NDAC 32-04-01-27.1
Advanced esthetician program curriculum
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 32-04-01-27.1
1.
Completion of a board-approved six-hundred-hour fundamental esthetician curriculum, or its
substantial equivalent as determined by the board may be used as a prerequisite for
enrollment in the advanced esthetics training component of this curriculum. The board may
approve partial hours for completion of cosmetology curriculum.
2.
A school or licensed instructor may not permit a student to render clinical services related to
advanced esthetics procedures until a student has successfully completed the six-hundred-
hour fundamental esthetics curriculum component, or its substantial equivalent.
3.
The instruction in all subject areas collectively must meet or exceed the overall minimum
didactic and practical hours required for the entire eleven-hundred-hour advanced esthetic
curriculum and must include:
Fundamental esthetic hours:
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 fundamental esthetic hours:
600 hours
Advanced esthetics hours:
Advanced skin sciences:
Didactic: 50 hours
Practical: 25 hours
Total 75 hours
Advanced esthetic techniques and technologies:
Total 280 hours
Didactic: 70 hours
Practical: 210 hours
Medical esthetics and specialized practices:
Didactic: 45 hours
Practical: 15 hours
Total 60 hours
Advanced professional development and business:
Didactic: 35 hours
Practical: 5 hours
Total 40 hours
Advanced enrichment and special topics:
Total 45 hours
Total hours:
1,100 hours
Advanced estheticians shall obtain an active occupational safety and health administration
bloodborne pathogen certification and first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification from
board-approved training providers prior to obtaining licensure.