Description
Clean, shape and polish customers’ fingernails and toenails, remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs. Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors and files. Clean customers’ nails. Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer, or apply clear or colored liquid polish onto nails with brush.
| Legislation |
Statutes: NH RSA 313-A:12
Administrative Rules: Chapter Bar 100 - 500 |
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| Regulatory Agency |
New Hampshire 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 |
Licensure Requirements
- Must be of good professional character
- Complete four years of high school or its equivalent
- Complete 300 hours of professional training in manicuring in a school approved by the Board and passed an examination conducted by the Board; or complete an apprenticeship in a salon, and have received, in the opinion of the Board, the equivalent of the required course
Examination
- Written and practical examinations required
Continuing Education
Fees
| Apprentice registration |
$25.00 |
| Biennial apprentice renewal |
$30.00 |
| Examination |
$124.00 |
| 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
- Permitted if the other state's licensing requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of New Hampshire
Residence/Citizenship
- New Hampshire residency is not required
- US citizenship is not required
Number of Active Licenses: 1,466
Standard Occupational Code (O*Net)
39-5092.00 Manicurists and Pedicurists
Related Training
Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist; Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General
Further Information*
DL Roope Administrations Inc.
(exam administration)
PO Box 631
Hampden, ME 04444
phone 1-888-375-2020
web <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: December 2009
*For reference only. This listing does not constitute an endorsement of any organization, and is subject to change.
