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REFERENCE TITLE: barbering and cosmetology; licensure |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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SB 1118 |
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Introduced by Senator Dunn
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An Act
amending sections 32-501, 32-502, 32-504, 32-506, 32-507, 32-510, 32-511, 32-512 and 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 32, chapter 5, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 32-512.02; amending sections 32-515, 32-518, 32-531, 32-532, 32-533, 32-536, 32-537, 32-543, 32-545, 32-551, 32-552 and 32-563, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the barbering and cosmetology board.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-501. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Aesthetician" means a person who is licensed to practice aesthetics pursuant to this chapter.
2. "Aesthetics" means any one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed for cosmetic purposes of the stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the skin surface:
(a) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics, clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or electrical appliances on a person's face, neck, arms, legs or trunk.
(b) Arching eyebrows, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes or applying eyelash extensions.
(c) Removing superfluous hair by means other than electrolysis or threading.
(d) Using chemicals to alter the hair structure on the face, including lash lifts and brow laminations.
(e) Basic exfoliation, manual or MACHINE skin cleansing and basic extractions.
3. "Barber" means a person who is licensed to practice barbering pursuant to this chapter.
4. "Barbering" means any one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed on a person's head, face, neck or shoulders for cosmetic purposes:
(a) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair.
(b) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics, clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or electrical appliances.
(c) Styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent waving, straightening, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, dyeing, tinting, coloring or similarly treating hair.
(d) Providing hair attachments, extensions, hairpieces and wigs when performed by a barber.
(e) Shaving or trimming a beard.
(f) Providing skin care, including facials, corrective treatments, blackhead and acne removal and masks and treatment creams.
(g) Removing unwanted hair by means other than electrolysis or threading, including using a straight razor to remove hair from the head, face and neck.
5. "Board" means the barbering and cosmetology board.
6. "Cosmetic purposes" means for the purpose of beautifying, preserving or conferring comeliness, excluding therapeutic massage and manipulations.
7. "Cosmetologist" means a person who is licensed to practice cosmetology pursuant to this chapter.
8. "Cosmetology" means any one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed for cosmetic purposes:
(a) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics, clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or electrical appliances on a person's scalp, face, neck, arms, legs or trunk.
(b) Arching eyebrows, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes or applying eyelash extensions.
(c) Removing superfluous hair by means other than electrolysis or threading.
(d) Using chemicals to alter hair structure on the face, including lash lifts and brow laminations.
(e) Basic exfoliation, manual or machine skin cleansing and basic extractions.
(d) (f) Nail technology.
(e) (g) Hairstyling.
9. "Electrical appliances" means devices that use electrical current and includes lasers and IPL devices as defined in section 32-516.
10. "Establishment" means any of the following:
(a) An establishment or shop that is operated for the purpose of engaging in the practice of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology, hairstyling or eyelash extensions or any combination of the practices listed in this subdivision.
(b) An establishment or shop together with a retrofitted motor vehicle that is used exclusively as a mobile facility for the purpose of engaging in the practice of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling or any combination of the practices listed in this subdivision and that is operated and dispatched through the establishment.
(c) A retrofitted motor vehicle that is exclusively used as a mobile facility for the purpose of engaging in the practice of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling or any combination of the practices listed in this subdivision and that is operated and dispatched from a business that has a physical street address on file with the board.
11. "Eyelash extensions":
(a) Means applying, removing and trimming threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash.
(b) Includes cleansing the eye area and lashes.
(c) Does not include applying eyelash enhancements that are tattoos, color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave solutions or bleaching agents to the eyebrow or any other cosmetology service.
12. "Eyelash technician" means a person who is not licensed as a cosmetologist or aesthetician and who for compensation performs personal services limited to eyelash extensions.
13. "Hairstyling" means any of the following:
(a) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair.
(b) processing, styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent waving, straightening, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, dyeing, tinting, coloring or similarly treating hair.
(c) Removing superfluous hair from the neck up by means other than electrolysis or threading, including using a feather razor or razor with a guard other than a straight razor to remove hair from the head, face and neck.
14. "Hairstylist" means a person who is licensed to practice hairstyling pursuant to this chapter.
15. "Instructor" means a person who is licensed to teach barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination of these practices, pursuant to this chapter.
16. "Mentor" means a cosmetologist, aesthetician, barber, hairstylist or nail technician who is approved by the board to train a person in a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in cosmetology or barbering in an establishment that is licensed by the board.
17. "Nail technician" means a person who is licensed to practice nail technology pursuant to this chapter.
18. "Nail technology" means any of the following:
(a) Cutting, trimming, polishing, coloring, tinting, cleansing or otherwise treating a person's nails.
(b) Applying artificial nails.
(c) Massaging and cleaning a person's hands, arms, legs and feet.
19. "School" means an establishment that is operated for the purpose of teaching barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination of these practices.
20. "Threading" means a service that results in the removal of hair from its follicle from around the eyebrows and from other parts of the face with the use of a single strand of cotton thread and an over-the-counter astringent, if the service does not use chemicals of any kind, wax or any implements, instruments or tools to remove hair.
Sec. 2. Section 32-502, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-502. Barbering and cosmetology board; members; appointment; qualifications; terms; removal
A. The barbering and cosmetology board is established consisting of the following members who are appointed by the governor:
1. One cosmetologist, AESTHETICIAN, hairstylist, nail TECHNICIAN or licensed educator who has actively practiced cosmetology, aesthetics, hairstyling or nail technology in this state for at least three years immediately preceding appointment.
2. Two school owners who do not own the same school, one of whom owns a school that teaches cosmetology, aesthetics, hairstyling or nail technology and one of whom owns a school that teaches barbering.
3. Five public members, preferably one of whom is an educator, who are not and have never been associated with the barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, hairstyling or nail technology industry, licensed as a barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, hairstylist or nail technician or involved in manufacturing barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics or nail technology products.
4. One barber who has actively practiced barbering in this state for at least three years.
B. The term of office for members is three years beginning and ending June 22.
C. The governor may remove board members for neglect of duty, malfeasance or misfeasance.
Sec. 3. Section 32-504, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-504. Powers and duties
A. The board shall:
1. Adopt rules that are necessary and proper to administer this chapter, including:
(a) Sanitary and safety requirements for establishments and schools.
(b) Sanitary and safety standards for the practices of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology, eyelash technology and hairstyling.
(c) Mobile facility requirements.
2. Administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
3. Either prepare, administer and grade practical and written examinations or contract with a national professional organization for aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, hairstyling and nail technology that is selected by the board to prepare, administer and grade practical and written examinations.
4. Make and maintain a record of its acts and proceedings, including the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension or revocation of licenses and registrations and public reproofs of licensees and registrants.
5. Evidence its official acts by the signature of the chairperson or vice chairperson of the board or a representative designated by the board.
6. Keep records of the board open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
7. Prescribe minimum school curriculum requirements for barbers, cosmetologists, aestheticians, nail technicians, hairstylists and instructors.
8. Prescribe standards and requirements for the provision of establishment services through mobile facilities and in customer locations.
9. Approve an aesthetician, a barber, a cosmetologist, a hairstylist or a nail technician as a mentor based on the licensee's record of compliance with this chapter. The board may not condition the approval on the licensee's payment of an additional fee or completion of an additional requirement.
B. The board may:
1. Inspect the premises of any establishment or school during business hours.
2. Delegate authority to its executive director to issue licenses and registrations to applicants who meet the requirements of this chapter.
Sec. 4. Section 32-506, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-506. Nonapplicability of chapter
This chapter does not apply to the following persons while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:
1. Medical practitioners who are licensed pursuant to this title if the practices treat physical or mental ailments or disease.
2. Commissioned physicians and surgeons who are serving in the armed forces of the United States or other federal agencies.
3. Persons who are licensed pursuant to chapter 12 of this title.
4. Students who are attending schools licensed by the board while they are on school premises during school hours or off campus at a school-sponsored event.
5. Persons employed by theatrical groups who apply makeup, oils and cosmetics.
6. Persons who sell makeup, oils and cosmetics and who apply such products during the process of selling such products.
7. Shampoo assistants who shampoo hair under the direction of a barber, cosmetologist or hairstylist licensed pursuant to this chapter.
8. Services performed by and for persons who are in the custody of the state department of corrections.
9. Persons who apply makeup, oils and cosmetics to patients in a hospital, nursing home or residential care institution with the consent of the patient and the hospital, nursing home or residential care institution.
10. Persons who provide a service that results in tension on hair strands or roots by twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking or braiding if the service does not include the application of dyes, reactive chemicals or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair.
11. Persons who provide threading.
12. Persons who provide tanning services by means of airbrushing, tanning beds or spray tanning.
13. Persons who apply makeup, including eyelash enhancements. This paragraph does not apply if a person is engaging in the practice of aesthetics or cosmetology. A person who is exempt pursuant to this paragraph shall post a sign in a conspicuous location in the person's place of business notifying the public that the person's services are not regulated by the board.
14. Persons who dry, style, arrange, dress, curl, hot iron or shampoo and condition hair if the service does not include applying reactive chemicals to permanently straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair and if the person takes and completes a class relating to sanitation, infection protection and law review that is provided by the board or its designee. This paragraph does not apply if a person is engaging in the practice of aesthetics or cosmetology. A person who is exempt pursuant to this paragraph shall post a sign in a conspicuous location in the person's place of business notifying the public that the person's services are not regulated by the board.
15. Persons who are participating in a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program as described in section 32-510, 32-511, 32-512, 32-512.01 or 32-512.02 while working with a mentor in an establishment that is licensed by the board.
16. Persons who are licensed in another state and who are working in this state at a charitable event that benefits a nonprofit organization.
17. Persons who are licensed in another state, who are in this state for not more than two weeks and who provide services for persons who are attending an athletic, charitable, artistic or social event in this state.
18. Persons who are enrolled in a school that is licensed by the board and who shampoo, rinse and apply cream rinse, conditioners and reconstructors to hair, including hair that has been treated with color or bleach.
19. Persons who perform services without compensation in either any of the following:
(a) An emergency.
(b) A domestic administration.
(c) a Charitable event for a nonprofit organization.
20. Persons who perform barbering, cosmetology, hairstyling or nail technology services in a funeral establishment as defined in section 32-1301.
Sec. 5. Section 32-507, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-507. Fees
A. The board shall establish and collect fees not to exceed the following:
1. Application for initial personal license, a onetime fee of $100.
2. Application for personal reciprocity or universal license, a onetime fee of $200.
3. Application for establishment license, including change of ownership, $250.
4. Application for school license and initial inspection fee, including change of ownership and change of location, $1,000.
5. Application for certification of licensure or hours, $30.
6. Personal license renewal, $100 to be paid once every two years pursuant to section 32-517 or 32-535.
7. Personal license delinquent renewal, $150.
8. Establishment license after a change of location, $150 an amount to be determined by the board.
9. Establishment license renewal, $100.
10. Establishment license delinquent renewal, $150.
11. School license renewal, $500.
12. School license delinquent renewal, $600.
13. Delinquent penalties for each year or portion of a year for which the license was inactive expired.
14. Computer printouts of names of licensees, up to $.10 per name.
15. Duplicate license, $30.
16. Dishonored checks, $20.
17. Copying charges, $1 per page. For audiotapes, videotapes, computer discs or other mediums used for recording sounds, images or information, $15 per tape, disc or other medium.
18. Board-administered educational classes, $100.
19. Service charges for persons who pay with alternative payment methods, including credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and electronic transfers, not to exceed the cost of the alternative payment method.
20. Eyelash technician registration, an amount to be determined by the board.
21. Eyelash technician registration renewal, an amount to be determined by the board.
22. Eyelash technician registration delinquent renewal, an amount to be determined by the board.
B. The board may charge additional fees for:
1. Documents and publications provided by the board.
2. Services that the board deems appropriate to carry out its intent and purpose. These additional fees shall not exceed the costs of rendering the services.
Sec. 6. Section 32-510, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-510. Aestheticians; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive an aesthetician's license if the person:
1. Submits to the board an application for an aesthetician's license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:
(a) That the person is a graduate of an aesthetician school in another state or country that has substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.
(b) That the person is a graduate of an aesthetician course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in aesthetics that includes at least two hundred hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.
4. Passes the examination EXAMINATIONS for an aesthetician's license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees for an aesthetician's license.
Sec. 7. Section 32-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-511. Cosmetologists; applications; qualifications; exceptions
a. A person is entitled to receive a cosmetologist license if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a cosmetologist license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:
(a) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology course consisting of at least one thousand five hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(b) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.
(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in cosmetology that includes at least two hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed pursuant to this chapter by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.
4. Passes the examination examinations for a cosmetologist license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees.
b. subsection a, paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section do not apply to a person who has an active barber license issued pursuant to this chapter. A person who has an active barber license is entitled to receive a cosmetology license if the person SATISFACTORILY completes a three hundred-hour course consisting of cosmetology techniques in a school licensed by the board.
Sec. 8. Section 32-512, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-512. Nail technicians; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive a license to practice nail technology if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a nail technician license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any of the following:
(a) That the person graduated from a nail technology school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.
(b) That the person completed a nail technician course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(c) That the person completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in nail technology that includes at least one hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a nail technician license.
5. Passes the examination examinations for a nail technician license.
Sec. 9. Section 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-512.01. Hairstylists; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive a hairstylist license to practice hairstyling if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Either:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person meets any of the following:
(a) Graduated from a hairstyling school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.
(b) Completed a hairstylist course consisting of at least one thousand hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(c) Completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in hairstyling that includes at least two hundred hours of infection protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a hairstylist license.
5. Passes the examination examinations for a hairstylist license.
Sec. 10. Repeal
Section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 11. Title 32, chapter 5, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 32-512.02, to read:
32-512.02. Barbers; applications; qualifications
a. A person is entitled to receive a barber license if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a barber license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Either:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as PRESCRIBED by the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen YEARS of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person meets any of the following:
(a) Graduated from a BARBERING school in ANOTHER state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the BOARD.
(b) Completed a barbering course CONSISTING of at least one thousand two hundred hours of TRAINING in a school licensed by the board.
(c) completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in barbering that includes at least two hundred fifty hours of infection PROTECTION and law review instruction. the person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is LICENSED by the board or a school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure REQUIREMENTS that are substantially equivalent to the REQUIREMENTS of this state.
(ii) A department of Economic security-approved apprentice program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a barber license.
5. Passes the examinations for a barber license.
b. subsection a, paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section do not apply to a person who has an active COSMETOLOGIST or HAIRSTYLIST license issued pursuant to this CHAPTER. A person who has an active COSMETOLOGIST or hairstylist license is entitled to receive a barber license if the person SATISFACTORILY completes a two hundred-hour course consisting of barbering techniques in a school licensed by the board.
Sec. 12. Section 32-515, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-515. Reexaminations
A. An applicant who fails an examination for a license pursuant to this article is entitled to a reexamination.
B. If an applicant fails either part of the an examination, the applicant shall only retake the part of only the examination that the applicant failed.
C. If one year or more elapses between an applicant's initial examination and reexamination, the applicant shall take both the written and practical parts of the examination.
D. An applicant desiring to be reexamined shall:
1. Apply to the board, if the board is administering the examination, on forms it prescribes and furnishes or to a national professional organization selected by the board to administer the examination.
2. Pay the prescribed examination fee.
Sec. 13. Section 32-518, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-518. Expired licenses; reactivation; suspension
A. A license that is not renewed pursuant to section 32-517 automatically reverts to inactive expired status.
B. A licensee may reactivate an inactive expired license:
1. If a the license has been inactive expired for less than one year, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty.
2. If a the license has been inactive expired for one year two years or more but less than five years, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty and submitting proof of satisfying educational requirements prescribed by the board in its rules.
C. A license that has been inactive expired for five years is automatically suspended.
D. A licensee shall not practice under an inactive expired license.
Sec. 14. Section 32-531, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-531. Instructors; applications; qualifications; denial; hearing
A. A person is entitled to receive a license to teach barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person meets all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board.
2. Either:
(a) 2. Holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen nineteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Is a licensed barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist, is applying for an instructor license to teach a subject in which the person is licensed, has practiced for at least one year in the profession for which the person is applying for an instructor license and has received the following hours of instructor training:
(a) For a cosmetologist instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
(b) For an aesthetics instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
(c) For a nail technician instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
(d) For a hairstylist instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
(e) For a barbering instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
4. Passes a written examination and a practical examination for an instructor license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees.
6. Completes an infection prevention, sanitation and law review class provided by the board.
B. An applicant may appeal the board's denial of an instructor license by requesting a hearing. The hearing shall be before the board at its next regular meeting that follows the board's receipt of the request. At the hearing the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate that the alleged deficiencies that are the basis of the denial do not exist.
Sec. 15. Section 32-532, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-532. Instructors; license reciprocity
Notwithstanding section 32-531, a person is entitled to receive a license to teach barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board, pays the prescribed fees and meets one of the following:
1. Is a current licensed barbering instructor, cosmetology instructor, aesthetics instructor, nail technology instructor or hairstyling instructor in another state or country.
2. Is a current licensed barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist in another state or country and has at least one year of instructor experience in the other state or country in barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination of these practices.
3. Meets all of the following:
(a) Either:
(i) (a) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen nineteen years of age. and holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules.
(ii) Holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Is a licensed barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist in another state or country.
(c) Completes instructor training in another state or country that has instructor education requirements that are at least substantially equivalent to those of this state.
(d) Passes a written examination and a practical examination for an instructor license.
(e) Has five years at leaST one year of licensed industry experience within the ten years preceding application.
(f) Meets requirements as prescribed by the board in its rules.
(g) Completes an infection prevention, sanitation and law review class provided by the board.
Sec. 16. Section 32-533, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-533. Instructor examinations; reexaminations
A. An examination for an instructor license shall be written and practical.
B. The board shall inform each applicant of the applicant's examination results in writing.
b. The board or a national professional organization for barbering or COSMETOLOGY that is selected by the board, or both, shall inform each applicant of the applicant's EXAMINATION results.
C. The board shall make an accurate record of each examination.
D. An applicant who fails any part of the examination twice shall attend a school licensed pursuant to this chapter for two hundred fifty hours of instructor training.
E. An applicant desiring to be reexamined shall apply to the board on forms it prescribes and furnishes and pay the prescribed examination fee to the national professional organization for barbering or COSMETOLOGY that the board selects to administer written and practical examinations for a barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail TECHNICIAN or hairstylist instructor license.
Sec. 17. Section 32-536, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-536. Instructor practice; instruction
A. An instructor, without having an individual license to practice, may practice in the category of practice in which the instructor is licensed to practice in an establishment that is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
B. An instructor shall teach only in the area in which the instructor is licensed by the board to teach.
Sec. 18. Section 32-537, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-537. Instructors; expired licenses; reactivation; suspension
A. An instructor license that is not renewed pursuant to section 32-535 automatically reverts to inactive expired status.
B. A licensee may reactivate an inactive expired license:
1. If a the license has been inactive expired for less than one year two years, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty.
2. If a the license has been inactive for one year Expired for two years or more but less than five years, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty and submitting proof of satisfying educational requirements prescribed by the board in its rules.
C. A license that has been inactive expired for five years is automatically suspended.
D. A licensee shall not practice under an inactive expired license.
Sec. 19. Section 32-543, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-543. Required display; licenses; inspection sheet; barber pole
a. Each establishment shall display the following in a conspicuous location that is readily observable by any patron:
1. The current establishment license.
2. The current license for each barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist who is practicing in the establishment.
3. The current registration for each eyelash technician who is practicing in the establishment.
4. The latest inspection sheet for the establishment.
b. ONLY an establishment with a practicing barber who is licensed pursuant to this chapter may display a barber pole.
Sec. 20. Section 32-545, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-545. Change of name, ownership or location; board notification
A. An establishment shall not change from the name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or change its trade name the name of the establishment, the owner of the establishment or the location of the establishment to another name, owner or location without filing a new application and paying the prescribed fee.
B. Within ten business days after any change of ownership of the establishment or change in the establishment's location the name of the establishment, the owner of the ESTABLISHMENT or the location of the ESTABLISHMENT, the establishment owner shall notify the board in writing, file a new license application for the establishment and pay the prescribed fee.
Sec. 21. Section 32-551, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-551. School licenses; applications; barbering school requirement; supervision; students
A. A person is entitled to a license to operate a school if:
1. The person pays the prescribed fee.
2. The person furnishes a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 approved by the board and executed by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be for the benefit of and subject to the claims of the state for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter and any student who fails to receive the full course of instruction required under this chapter.
3. The person submits to the board under oath an application for a school license on a form supplied by the board and other documentation required by the board in its rules.
4. The proposed school passes an inspection by the board before it opens.
B. A course of instruction in a licensed school that teaches barbering shall consist of at least one thousand two hundred hours of instruction. The course of instruction shall include:
1. At least two hundred fifty hours devoted to the study of the fundamentals of barbering, hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves, structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics and diseases of the skin, hair and glands.
2. At least nine hundred fifty hours devoted to the practice and study of massaging and manipulating muscles of the scalp, face and neck, haircutting, shaving and chemical work relating to permanent waves and hair straightening, coloring and bleaching.
C. A licensed school shall be operated under the general supervision of a licensed instructor.
D. Students may not teach other students at a licensed school.
E. A school that holds a school license in barbering and a school license in cosmetology may offer courses on both cosmetology and barbering if an instructor licensed as a cosmetologist teaches the cosmetology courses and an instructor licensed as a barber teaches the barbering courses.
Sec. 22. Section 32-552, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-552. Change of name, ownership or location; board notification
A. A school shall not change from the name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or change its trade name without filing the name of the school, the owner of the school or the location of the school to another name, owner or location without submitting a new application and paying the prescribed fee.
B. A school owner shall notify the board in writing Within ten business days after any change of ownership of the school or change in the school's location or trade name, the name of the school, the owner of the school or the location of the school, the school owner shall notify the board in writing, submit a new license application for the school and pay the prescribed fee.
Sec. 23. Section 32-563, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-563. School closings; board notification; student records
A. Within five business days after a school closes, it the school owner or an AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall notify the board by certified mail in writing of the closure.
B. Within ten business days after a school closes, it the school owner or an AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall forward all student records to the board.