NDAC 32-04-01-28
Manicurist program curriculum
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 32-04-01-28
The curriculum for students enrolled in a manicurist program must be three hundred fifty hours. 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
must collectively meet or exceed the overall minimum didactic and practical hours required for the
entire three-hundred-fifty-hour manicuring curriculum and must include:
Cleaning, disinfecting, and safety:
Didactic: 20 hours
Practical: 30 hours
Total 50 hours
Manicuring and pedicuring:
Didactic: 10 hours
Practical: 30 hours
Total 40 hours
Nail enhancements:
Didactic: 50 hours
Practical: 100 hours
Total 150 hours
Additional subjects and law:
Didactic: 50 hours
Practical: 10 hours
Total 60 hours
Business, professionalism, and ethics:
Didactic: 25 hours
Practical: 15 hours
Total 40 hours
Unassigned:
Total 10 hours
Total hours:
350 hours