NDAC 32-04-01-27.1

Advanced esthetician program curriculum

Last amended: 2026Year: 2026Length: 304 wordsOfficial source

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.
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