GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 850*
     

 
Short Title:	Cosmetic Art Fees/Continuing Education.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Kerr.	
Referred to:	Finance.	
April 4, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the north carolina board of cosmetic art examiners to increase fees and requiring continuing education of persons practicing under the cosmetic art act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 88B‑20(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The Board may charge license fees as follows:
(1)	Cosmetologist	$ 39.00 every 3 years
(2)	Apprentice	$ 10.00 per year
(3)	Esthetician	$ 10.00 per year
(4)	Manicurist	$ 10.00 per year
(5)	Teacher	$ 10.00 every 2 years
(6)	Cosmetic art shop 	$ 25.00 per year
(7)	Cosmetic art school	$ 50.00 per year
(8)	Duplicate license	$ 1.00."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 88B‑21(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Each license to operate a cosmetic art shop shall be renewed on or before the first day of February of each year. As provided in G.S. 88B‑20, a late fee shall be charged for licenses renewed after February 1. Any license not renewed by March 1 of each year shall expire. A cosmetic art shop whose license has been expired for one year or less shall have the license reinstated immediately upon payment of the reinstatement fee, the late fee, and all unpaid license fees."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 88B‑21(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Prior to renewal of a cosmetologist's, esthetician's, or manicurist's license, the licensee shall annually complete  eight hours of Board-approved continuing education for each year of the licensing cycle. A cosmetologist may complete up to 24 hours of required continuing education at any time within the cosmetologist's three-year licensing cycle. Licensees shall submit written documentation to the Board showing that they have satisfied the requirements of this subsection."
SECTION 4.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective February 1, 2002. The remainder of this act becomes effective October 1, 2001.