20:42:03:03. Fees. The fees for licenses, examinations, permits, license renewals, and inspections are as follows:

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

(2) Examination retake fee, ninety dollars;

(3) Cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician license renewal fee, forty-five dollars;

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

(5) Instructor initial license fee and renewal fee, forty-five dollars;

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

(7) Fee for the certification of a license issued pursuant to SDCL chapter 36-15, for a licensee to obtain licensure in another state, or for the furnishing of other papers to another state or school, thirty dollars;

(8) Apprentice license fee, twenty-five dollars;

(9) Apprentice salon initial license fee 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 license fee, seventy-five dollars;

(13) Salon or booth license renewal fee, fifty-five dollars;

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

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

(16) Lapsed license fee, thirty dollars for each lapsed year; and

(17) Inspection fee for a prospective salon or booth at the request of the prospective applicant, seventy-five dollars for each inspection.

Fees and penalties collected pursuant to this article are nonrefundable.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 10, effective August 12, 1979; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 14 SDR 64, effective November 2, 1987; 18 SDR 79, effective November 7, 1991; 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; 33 SDR 226, effective July 1, 2007; 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 45 SDR 83, effective December 11, 2018 (effective January 1, 2020); 47 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2020; 51 SDR 141, effective July 1, 2025.

General Authority: SDCL 36-15-13(8)(12), 36-15-20, 36-15-20.1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-20, 36-15-20.1.