Bill Text: TX HB1821 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the education requirements to obtain certain manicurist and manicurist specialty licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB1821 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1821-Introduced.html

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83R4744 SLB-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1821

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the education requirements to obtain certain manicurist
and manicurist specialty licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1601.257(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An applicant for a manicurist license must:
(1) be at least 17 years of age;
(2) have completed the seventh grade or the equivalent
of the seventh grade;
(3) have completed a commission-approved training
program consisting of 300 [600] hours of instruction in manicuring;
and
(4) submit the required fee with the application.
SECTION 2. Section 1601.262, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B)
must:
(1) be at least 17 years of age and have completed the
seventh grade or its equivalent; and
(2) have completed:
(A) 600 [900] hours of instruction in a barber
technician/manicurist curriculum in a commission-approved training
program; or
(B) 300 [600] hours of instruction in a manicure
curriculum and 300 hours of instruction in a barber technician
curriculum in a commission-approved training program.
(d) Of the 600 hours of instruction required by Subsection
(c)(2)(A), not more than 300 hours may be in the manicurist portion
of the curriculum.
SECTION 3. Section 1602.256(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) To be eligible for a manicurist specialty license, an
applicant must:
(1) be at least 17 years of age;
(2) have obtained a high school diploma or the
equivalent of a high school diploma or have passed a valid
examination administered by a certified testing agency that
measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and
(3) have completed 300 [600] hours of instruction in
manicuring through a commission-approved training program.
SECTION 4. Section 1602.261, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B)
must:
(1) either:
(A) have obtained a high school diploma or a high
school equivalency certificate; or
(B) have passed a valid examination administered
by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to
benefit from training; and
(2) have completed:
(A) 900 [1,200] hours of instruction in a
manicure/esthetics specialty curriculum in a commission-approved
training program; or
(B) 300 [600] hours of instruction in a manicure
curriculum and 750 hours of instruction in an esthetics curriculum
in commission-approved training programs.
(d) Of the 900 hours of instruction required by Subsection
(c)(2)(A), not more than 300 hours may be from the manicurist
portion of the curriculum.
SECTION 5. Sections 1601.257, 1601.262, 1602.256, and
1602.261, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an
application for a license filed on or after the effective date of
this Act. An application for a license filed before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.