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An Act To Improve Efficiencies in Cosmetology Licensing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §14226, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 369, Pt. B, §17, is further amended to read:
 
3. Training.   Has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction in cosmetology of 1,500 hours in not less than 9 months in a school licensed by the director or, has experience in the practice of cosmetology as a trainee of 2,500 hours distributed over a period of at least 18 months or has met the hour and timing requirements in this subsection by completing a course of instruction or having approved experience as a trainee out of state in accordance with section 14231; and
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that a person is eligible to obtain a cosmetology license in this State if that person has met the hour and timing requirements in state law by completing a course of instruction or having experience as a trainee out of state that is approved by the Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.