Requires mandatory continuing education for cosmetologists and barbers; provides that during each four year license renewal period cosmetologists and barbers shall complete 36 hours of acceptable formal continuing education and shall be issued a certificate of completion to be submitted with their application for renewal of their cosmetology and/or barbering license.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10457
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 23, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
continuing education for the practice of cosmetology and barbering
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding two new
sections 401-a and 432-a to read as follows:
§ 401-A. MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION. 1. EACH COSMETOLOGIST
LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION
TWO OF THIS SECTION. COSMETOLOGISTS WHO DO NOT SATISFY THE MANDATORY
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT PRACTICE COSMETOLOGY OR BE
ISSUED A RENEWED LICENSE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
2. DURING EACH FOUR YEAR LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD A COSMETOLOGIST SHALL
COMPLETE THIRTY-SIX HOURS OF ACCEPTABLE FORMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION.
FOUR OF SUCH CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS SHALL INCLUDE TRAINING ON RECOG-
NIZING SIGNS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND/OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
3. CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS TAKEN DURING ONE LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD
SHALL NOT BE CARRIED OVER OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO A SUBSEQUENT
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD.
4. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ACCEPTABLE FORMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION"
SHALL MEAN FORMAL PROGRAMS OF LEARNING PROVIDED BY AN ACCREDITED COSME-
TOLOGY SCHOOL OR BY MANUFACTURERS OR DISTRIBUTORS OF COSMETOLOGY
PRODUCTS. SUCH CONTINUING EDUCATION MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMIT-
ED TO, SPECIALTY COLOR SERVICES, SCISSOR AND RAZOR CUTTING TECHNIQUES,
AND COSMETOLOGY PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE. SUCH CONTINUING EDUCATION MAY BE
CONDUCTED THROUGH AN ONLINE COURSE.
5. WHEN A COSMETOLOGIST LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE HAS FULFILLED THE
MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO
OF THIS SECTION, SUCH COSMETOLOGIST SHALL BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION. A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH EVERY
APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A COSMETOLOGY LICENSE. NO RENEWAL OF A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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