NDAC 32-04-01-27
Esthetician program curriculum
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code § 32-04-01-27
The curriculum for students enrolled in an esthetician program must be six hundred hours of
training. A school or licensed instructor may not permit a student to render clinical services until a
student has completed twenty percent of the total hours of instruction required. The instruction in all
subject areas collectively must meet or exceed the overall minimum didactic and practical hours
required for the entire six-hundred-hour esthetic curriculum and must include:
Cleaning, disinfecting, and safety:
Didactic: 35 hours
Practical: 40 hours
Total 75 hours
Facials:
Didactic: 80 hours
Practical: 135 hours
Total 215 hours
Hair removal:
Didactic: 30 hours
Practical: 55 hours
Total 85 hours
Make-up:
Didactic: 25 hours
Practical: 40 hours
Total 65 hours
Additional subjects and law:
Didactic: 40 hours
Practical: 10 hours
Total 50 hours
Professionalism, ethics, and career development:
Didactic: 20 hours
Practical: 5 hours
Total 25 hours
Business:
Didactic: 30 hours
Practical: 5 hours
Total 35 hours
Enrichment:
Total 50 hours
Total hours:
600 hours