GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 926
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/29/95

Short Title:  Esthetician Registration.	(Public)

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April 12, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ESTHETICIANS AND ESTHETICIAN APPRENTICES BY THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 88 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 88-6.1.  Esthetician.
(a)	'Esthetician' is any person other than a registered cosmetologist, registered apprentice, or esthetician apprentice, who practices esthetics.
(b)	'Esthetics' means providing services, for compensation, to enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, or shoulders of an individual through skin care, makeup artistry, facials, or body waxing.
(c)	'Esthetician apprentice' is any person who is registered by the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners to learn the practice of esthetics under the direction and supervision of a registered cosmetologist or a registered esthetician as provided in G.S. 88-12.2.  An applicant for this registration shall pay the fees required under G.S. 88-21."
Sec. 2.  Chapter 88 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new sections to read:
"§ 88-12.2.  Supervision of a registered esthetician apprentice.
(a)	A registered esthetician apprentice shall be directly supervised and trained by a registered cosmetologist or a registered esthetician with two years of experience.
(b)	The registered cosmetologist or the registered esthetician who supervises an esthetician apprentice pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1)	Ensure that the esthetician apprentice receives the theory and practical training prescribed by the Board.
(2)	File a monthly report, on a form prescribed by the Board, stating the progress of each esthetician apprentice under his or her supervision and identifying the registered cosmetologist or the registered esthetician who provides direct supervision of each esthetician apprentice.
(3)	Advise the Board immediately upon an esthetician apprentice discontinuing his or her apprenticeship.
(4)	Ensure that the esthetician apprentice performs esthetic services only under the supervision of a registered cosmetologist or a registered esthetician.
"§ 88-12.3.  Qualifications for registered esthetician.
(a)	A certificate of registration as a registered esthetician shall be issued by the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners to any person who satisfies all of the following qualifications:
(1)	Successful completion of at least 550 hours in courses in an appropriate program taught in a cosmetic art school or college, which courses and schools are approved by the Board.
(2)	Successful completion of at least 30 hours per week for at least 12 months of an apprenticeship as a registered esthetician apprentice pursuant to G.S. 88-12.2.
(3)	Successful completion of an examination conducted by the Board to determine the applicant's fitness and skill to practice esthetics, as defined in G.S. 88-6.1.
(4)	Payment of fees required by G.S. 88-21.
(b)	The Board shall adopt rules that establish an appropriate program of study for estheticians, including a curriculum that addresses sanitation management and equipment requirements.
(c)	A person who has five years of experience as of January 1, 1996, in the practice of esthetics may, upon submitting evidence of this experience to the Board and upon the Board accepting this experience as sufficient, obtain a certificate of registration without satisfying subdivisions (1) through (3) of subsection (a) of this section.  An application for licensure under this subsection must be submitted to the Board by January 1, 1997.
(d)	Any person who is certified, registered, or licensed as an esthetician in another state that has a reciprocity agreement with the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners may be issued a certificate of registration by the Board without satisfying subdivisions (1) through (3) of subsection (a) of this section if that person meets all of the following requirements:
(1)	Has at least two years of experience in the practice of esthetics.
(2)	Submits a certification, registration, or license from the other state that is in effect within six months of making application for a registration under this Chapter.
(e)	A certificate of registration as a registered esthetician must be renewed annually."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 88-21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 88-21.  Fees required.
(a)	The following fees shall be paid to the Board:
(1)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of registration to practice cosmetic art as an apprentice and to practice esthetics as an esthetician apprentice shall be five dollars ($5.00).
(2)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered cosmetologist who does not intend to practice esthetics shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(2a)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered cosmetologist who intends to practice esthetics or as an esthetician shall be twenty dollars ($20.00).
(3)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered manicurist shall be five dollars ($5.00).
(4)	The license fee for a registered cosmetologist shall be thirty-three dollars ($33.00) for three years, payable in advance.
(5)	The fee for renewal of the license of a registered cosmetologist shall be thirty-three dollars ($33.00) for three years, payable in advance, if the license is renewed before it becomes delinquent.  The licenses of all registered cosmetologists shall be due for renewal in October 1986, and every three years thereafter.
(6)	A delinquency penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid, in addition to the renewal fee, for the renewal of a registered cosmetologist's license that has become delinquent.
(7)	The annual fee for a registered apprentice, registered esthetician apprentice, or certified manicurist, which shall be due on or before October 1, shall be five dollars ($5.00).
(8)	All cosmetic art shops shall pay an annual fee of three dollars ($3.00) for each active booth, on or before February 1 of each year.
(9)	A delinquency penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid by each cosmetic art shop that does not pay the required fees by the February 1 deadline.
(10)	The fee for reissuance of an expired permit of a cosmetic art shop shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(11)	All cosmetic art schools shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) annually.
(12)	Applicants for licensing under G.S. 88-19 shall pay an application fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).
(13)	Registered cosmetologists licensed under G.S. 88-19 shall pay an annual license fee of eleven dollars ($11.00) until the year in which all other registered cosmetologist licenses are due for renewal and then shall pay the fees required in subdivision (5) above.
(14)	A delinquency penalty of three dollars ($3.00) shall be paid by all registered cosmetologists licensed under G.S. 88-19, paying on an annual basis if they do not renew their license before October 1 of that year.
(15)	Apprentice cosmetologists, licensed under G.S. 88-19, shall pay an annual license fee of five dollars ($5.00) for the first year, or part of the year, in addition to the application fee required by subdivision (12) above.
(16)	All cosmetic art teachers shall be licensed by the Board and shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for that license which shall be renewed every two years.
(17)	The fee to be paid for the issuance of a certificate of registration to practice esthetics as an esthetician shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).
(18)	The annual fee for a registered esthetician shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).
(b)	The Board shall not increase the fees set in subsection (a) of this section, but the Board may regulate the payment of the fees and may prorate the fees as appropriate."
Sec. 4.  All persons practicing esthetics and all esthetician apprentices in this State must be registered pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 88-12.3 and G.S. 88-12.2 respectively within one year of the effective date of this section.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.