Tennessee Code Title 62. Professions, Businesses and Trades § 62-3-110

(a)(1) Any person who desires a certificate of registration as a technician, authorizing the person to apply tints or dyes to the hair, shampoo hair, manicure nails and apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body, shall submit an application for examination to the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners on the prescribed form.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by proof of satisfactory completion of a course in a registered barber school or college of no less than three hundred forty (340) hours of continuous instruction, including no more than eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week in the following subjects:

(3) The application must also contain proof that the applicant:

(1) Is at least sixteen (16) years of age;

(2) Has received a high school diploma or, in lieu of a high school diploma, has received a high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education;

(3) Either:

(4) Successfully completed up to one (1) hour of online or in-person training, at no cost to the applicant, by a nonprofit anti-domestic violence organization recognized by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault on domestic violence that focuses on how to recognize the signs of domestic violence, how to respond to these signs, and how to refer a client to resources for victims of domestic violence.