Bill Text: MI SB0702 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Occupations: cosmetologists; minimum hours of training for licensure as instructor, manicurist, and esthetician; increase. Amends secs. 1206, 1209 & 1210 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1206 et seq.).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-14 - Referred To Second Reading [SB0702 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0702-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 702
A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled
"Occupational code,"
by amending sections 1206, 1209, and 1210 (MCL 339.1206, 339.1209, and 339.1210), as amended by 1997 PA 97.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1206. (1) The department shall issue a license as a cosmetology instructor to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as a cosmetologist under this article.
(d) Has at least not less than 3 years of practical experience in natural hair cultivation, hair care services, skin care services, and manicuring services, at least not less than 1 year of which shall must be in a cosmetology establishment.
(e) Has completed not less than 500 hours of instructor training or, for an individual who begins instructor training on or after July 1, 2024, not less than 600 hours of instructor training.
(f) Has passed an examination approved by the department and in consultation with the board.
(2) The department shall issue a license as an electrology instructor to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as an electrologist under this article.
(d) Has at least not less than 3 years of practical experience in electrology, at least not less than 1 year of which shall must be in a cosmetology establishment holding a limited license for the practice of electrology.
(e) Has completed not less than 300 hours of instructor training.
(f) Has passed an examination approved by the department and in consultation with the board.
(3) The department may issue a limited instructor's license to an individual who meets all of the requirements of either subsection (1) except for subsection (1)(d) or subsection (2) except for subsection (2)(d). The holder of a limited instructor's license shall not supervise a school of cosmetology at any time.
(4) The department may issue a limited specialist instructor's license to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician.
(d) Has completed not less than 300 hours of instructor training.
(e) Has passed an examination approved by the department and in consultation with the board.
(5) The specialist instructor's license shall limit the instruction given by that individual to only the service in which he or she the individual is licensed.
Sec. 1209. The department shall issue a license as a manicurist to an individual who fulfills all of the following:
(a) Is at least 17 years of age.
(b) Is of good moral character.
(c) Has had an education equivalent to the completion of the ninth grade.
(d) Has completed not less than 400 hours of training or, for an individual who begins training on or after July 1, 2024, not less than 600 hours of training, either in a licensed school of cosmetology or as an apprentice for not less than 6 months in a licensed cosmetology establishment where manicuring is practiced. The training shall must include a minimum number of practical applications as prescribed in rules promulgated by the director.
(e) Has passed an examination prescribed by the board and the department in consultation with the board.
Sec. 1210. (1) After the expiration of 12 months after the effective date of the 1997 amendatory act that amended this section, the The department shall issue a license as an esthetician to an individual who fulfills all of the following requirements:
(a) Is at least 17 years of age.
(b) Is of good moral character.
(c) Has had an education equivalent to the completion of the ninth grade.
(d) Has completed not less than 400 hours of training or, for an individual who begins training on or after July 1, 2024, not less than 750 hours of training, either in a licensed school of cosmetology or as an apprentice for not less than 6 months in a licensed cosmetology establishment where skin care services are rendered. The training shall must include a minimum number of practical applications as prescribed in rules promulgated by the director.
(e) If an examination is available, has passed an examination prescribed by the board and the department in consultation with the board.
(2) Until the expiration of 12 months after the effective date of the 1997 amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall issue a license as an esthetician to an individual who fulfills all of the following requirements:
(a) Is at least 17 years of age.
(b) Is of good moral character.
(c) Has had an education equivalent to the completion of the ninth grade.
(d) Provides evidence of having obtained the equivalent of 6 months of full-time experience in skin care services in this or any other state within the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application.
(e) If an examination is available, has passed an examination prescribed by the board and the department.
