Amends GS 88B-11 (North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners (Board) – qualifications for teaching license) to do the following:
(1) Reduce the work experience required for licensure as a cosmetology teacher, esthetician teacher, manicurist teacher, or natural hair care teacher by the Board to one year (was, five years) of full-time work prior to application for licensure or completion of at least 800 hours of a teacher (was, cosmetology teacher) curriculum;
(2) Add a teaching examination requirement for licensure as a hair care teacher; and
(3) Change the teaching examinations required for licensure as a cosmetology teacher, esthetician teacher, or manicurist teacher to a general teaching exam.
Effective October 1, 2021.