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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 511. Limited licenses

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An applicant for a limited license shall be at least sixteen years of age, be of good moral character, have completed a tenth grade education or the equivalent thereof and pay the applicable fee to the board.

(b) The board shall issue the following limited licenses to qualified applicants:

(1) Esthetician license, which shall authorize the holder to engage in the practice of esthetics only. An applicant for an esthetician license shall have completed three hundred hours of instruction in esthetics in a licensed school of cosmetology and passed an examination limited to that practice. Licensed estheticians may operate a salon limited to that license. An applicant may be permitted to apply to take a written examination upon completion of at least two hundred fifty hours of instruction in esthetics in a licensed school of cosmetology. The examination shall include both theoretical and procedural skill questions as prescribed by the board. Any applicant may apply and is eligible for licensure upon (i) passing the written examination, (ii) completion of the required three hundred hours of instruction, and (iii) certification by a duly licensed school of satisfactory completion of all program requirements.

(2) Nail technician license, which shall authorize the holder to engage in the practice of nail technology only. An applicant for a nail technician license shall have completed two hundred hours of instruction in nail technology in a licensed school of cosmetology and passed an examination limited to that practice. Licensed nail technicians may operate a salon limited to that license. An applicant may be permitted to take a written examination upon completion of at least one hundred fifty hours of instruction in nail technology in a licensed school of cosmetology. The examination shall include both theoretical and procedural skill questions as prescribed by the board. Any applicant may apply and is eligible for licensure upon (i) passing the written examination, (ii) completion of the required two hundred hours of instruction, and (iii) certification by a duly licensed school of satisfactory completion of all program requirements.

(3) Deleted by 2024, Oct. 16, P.L. 983, No. 100, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 16, 2024].

(c) Deleted by 2024, Oct. 16, P.L. 983, No. 100, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 16, 2024].

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