Act No. 78

Public Acts of 2024

Approved by the Governor

July 8, 2024

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 8, 2024

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 8, 2024

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2024

Introduced by Senators Singh, Lauwers and Moss

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 702

AN ACT to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws of this state regarding the regulation of certain occupations and to regulate certain persons and activities relative to those occupations; to create a board for each of those occupations; to establish the powers and duties of certain departments and agencies and the boards of each occupation; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain fees; to provide for penalties and civil fines; to establish rights, relationships, and remedies of certain persons under certain circumstances; to provide immunity from certain civil liability for certain entities and certain related occupations under certain circumstances; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” 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 not less than 3 years of practical experience in natural hair cultivation, hair care services, skin care services, and manicuring services, not less than 1 year of which 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 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 not less than 3 years of practical experience in electrology, not less than 1 year of which 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 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 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 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 must include a minimum number of practical applications as prescribed in rules promulgated by the director.

(e) Has passed an examination prescribed by the department in consultation with the board.

 

Sec. 1210. 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 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 department in consultation with the board.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor