<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:42:03:06.01"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000000">20:42:03:06.01</span></a><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000001">.  Applicant for licensure by reciprocity allowed credit for work experience.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> An applicant for licensure by reciprocity may be allowed credit for work experience as follows</span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    (1)  Cosmetologist license: a maximum of </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">seven hundred fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> hours of the school education hours required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:42:06:09"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003">20:42:06:09</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> 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;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    (2)  Nail technician license: a maximum of </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">two hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> hours of the school education hours required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:42:06:09.01"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003">20:42:06:09.01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> 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</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    (3)  Esthetician license: a maximum of </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">three hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> hours of the school education hours required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:42:06:09.02"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003">20:42:06:09.02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> 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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    If the applicant holds a cosmetology-related license that is not equivalent to a cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics license in this state, the commission may allow credit for relevant work experience to apply toward the hours of education in the same manner as provided in this section for the applicable license sought by the applicant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> 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</span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">; 53 SDR 11, effective August 10, 2026</span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-15-13"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003">36-15-13</span></a><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">(14).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">    </span><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-15-19.2"><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0-000003">36-15-19.2</span></a><span class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5dc5e26a-3583-4bb5-bea6-f1a0100dfcc1000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>