Minimum standards for licensure

1. An applicant for licensure must meet the minimum standards prescribed by this subsection. a. The applicant must be at least eighteen years of age. b. The applicant must have a general education equivalent to the completion of four years of high school or certificate of general educational development. c. An electronic hair removal technician must have successfully completed a course in an electrolysis school which meets the minimum standards as set forth in section 33-03-11-08 in electronic hair removal in the technique of removing hair other than through the use of the electric needle. The applicant must provide one letter of recommendation for the issuance of a technician license from one instructor knowledgeable in the electronic hair removal process without the use of an electric needle. d. Written procedures for aseptic techniques acceptable to the department must be developed and implemented by the licensee. 2. Electronic hair removal technicians practicing or holding a license to practice from the North Dakota board of hairdressers and cosmetologists on June 30, 1979, will be deemed qualified and will be issued their licenses upon certification from the board as to the existence of such licenses. All other applicants for a license must document their qualifications for licensure in accordance with this section. 3. A licensed electronic hair removal technician is not permitted to remove hair with the use of the electric needle, but is permitted to practice any other method of hair removal.