Michigan Laws 339.1206 – Issuance of license as cosmetology, electrology, limited, or specialist instructor
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(1) The department shall issue a license as a cosmetology instructor to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.1206
- Cosmetologist: means an individual who performs or offers to perform 1 or more cosmetology services. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Cosmetology: means performing 1 or more cosmetology services. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Cosmetology establishment: means a place of business at which 1 or more cosmetology services are offered or provided. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Electrologist: means an individual who performs or offers to perform electrology. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Electrology: means the permanent removal of hair from the body of an individual by the use of electricity. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Esthetician: means an individual who performs or offers to perform skin care services. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Hair care services: means arranging, cutting, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, coloring, tinting, trimming, styling, relaxing, perming, straightening, or similar work upon the hair of the head or a wig that an individual is wearing. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Instructor: means an individual who teaches or offers to teach 1 or more cosmetology services in a school of cosmetology. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Manicuring services: means the cleansing, filing, shaping, buffing, polishing, or beautifying of the nails of the hands or feet, and the cleansing, massaging, stimulating, exercising, or beautifying of the skin of the hands, arms, and feet, manually or with the use of tools, appliances, or cosmetic preparations, including the repair of nails, or the creation or decoration of artificial nails. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Manicurist: means an individual who performs or offers to perform manicuring services. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Natural hair cultivation: means techniques that result in tension on hair strands such as twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of the hair by hand, if that work does not include the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Natural hair culturist: means an individual who is engaged in natural hair cultivation but does not include an individual who is engaged in natural hair cultivation if that activity is performed as part of the practice of a recognized religion. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- School of cosmetology: means a school that teaches 1 or more cosmetology services at a premises designated in the license application. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
- Skin care services: includes the following services or combination of services:
(i) Beautifying the skin of the body of an individual by the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams, including body wrapping. See Michigan Laws 339.1201
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as a cosmetologist under this article.
(d) Has at least 3 years of practical experience in natural hair cultivation, hair care services, skin care services, and manicuring services, at least 1 year of which shall be in a cosmetology establishment.
(e) Has completed not less than 500 hours of instructor training.
(f) Has passed an examination approved by the department and the board.
(2) The department shall issue a license as an electrology instructor to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as an electrologist under this article.
(d) Has at least 3 years of practical experience in electrology, at least 1 year of which shall be in a cosmetology establishment holding a limited license for the practice of electrology.
(e) Has completed not less than 300 hours of instructor training.
(f) Has passed an examination approved by the department and the board.
(3) The department may issue a limited instructor’s license to an individual who meets all of the requirements of either subsection (1) except for subsection (1)(d) or subsection (2) except for subsection (2)(d). The holder of a limited instructor’s license shall not supervise a school of cosmetology at any time.
(4) The department may issue a limited specialist instructor’s license to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is of good moral character.
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(c) Is licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician.
(d) Has completed not less than 300 hours of instructor training.
(e) Has passed an examination approved by the department and the board.
(5) The specialist instructor’s license shall limit the instruction given by that individual to only the service in which he or she is licensed.