Section R4-10-108. Licensing Examinations

A.      The Board may complete a pre-screening review of examina- tion qualifications, if requested, before the student graduates from a school, but the Board shall not approve the examination application until the student has completed a minimum of:

1.        1450 hours of cosmetology training,

2.        500 hours of aesthetics or nail technician training,

3.        550 hours of cosmetology instructor training,

4.        400 hours for aesthetics instructor training, or

5.        250 hours of nail technician instructor training.

B.       After the Board completes the pre-screening, an applicant may receive an examination date, but the applicant is not allowed in the examination site until the applicant provides a certification of graduation. If the applicant fails to provide a certification of graduation by the date set for the examination or the applicant does not appear at the examination site at the scheduled exam- ination time, the applicant forfeits the examination fee. A pre- screening review is not a substitute for an official agency acceptance or issuance of a license.

C.      If the applicant does not request an examination pre-screening review, the Board shall not consider an examination applica- tion until the applicant has received the hours required for graduation and has graduated from a school licensed by the Board.

D.      All examinations shall be held in the Board’s examination cen- ter at the Board’s office unless another location is designated by the Board in its written notice to the applicant.

E.       The Board shall notify applicants in writing of the time and place assigned for the examination.

F.       An applicant shall provide identification upon entering the examination center. Acceptable forms of identification include United States issued: passport, driver license, bank identifica- tion card, military identification, or government-issued identi- fication card. Identification shall contain a photograph of the applicant.

G.      An examination shall consist of both written and practical sec- tions and the practical sections shall include live demonstra- tions on a model as follows:

1.        An applicant shall perform a cosmetology or nail technol- ogy demonstration on a mannequin,

2.        An applicant shall perform a demonstration for an aes- thetics examination on a person, and

3.        An applicant shall perform demonstrations for an instruc- tor examination on a person for an aesthetics class or a mannequin for a cosmetology or nail technology class.

H.      An applicant shall comply with all infection control and safety standards required by R4-10-112 during the examination.

I.        An applicant who cannot appear for an examination as sched- uled shall forfeit the examination fee. An applicant who arrives at an examination site after a scheduled examination begins shall not be allowed to test at the scheduled time. If an applicant arrives after the examination begins or fails to appear for a scheduled examination, the Board shall reschedule the examination upon payment of another examination fee. The applicant is allowed a one time cancellation of the examination test date if the applicant cancels at least 48 hours before the examination start time. The Board does not require another examination fee for rescheduling a canceled examination.

J.        An applicant shall supply equipment, supplies, tools or instru- ments, and a model as required.

K.      An applicant shall not use a current or former student in an aesthetics, cosmetology, or nail technology school as a model in the live demonstration of aesthetics or instructor examina- tions.

L.       Examination materials are not available for inspection or copying by any person nor shall any person attempt to obtain or provide examination materials.

M.     The applicant shall not bring and the examination administra- tor shall not allow written material or recording media in either the written or practical sections of the examination for aesthe- ticians, cosmetologists, or nail technicians. The examination administrator may exclude other items from the written or practical sections of the examination that may impede the fair administration or security of the examination. An applicant who seeks to impede the fair administration of an exam, or copies or asks for information from another applicant shall be dismissed from the examination and shall forfeit the examina- tion fee. An applicant who has a blood spill that is not treated following proper blood spill procedures in R4-10-112 shall be dismissed from the examination and shall forfeit the examina- tion fee.

N.      If an applicant passes the examination but does not apply for an original license within one year after the date of the exam- ination, the Board shall void the examination scores.

O.      If application is made by reciprocity, the Board may accept a score on a written or practical examination from another juris- diction if the examination:

1.        Is the same national examination as that administered in Arizona,

2.        The score is at least the same as the passing score that was required by the Board at the time the applicant took the examination in the other jurisdiction, and

3.        The applicant provides the Board with documentation from the other jurisdiction verifying the passing score and

that the score was received within one year of the applica- tion for reciprocity.

P.       The Board shall conduct all examinations in English and appli- cants shall submit answers in English.

Historical Note

Adopted effective April 9, 1996 (Supp. 96-2). Former Section R4-10-108 renumbered to R4-10-111; new Section R4-10-108 renumbered from Section R4-10-104 by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 1791, effective May 18, 1999 (Supp. 99-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 12

A.A.R. 807, effective April 8, 2006 (Supp. 06-1).