Title: S.L. 1985-559
Category: Session Law

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 559 
SENATE BILL 464 

AN ACT RELATING TO COSMETIC ARTS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 88-16 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 
"(4)	Any applicant who fails to pass the written examination and/or the practical examination prescribed by the Board five times will not be accepted for any other examination given by the Board until the applicant completes at least 200 additional hours in a beauty school that is approved by the Board. These 200 hours must be in the basic training in cosmetic art." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 88-21 is rewritten to read: 
"§ 88-21. Fees required.–(a)	The following fees shall be paid to the Board: 
(1)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of registration to practice cosmetic art as an apprentice shall be five dollars ($5.00). 
(2)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered cosmetologist shall be ten dollars ($10.00). 
(3)	The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered manicurist shall be five dollars ($5.00). 
(4)	The license fee for a registered cosmetologist shall be thirty-three dollars ($33.00) for three years, payable in advance. 
(5)	The fee for renewal of the license of a registered cosmetologist shall be thirty-three dollars ($33.00) for three years, payable in advance, if the license is renewed before it becomes 
delinquent. The licenses of all registered cosmetologists shall be due for renewal in October 1986, and every three years thereafter. 
(6)	A delinquency penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid, in addition to the renewal fee, for the renewal of a registered cosmetologist's license that has become delinquent. 
(7)	The annual fee for a registered apprentice or certified manicurist, which shall be due on or before October 1, shall be five dollars ($5.00). 
(8)	All cosmetic art shops shall pay an annual fee of three dollars ($3.00) for each active booth, on or before February 1 of each year. 
(9)	A delinquency penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid by each cosmetic art shop that does not pay the required fees by the February 1 deadline. 
(10)	The fee for reissuance of an expired permit of a cosmetic art shop shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). 
(11)	All cosmetic art schools shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) annually. 
(12)	Applicants for licensing under G.S. 88-19 shall pay an application fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). 
(13)	Registered cosmetologists licensed under G.S. 88- 19 shall pay an annual license fee of eleven dollars ($11.00) until the year in which all other registered cosmetologist licenses are due for renewal and then shall pay the fees required in subdivision (5) above. 
(14)	A delinquency penalty of three dollars ($3.00)	shall be paid by all registered cosmetologists licensed under G.S. 88-19, paying on an annual basis if they do not renew their license before October 1 of that year. 
(15)	Apprentice cosmetologists, licensed under G.S. 88- 19, shall pay an annual license fee of five dollars ($5.00) for the first year, or part of the year, in addition to the application fee required by subdivision (12) above. 
(16)	All cosmetic art teachers shall be licensed by the Board and shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00)	for that license which shall be renewed every two years. 
(b)	The Board shall not increase the fees set in subsection (a) of this section, but the Board may regulate the payment of the fees and may prorate the fees as appropriate." 
Sec. 3. The first sentence of G.S. 88-25 is rewritten to read: 
"Every registered cosmetologist who continues in active practice or service shall renew his or her certificate of registration on or before October 1, 1986, and every three years thereafter. The certificate shall expire on the first day of November in the year in which the renewal is due. Every registered apprentice who continues in active practice or service shall annually, on or before October 1 of each year, renew his or her certificate of registration which has not been renewed prior to, or during, the month of October in any year, and which shall expire on the first day of November in that year." 
Sec. 4.  The first sentence of G.S. 88-30 is rewritten to read: 
"A person shall be a registered manicurist to engage in the practice of manicuring or pedicuring in a cosmetic art shop, beauty parlor or hairdressing establishment and that person may be a registered manicurist without being a registered cosmetologist." 
Sec. 5.  G.S. 88-12 is amended by designating the current section as subsection (a) and adding a new subsection to read: 
"(b)	No credit for hours shall be allowed under this Chapter after 10 years have elapsed from the date a person enrolled in a Cosmetic Art School if the person did not complete the required number of hours and if the person did not file an application for an examination conducted by the Board." 
Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1985.

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