Ch. 125                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

5-304.

(a) (1) To qualify for a license to practice as a cosmetologist, an applicant
shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.

(2)     The applicant shall be at least 17 years old.

(3)     The applicant shall have completed successfully a 9th grade
education or the equivalent.

(4)     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant
shall have received training by:

1.       serving as a registered apprentice as provided under §§
5-404 and 5-405(d) of this title; or

2.       successfully completing a required program of at least
1,500 hours of training in a cosmetology school that is approved by the State Board of
Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission in consultation with the
Board.

(ii) If an applicant is a barber or master barber currently licensed
in this State, the Board shall:

1.       credit the applicant with having met one-half of the
training requirements of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; and

2.       determine the manner in which the credit will be applied.
(iii) An applicant meets the requirements of this subsection if:

1.       the applicant has held a cosmetologist license in another
state or foreign country and has actively practiced cosmetology in the other state or
foreign country for a period of 6 months; or

2.       the applicant has been trained in a cosmetology school in
another state or foreign country that has standards substantially equivalent to or
more stringent than the standards of a school that is approved by the State Board of
Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission in consultation with the
Board.

(5)     Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the applicant shall pass
[an] A WRITTEN AND PRACTICAL examination given by the Board under this subtitle.

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