North Dakota Century Code Title 43. Occupations and Professions § 43-11-16. Schools of cosmetology--Qualifications for licensure (Effective after December 31, 2025)

a. Is operated and maintained in premises separate from an establishment;

b. Requires training and instruction to be a minimum of:

c. Employs at least two full-time equivalent licensed instructors and maintains a maximum student-to-instructor ratio of twenty-four-to-one based on current enrollment, except a school that provides training and instruction limited to esthetics, advanced esthetics, or manicuring shall maintain a maximum student-to-instructor ratio of twelve-to-one based on current enrollment;

d. Possesses apparatus and equipment sufficient for the proper and full teaching of all subjects of its curriculum;

e. Maintains a record of the attendance and performance of each student;

f. Maintains regular class and instruction hours to include practical demonstrations and theoretical studies supplemented by audiovisual aids, and studies in disinfection, sterilization, infection control, and other safety measures consistent with the practical and theoretical requirements as applicable to all curriculums;

g. Agrees not to:

h. At the time of application for licensure and upon the renewal of a license, furnishes to the board, and maintains in force at all times the license is in effect, a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars. The bond must run in favor of the board, as agent of the state, and must be furnished by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. It must be conditioned upon the bonded school's providing its registered students with the full course of instruction required under this chapter and must provide for a refund of a proportionate amount of each student's tuition fee upon default.

a. A minimum of two hundred forty hours for student instructors who have held a cosmetology, esthetician, advanced esthetician, or manicure license for two or more years; or

b. Four hundred eighty hours for student instructors who have held a cosmetology, esthetician, advanced esthetician, or manicure license less than two years.