GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-198
HOUSE BILL 701
AN ACT to exempt licensees who are in active practice as cosmetologists and have twenty consecutive years of experience from continuing education requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 88B-21(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Prior to renewal of a
license, a teacher, cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist shall annually
complete eight hours of Board-approved continuing education for each year of
the licensing cycle. A cosmetologist may complete up to 24 hours of required
continuing education at any time within the cosmetologist's three-year
licensing cycle. Licensees shall submit written documentation to the Board
showing that they have satisfied the requirements of this subsection. A
licensee who is in active practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or
manicurist, has practiced for at least 10 consecutive years in that profession
and is 60 years of age or older does not have to meet the continuing education
requirements of this subsection. A licensee who is in active practice as a
cosmetologist and, as of October 1, 2004,and has at least 20
consecutive years of experience as a cosmetologist, does not have to meet the
continuing education requirements of this subsection, but shall report any
continuing education classes completed to the Board, whether the continuing
education classes are Board-approved or not. Promotion of products and systems
shall be allowed at continuing education given in-house or at trade shows.
Continuing education classes may also be offered in secondary languages as
needed. No member of the Board may offer continuing education courses as
required by this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:23 p.m. this 8th day of July, 2007