Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.28.01.309 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTOR LICENSE

The Board may grant a license to an applicant for licensure as an instructor who meets the requirements set forth in Section 54-5810(3), Idaho Code, and meets the following education requirements: (3-28-23)

01. Course of Instruction. Have satisfactorily completed the corresponding teacher's course of instruction: (3-28-23)

a. A minimum three (3) month course of barber instructing, barber-stylist instructing, or cosmetology instructing as a student in a licensed school, if the applicant has at least two (2) years of experience as a licensed barber, barber-stylist, or cosmetologist, provided that the course consist of no less than five hundred (500) hours; or (3-28-23)

b. A minimum six (6) month course of barber instructing, barber-stylist instructing, or cosmetology instructing as a student, depending upon which license applying for, provided that the course consist of no less than nine hundred (900) hours. (3-28-23)

02. Credit Hours. Earned twelve (12) college credit hours or the equivalent. Credit hours must be obtained from the Education Department, Speech Communications Department or from the Psychology/Sociology Department and other credit at the discretion of the Board. Equivalency is determined as: (3-28-23)

a. Completion of teaching seminars focusing on barbering, barber-styling, cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, or electrology approved by the Board. Fourteen (14) clock hours is equivalent to one (1) semester college credit hour in an approved seminar. Verification of satisfactory completion must be submitted to the Board for its approval; or (3-28-23)

b. Verified satisfactory teaching as a qualified instructor from another state for one (1) of the previous three (3) years immediately prior to application. (3-28-23)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.28.01.309