Full Text of HB4617 103rd General Assembly
HB4617 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4617 Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 225 ILCS 410/3-2 | from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2 |
| Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that a person may receive a license as a cosmetologist if the person has completed an online course approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and 750 hours of hands-on training supervised by a licensed cosmetologist extending over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 consecutive years and the person has completed the other requirements for licensure under the act. Provides that hands-on training conducted under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the 750 hours of hands-on training required for licensure if the training was supervised by a cosmetologist licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or foreign country or province. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair | 5 | | Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 3-2 as follows: | 7 | | (225 ILCS 410/3-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | 9 | | Sec. 3-2. Licensure; qualifications. | 10 | | (1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a | 11 | | cosmetologist who has filed an application on forms provided | 12 | | by the Department, pays the required fees, and: | 13 | | a. Is at least l6 years of age; and | 14 | | b. Is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance | 15 | | or has received a certificate of graduation from a school | 16 | | providing secondary education, or the recognized | 17 | | equivalent of that certificate; and | 18 | | c. Either: | 19 | | (i) Has graduated from a school of cosmetology | 20 | | approved by the Department, having completed a program | 21 | | of 1,500 hours in the study of cosmetology extending | 22 | | over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 | 23 | | consecutive years. A school of cosmetology may, at its |
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| 1 | | discretion, consistent with the rules of the | 2 | | Department, accept up to 1,000 hours of barber school | 3 | | training at a recognized barber school toward the | 4 | | 1,500 hour program requirement of cosmetology. Time | 5 | | spent in such study under the laws of another state or | 6 | | territory of the United States or of a foreign country | 7 | | or province shall be credited toward the period of | 8 | | study required by the provisions of this paragraph ; or | 9 | | ; and | 10 | | (ii) Has completed an online course approved by | 11 | | the Department and 750 hours of hands-on training | 12 | | supervised by a licensed cosmetologist extending over | 13 | | a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 | 14 | | consecutive years. Hands-on training conducted under | 15 | | the laws of another state or territory of the United | 16 | | States or of a foreign country or province shall be | 17 | | credited toward the period of hands-on training | 18 | | required by the provisions of this paragraph if the | 19 | | training was supervised by a cosmetologist licensed | 20 | | under the laws of another state or territory of the | 21 | | United States or foreign country or province; and | 22 | | d. Has passed an examination authorized by the | 23 | | Department to determine eligibility to receive a license | 24 | | as a cosmetologist; and | 25 | | e. Has met any other requirements of this Act. | 26 | | (2) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-427, eff. 8-21-15.) |
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