CHAPTER 53
SB 313 - FINAL VERSION
4Apr2016... 1096h
2016 SESSION
16-2707
10/08
SENATE BILL 313
AN ACT relative to requirements for licensed estheticians.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments And Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows a licensed massage therapist to satisfy training requirements for licensure as an esthetician with training deemed equivalent by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4Apr2016... 1096h 16-2707
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to requirements for licensed estheticians.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
53:1 Licensure of Estheticians; Massage Therapy. Amend RSA 313-A:13 to read as follows:
313-A:13 Qualifications; Estheticians. To be issued an esthetics license by the board, an applicant shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements of RSA 313-A:11, I(a), (b), and (e), have completed a course of at least 600 hours of training in a school approved by the board and have passed an examination conducted by the board. An apprenticeship approved by the board may substitute for the required training. Estheticians who have practiced professionally in this state for a period of at least 3 years prior to July 1, 1989, and who have satisfied the requirements of RSA 313-A:11, I(a), (b), and (e) and the training requirements of this section shall not be required to take the examination provided for in this section to be eligible for licensure under this chapter. Credit towards the hours requirement for esthetician training may be given to a licensed cosmetologist or barber for equivalent training in the cosmetology or barber program in a school approved by the board upon certification of the training by the school. Credit towards the hours requirement for esthetician training may be given to a licensed massage therapist for massage therapy training deemed equivalent by the board. Cosmetologists licensed by the board may obtain the training hours in subjects required by the board in increments at separate schools but must present certifications to the board for all required hours and curriculum subjects.
53:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 5, 2016
Effective Date: July 4, 2016