South Carolina Code 40-13-230. Qualifications for licensure; cosmetologist; esthetician; nail technician
(1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-13-230
- Cosmetologist: means a person including, but not limited to, an independent contractor, not a student, who is licensed to practice cosmetology. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
- Cosmetology: means engaging in any of these practices or a combination of these practices when done for compensation either directly or indirectly:
(a) arranging, styling, thermal curling, chemical waving, pressing, shampooing, cutting, shaping, chemical bleaching, chemical coloring, chemical relaxing, or similar work, upon the hair, wig, or hairpiece of any person, by any means, with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances;
(b) using cosmetic preparations, make-up, antiseptics, lotions, creams, chemical preparations on, or otherwise, or waxing, tweezing, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying, or similar work on the scalp, legs, feet, face, neck, arms, hands; or
(c) manicuring or pedicuring the nails of a person or similar work. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20 - Esthetician: means a person including, but not limited to, an independent contractor, who is licensed to practice skin care, make-up, or similar work. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
- Nail technician: means a person including, but not limited to, an independent contractor, who is licensed to practice manicuring or pedicuring the nails or similar work. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
- school: means a place or part of a place in which cosmetology or any of its practices are taught. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
(2) has completed at least one thousand five hundred hours in classes in cosmetology in a reliable school approved by the board or is a registered master hair care specialist pursuant to Chapter 7 who has satisfied educational requirements established by the board in regulation; and
(3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.
(B) A license as an esthetician must be issued by the board to a person who:
(1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
(2) has completed at least four hundred fifty hours in classes in skin care in a reliable school approved by the board or comparable training approved by the board; and
(3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.
(C) A license as a nail technician must be issued by the board to a person who:
(1) is at least sixteen years of age and possesses at least a tenth grade education or the equivalent as established by tests used in the public schools or tests approved by the board;
(2) has completed at least three hundred hours in classes in a reliable nail technician school approved by the board or comparable training approved by the board; and
(3) has passed the examination prescribed by the board and pays the required fee.
(D) Temporary permits to practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician may be issued in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board.