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MANICURIST

Description

Clean, shape, and polish customers' fingernails and toenails, and 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.

Statute/Rules NH RSA 313-A:12; Administrative Rules Chapter Bar 100 - 500
  
Regulatory Agency BOARD OF BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, AND ESTHETICS
2 Industrial Park Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-8512
  
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 year of high school or its equivalent
  • Complete 300 hours of professional training in manicuring in a school approved by the Board and pass 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

  • Not required

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:  Permitted if the other state's licensing requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of New Hampshire

Residence/Citizenship:  Neither New Hampshire residency nor US citizenship is required

Number of Active Licenses:  2,000

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 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.

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