Description
Provides beauty services for customers. Give facials, apply makeup, give therapeutic skin care treatments, remove superfluous hair, and apply eyelashes. Keep up with current trends in beauty care and use cosmetic preparations and appliances. Work in beauty parlors with cosmetologists and manicurists.
| Statute/Rules |
NH RSA 313-A:13; Administrative Rules Chapter Bar 100 - 500 |
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| Regulatory Agency |
BOARD OF BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, AND ESTHETICS
2 Industrial Park Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 |
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| phone |
(603) 271-3608 |
| fax |
(603) 271-8889 |
| web |
www.nh.gov/cosmet |
| contact person |
Lynda Elliott, Board Administrator |
| e-mail |
not provided |
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Licensure Requirements
- Must be of good professional character
- Complete high school or its equivalent
- Pay a fee established by the Board
- Complete a course of at least 600 hours of training in a school approved by the Board and pass an examination conducted by the Board; or have proof of professional practice for three years prior to July 1, 1989
- Credit towards hours requirement for esthetician training may be given to a licensed cosmetologist or barber for equivalent training in the cosmetology or barber program in a school approved by the Board upon certification of the training school. Cosmetologists licensed by the Board may obtain the training hours in subjects required by the Board in increments at separate schools but must present certifications to the Board for all required hours and curriculum subjects.
Examination
- Written and practical examinations required
Continuing Education
Fees
| Apprentice registration |
$25.00 |
| Biennial apprentice renewal |
$30.00 |
| Examination |
$99.00 |
| Biennial renewal |
$40.00 |
Licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the odd year next succeeding its date of issuance
Reciprocity: The Board shall license any applicant who is similarly licensed in any other state, provided the other state's licensing requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of this state
Residence/Citizenship: Neither New Hampshire residency nor US citizenship is required
Number of Active Licenses: 1,500
Standard Occupational Code (O*Net): 39-5094.00 Skin Care Specialists
Related Training: Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist; Facial Treatment Specialist/Facialist; Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
Further Information*
DL Roope Administrations Inc.
(exam administrator)
PO Box 631
Hampden ME 04444
phone: (888) 375-2020
web: <http://dlroope.com>
National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology
7622 Briarwood Circle
Little Rock AR 72205
phone: (501) 227-8262
web: <www.nictesting.org/>
last revision: August 2007
*For reference only. This listing does not constitute an endorsement of any organization, and is subject to change.
