20:42:03:06. License specific requirements for individual licensure applicants. An applicant for any of the following specific individual licenses shall submit the following additional information on forms provided by the commission:
(1) Student license: a certificate of admission by the owner or school administrator of a licensed South Dakota school;
(2) Cosmetologist or nail technician license: information relating to school and education and the number of education hours or equivalent credit hours received;
(3) Esthetician license: information relating to school and education and that the applicant has completed a minimum of six hundred hours of education or equivalent credit hours in an approved and licensed cosmetology or esthetics school;
(4) Temporary license: information required for a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician license, a certificate of graduation from a licensed school, and the location where the applicant intends to practice under a temporary license;
(5) Temporary permit for reciprocity: the salon name and address where the applicant intends to practice under the temporary permit;
(6) Apprentice license: in addition to the requirements in SDCL 36-15-42, a signed, certified letter from the salon owner stating the name and address of the salon where the apprentice education will be provided and the name and license of the instructor; and
(7) Instructor license: must meet the requirements of SDCL 36-15-25 and § 20:42:08:03.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 10, effective August 12, 1979; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 23 SDR 25, effective August 26, 1996; 24 SDR 2, effective July 23, 1997; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 176, effective July 1, 2003; 31 SDR 62, effective November 4, 2004; 32 SDR 32, effective August 29, 2005; 33 SDR 226, effective July 1, 2007; 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018.
General Authority: SDCL 36-15-2.3, 36-15-13(1), 36-15-26.2.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-2.3, 36-15-17, 36-15-17.1, 36-15-19.2, 36-15-22, 36-15-25, 36-15-33, 36-15-42, 36-15-50, 36-15-50.1.
20:42:03:06.01. Applicant for licensure by reciprocity allowed credit for work experience. An applicant for licensure by reciprocity may be allowed credit for work experience as follows:
(1) Cosmetologist license: a maximum of 750 hours of the school education hours required in § 20:42:06:09 may be earned through work experience. Two hours of work experience equals one hour of school education. If the applicant obtained the work experience more than five years before the date of the application, the applicant must take a commission-approved safety and infection control procedures course in order to receive credit for the work experience;
(2) Nail technician license: a maximum of 200 hours of the school education hours required in § 20:42:06:09.01 may be earned through work experience. Two hours of work experience equals one hour of school education. If the applicant obtained the work experience more than five years before the date of the application, the applicant must take a commission-approved safety and infection control procedures course in order to receive credit for the work experience; and
(3) Esthetician license: a maximum of 300 hours of the school education hours required in § 20:42:06:09.02 may be earned through work experience. Two hours of work experience equals one hour of school education. If the applicant obtained the work experience more than five years before the date of the application, the applicant must take a commission-approved safety and infection control procedures course in order to receive credit for the work experience.
Source: 9 SDR 96, effective January 30, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 14 SDR 64, effective November 2, 1987; 24 SDR 2, effective July 23, 1997; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 176, effective July 1, 2003; 31 SDR 62, effective November 4, 2004; 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 47 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-15-13(14).
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-19.2.
20:42:03:06.02. Transferred to § 20:42:03:13.
20:42:03:06.03. Foreign-educated applicants for licensure. In addition to the requirements of SDCL 36-15-15 and 36-15-19.2, an applicant from a foreign country shall have successfully completed 225 cosmetology education hours, 90 esthetics education hours, or 60 nail technician education hours, as applicable, at a school approved by the commission. The education shall include federal safety requirements (OSHA and FDA) for cosmetology, South Dakota cosmetology safety and infection control procedures, and United States cosmetic products.
Source: 29 SDR 176, effective July 1, 2003; 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 47 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-15-13(1).
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-19.2.
