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Indiana Code Title 25. Professions and Occupations § 25-8-4-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. (a) If the board determines that:

(1) a person possesses a valid license from another jurisdiction to perform acts that require a license under this article;  and

(2) the jurisdiction issuing the license imposes substantially equal requirements on applicants for the license as are imposed on applicants for an Indiana license;

the board may issue a license to perform those acts in Indiana to that person upon payment of the fee required under IC 25-8-13.

(b) This subsection applies only to applications for a cosmetologist license under IC 25-8-9.  If the jurisdiction issuing the license does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction.  One (1) year of licensed practice is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours of education.

(c) This subsection applies only to applications for a manicurist license under IC 25-8-11.  If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction, as follows:

(1) For an applicant with less than twenty (20) years of actual licensed practice as a manicurist, one (1) year of licensed practice is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least three hundred (300) hours of education.

(2) For an applicant with twenty (20) or more years of actual licensed practice as a manicurist, one (1) year of licensed practice is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least one hundred (100) hours of education.

(d) This subsection applies only to applications for an electrologist license under IC 25-8-10.  If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction.  One (1) year of licensed practice as an electrologist is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least two hundred (200) hours of education.

(e) This subsection applies only to applications for an esthetician license under IC 25-8-12.5.  If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction.  One (1) year of licensed practice as an esthetician is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least four hundred (400) hours of education.

(f) This subsection applies only to applications for a beauty culture instructor license under IC 25-8-6.  If the jurisdiction issuing a license does not impose substantially equal requirements for education hours as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve the combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction.  One (1) year of licensed practice as a beauty culture instructor is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least seven hundred (700) hours of education.

(g) This subsection applies only to applications for a barber license under IC 25-8-12.1.  If the jurisdiction issuing the license does not impose substantially equivalent requirements as required under subsection (a)(2), the board may approve a combination of education hours plus actual licensed practice in the other jurisdiction when issuing a license to a person from that jurisdiction.  One (1) year of licensed practice is equal to one hundred (100) hours of education to an applicant who has completed at least one thousand (1,000) hours of education.

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