examination Scheduling Request Form, along with the appropriate fee to the test administrator’s office before being scheduled for the examination. (B) Any person that fails any portion of the cosmetology examination three (3) times shall be required to obtain additional training of not less than forty (40) hours in each of those subjects failed, not to exceed one hundred sixty (160) hours total. The additional training shall be certified by any school of cosmetology licensed by this board. After additional training has been obtained, any person desiring to retake the examination will be required to submit a Re-Examination Application to the test administrator’s office, along with the regular examination fee. Any apprentice that desires to retake the cosmetology licensure examination shall comply with the requirements pursuant to 20 CSR 2085-7.010(3)(B). (C) Any apprentice that fails any portion of the cosmetology examination three (3) times shall be required to obtain additional training of not less than eighty (80) hours in each of those subjects failed, not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) hours total. The additional training shall be certified by an apprentice supervisor licensed by this board. After additional training has been obtained, any person desiring to retake the examination will be required to submit a Re-Examination Application to the test administrator’s office, along with the regular examination fees. Any apprentice that desires to retake the cosmetology licensure examination shall comply with the requirements of 20 CSR 20857.010(3)(B). (4) Credit for Out-of-State or Out-of-Country Training. (A) Any person who lawfully practiced or received training in another state or country who does not qualify for licensure without examination may apply to the board for licensure by examination. The board will evaluate the applicant’s experience and training to determine the extent to which the applicant’s training and experience satisfies current Missouri licensing requirements. Any person that receives credit for out-of-state training or out-of-country training but still does not meet the qualifications to take the Missouri cosmetology examination will receive notice from the board of the exact training requirements necessary to completely satisfy the state examination qualifications as set forth in Chapter 329, RSMo. The applicant for licensure under this subsection shall pay the appropriate examination and licensure fees. 1. An applicant for the Missouri cosmetology examination, as an apprentice or a student, who has obtained training hours outside Missouri, may be given credit for those training hours so long as they were received from a licensed school of cosmetology or licensed apprentice program in the other state or country. 2. For purposes of review of an application for examination from an applicant pursuant to section 329.050.2, RSMo, a school of cosmetology or an apprentice program in another state or territory of the United States, province or country shall be considered to have substantially the same requirements as an educational establishment licensed pursuant to Chapter 329, RSMo, if the board is satisfied that it has substantially the same requirements as set forth in section 329.040.3–7, RSMo, and rule 20 CSR 208512.050(1)(A). (B) Any person desiring credit for training received in another state shall submit an affidavit completed by the state licensing board or the school where the hours were completed which verifies the following: applicant name; school name and address; date of termination of training; total hours earned by the student and distribution of those hours by subject for each of the subject areas required by section 329.040, RSMo or 20 CSR 208512.050(1)(A), for which credit is sought. The affidavit shall be completed on a form supplied by the board and shall also contain the name and title of the person completing the form, the date completed and the state board seal, school seal or notary statement. Training completed by the applicant shall be recognized by the board for a period of no more than five (5) years from the date it was received. (C) All foreign documents or documents not in the English language must be certified by a board approved credential evaluating service. AUTHORITY: sections 329.025.1, 329.050, 329.060, and 329.130.2, RSMo Supp. 2008.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed April 3, 2009, effective Sept. 30, 2009. *Original authority: 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008; 329.050, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1961, 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005; 329.060, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2005; and 329.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1961, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2005.