(a) Each person who desires to practice as a barber apprentice, beauty apprentice, barber, beauty operator, or beauty instructor shall:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-6

  • Barber: means a person licensed in the State to engage in the practice of barbering for compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Barber apprentice: means a person registered with the board to learn the practice of barbering within a barber shop or beauty shop and while learning assists in the practice of barbering under the immediate direction and supervision of a barber or beauty operator with the license category of cosmetologist or hairdresser for the hairdresser portion of training. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Barber school: means a school duly licensed by the department of education and engaged in teaching the practice of barbering. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Barber shop: means an establishment or a place of business licensed in the State that engages in or carries on the practice of barbering as the primary purpose of that establishment or place of business; provided that the practice of cosmetology is allowed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Beauty apprentice: means a person registered with the board to learn the practice of cosmetology within a barber shop or beauty shop and while learning assists in any of the practices of cosmetology under the immediate direction and supervision of a barber or beauty operator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Beauty instructor: means a person licensed in the State who teaches the practice of cosmetology. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Beauty operator: means one of the following license categories: cosmetologist, hairdresser, esthetician, or nail technician. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Beauty school: means a school licensed in the State to engage in teaching the practice of cosmetology. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Beauty shop: means an establishment or a place of business licensed in the State that engages in or carries on the practice of cosmetology as the primary purpose of that establishment or place of business; provided that the practice of barbering is allowed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Board: means the board of barbering and cosmetology as established pursuant to section -4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Cosmetologist: means a licensed person who engages in the practices of a hairdresser, esthetician, and nail technician for compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Esthetician: means a person licensed in the State who, with hands or nonmedically prescribed mechanical or electrical apparatus or devices or by use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams, engages for compensation in any of the following practices:

    (1) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, beautifying, or doing similar work on the scalp, face, neck, hands, arms, bust, upper part of the body, legs, or feet;
    (2) Cleansing, exfoliating, wrapping, or doing similar work upon the entire body, without direct contact by the hands and utilizing gloves, loofah mitts, or brushes; or
    (3) Removing superfluous hair about the body of any person by means other than electrolysis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Hairdresser: means a person licensed in the State who engages for compensation in any of the following practices: arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, relaxing, or similar work upon the hair of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nail technician: means a person licensed in the State who engages for compensation in any of the following practices:

    (1) Cutting, trimming, polishing, coloring, cleansing, or otherwise treating a person's fingernails and toenails;
    (2) Applying artificial fingernails and toenails; and
    (3) Massaging and cleansing a person's hands, arms, legs, and feet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 439A-2
(1) Be at least sixteen years of age;
(2) File with the board a written application on a form prescribed by the board;
(3) Deposit with the board the required fees; and
(4) Possess the qualifications specified in this section.
(b) A barber apprentice or beauty apprentice applicant shall provide proof that the applicant will be training in a barber shop or beauty shop under the supervision of a barber or beauty operator.
(c) A barber applicant shall have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Three thousand hours of training as a barber apprentice in a barber shop or beauty shop under the supervision of a barber, cosmetologist, or hairdresser; or
(2) One thousand five hundred hours of training in a barber school.
(d) A cosmetologist applicant shall have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Three thousand six hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop under the supervision of a cosmetologist or in a barber shop under the supervision of a barber for the hairdresser training only; or
(2) One thousand eight hundred hours of training in a beauty school.
(e) A hairdresser applicant shall have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Two thousand five hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a cosmetologist, hairdresser, or barber for the hairdresser training; or
(2) One thousand two hundred fifty hours of training in a beauty school.
(f) An esthetician applicant shall have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) One thousand two hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a cosmetologist or esthetician; or
(2) Six hundred hours of training in a beauty school.
(g) A nail technician applicant shall have an education equivalent to the completion of high school and either:

(1) Seven hundred hours of training as a beauty apprentice in a beauty shop or barber shop under the supervision of a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician; or
(2) Three hundred fifty hours of training in a beauty school.
(h) A beauty instructor applicant may apply to teach in any of the practices of cosmetology if the applicant has:

(1) Completed six hundred hours of a board approved course in the theory and practice of instruction; and
(2) Served actively for a period of at least one year as a beauty operator in the State or in another jurisdiction having standards for beauty operators substantially equivalent to those of the State.
(i) The board shall recognize barber and beauty training obtained in another jurisdiction that is substantially equivalent to the training in the State. If the training is not equivalent, the board shall make a determination as to whether to recognize the training by evaluating the type and duration of the training and the experience required to obtain a license in the other jurisdiction.

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