ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 36-15-13 be AMENDED:

36-15-13. The commission may promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, pertaining to the following:

(1) Application requirements for any license or permit, as provided for in this chapter;

(2) Examination and associated fees;

(3) Reports of a student's education and work performed;

(4) Minimum standards and requirements for a cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics salon and school;

(5) Minimum standards for plumbing, electrical, physical, and sanitary conditions for the health and safety of an individual utilizing a cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics salon or school;

(6) The professional conduct of a licensee;

(7) The reinstatement of a lapsed license and lapsed renewal, as provided for in § 36-15-20.1;

(8) The fee for a lapsed license and lapsed renewal, as provided for in § 36-15-20.1;

(9) The course and education requirements received by a transfer student, as provided for in § 36-15-34;

(10) The textbooks, educational material, and the general course of study for a school and for a cosmetology salon and nail salon having an apprentice, as provided for in § 36-15-46;

(11) The progress and education received by an apprentice, as provided for in § 36-15-48;

(12) The fees for all inspections, licenses, permits, and renewals;

(13) Minimum standards for the use of chemicals or any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance;

(14) Amount of work experience of an out-of-state licensed applicant that may be used as a substitute for the education requirement, as provided for in §§ 36-15-2.3, 36-15-17, and 36-15-17.1;

(15) Inspection and reinspection of an individual licensee, salon, and school;

(16) Inspection requested by a prospective salon or booth;

(17) Administration and duties of the commission; and

(18) Minimum hours of education for esthetics licensing.

Section 2. That § 36-15-20 be AMENDED:

36-15-20. The following fees may not exceed the amounts specified below:

(1) Examination and initial license fee, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(2) Examination retake fee, ninety dollars per examination;

(3) Cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician license renewal fee, fifty dollars;

(4) Temporary cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician license fee, six dollars;

(5) Instructor initial license fee and license renewal fee, fifty dollars;

(6) Reciprocity, initial license, and waiver of examination fee, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(7) Fee for a certification of a license issued under this chapter for a South Dakota licensee to obtain licensure in another state, or furnishing of other papers to another state or school, forty dollars;

(8) Apprentice license fee, thirty dollars;

(9) Apprentice salon initial license and renewal fee, three hundred dollars;

(10) School initial license fee and renewal fee, three hundred fifty dollars;

(11) Student license fee, fifteen dollars;

(12) Salon or booth initial permit license fee, eighty dollars;

(13) Salon or booth license renewal fee, sixty dollars;

(14) Reinspection fee for failed salon, seventy-five dollars for each reinspection;

(15) License duplicate or replacement fee, fifteen dollars; and

(16) Fee for the inspection of a prospective salon or booth at the request of the prospective applicant, seventy-five dollars per inspection.

Any license, permit, or renewal fee collected by the commission is the same for each respective license, permit, or renewal, regardless of the time remaining before the expiration date.

Section 3. That § 36-15-20.1 be AMENDED:

36-15-20.1. The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, concerning the reinstatement of a lapsed license and a lapsed renewal, as provided for in this chapter. The commission shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26, to establish a fee that may be no greater than forty dollars for each year the license or renewal has lapsed. The commission shall also collect the fee for the license and renewal, as provided for in this chapter.

An Act to revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: Senate as Bill No. 27 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk Senate Bill No. 27 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2025 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2025 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2025 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State