ARSD 20:42:06:16. Transfer of student from out-of-state

A student transferring to a school in this state from a school outside this state may transfer credits or hours earned in the foreign state to any school in this state. The transferred hours shall be credited toward the 1,500 hours for cosmetology, 600 hours for esthetics, or 400 hours for nail technology, as applicable, required to be completed in this state if the course of study in the foreign school is substantially equivalent to the course of study in this state. The school shall evaluate and determine the subjects, hours, and practice services of the transfer student's prior course of education which conforms to the curriculum requirements in chapter 20:42:06 and shall give the students credit for those subjects, hours, and practice services.