A. The board shall be the sole and exclusive authority in the state to issue licenses to practice electrolysis and to administer the provisions of this Chapter.
B. The board shall have authority to examine for, grant, deny, approve, revoke, suspend, and renew the licenses of electrologists and shall review applications for licenses at least four times each calendar year. It may conduct hearings on charges for the revocation or suspension of a license.
C.(1) The board may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and reasonable for the enforcement of this Chapter, for the establishment, operation, and approval of any electrology schools or electrologist apprenticeship programs in Louisiana, and for requiring each school of electrology or electrologist apprenticeship program to establish and maintain in force a bond to be determined by the board, but not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars in favor of the state, with surety by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in this state.
(2) Any school of electrology or electrologist apprenticeship program that is approved or licensed by the board shall include one hundred ten hours of clinical experience, ninety hours of lectures on insertion techniques, modalities, healing, regrowth problems, and office management to qualify an individual to take the examination for licensure as an electrologist technician.
(3) No apprenticeship program approved by the board may receive monetary compensation from an apprentice or student instructor.
D. The board is authorized to issue licenses to approved schools. No school may operate without a license issued by the board. The fee for such license shall be according to the fee schedule established in R.S. 37:3072 and shall be due on or before July first of each year. Each license for an electrology school in this state shall be renewed on or before July first of each year upon application therefor accompanied by the renewal fee prescribed in R.S. 37:3072(A).
F. The board shall initiate an action for the prosecution of any person who violates any provision of this Chapter and may apply to any court having jurisdiction for an injunction to restrain and enjoin violations thereof. It shall keep a record of all proceedings related thereto.
G. The board may employ counsel to carry out the provisions of this Chapter, if the fees of the counsel and the costs of all proceedings, except criminal prosecutions, are paid by the board out of the moneys credited to the board.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1983, No. 605, §1; Acts 1993, No. 819, §1; Acts 2001, No. 792, §1.
E. The board may issue a license to any approved electrologist apprenticeship program. No electrologist apprenticeship program may operate without a license issued by the board. The fee for the license shall be the amount prescribed in R.S. 37:3072 and payable at the time the electrologist apprenticeship program makes application for a license. The annual renewal fee shall be due on or before July first of each year. Each license for an electrologist apprenticeship program in this state shall be renewed on or before July first of each year upon application therefor accompanied by the renewal fee prescribed in R.S. 37:3072(A).
A. No person shall engage or attempt to engage in the practice of electrology in this state who does not hold a valid license issued by the board in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
B.(1) The board shall license as an electrologist and issue an appropriate certificate to any person who files with it a verified application therefor, accompanied by the application fee required by this Part, together with evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, that he is: (a) At least eighteen years of age;
(b) Is of good moral character;
(c) Is free of any infectious disease;
(d) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 530, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1999.
(e) Has graduated from an accredited high school;
(f) After high school graduation has successfully completed a course in practical training in electrolysis in a school of electrology that maintains the standards established and approved by the board or that he has completed a like number of hours in the subject areas specified in an apprenticeship program approved by the board at the time of certification;
(g) Has passed an examination given and graded by the board, which shall consist of a written examination and a practical demonstration of abilities;
(h) Has paid any other fees required by this Chapter.
(2) Each applicant shall provide his subject for the practical demonstration. Within ten days after each examination, the official in charge shall deliver the question and answer papers to the board. The board shall examine and rate the answers and shall transmit an official report to each applicant for license stating the rating of the candidate in each subject and whether or not the board approves the candidate for a license. If a candidate fails one or more parts of an examination, he may take the parts in which he has failed in a subsequent examination upon payment of a fifteen dollar examination fee. If after two attempts the examination is not satisfactorily completed, the candidate thereafter shall be required to repeat and take the entire examination within one year of the date of the original examination. (3) Each such school of electrology shall include at least four hundred fifty hours of clinical experience, one hundred fifty hours of lectures on insertion techniques, modalities, healing, regrowth problems, and office management.
C. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 530, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1999.
D. After investigation of the applicant and other evidence submitted, the board shall notify each applicant that the application and evidence submitted for consideration is satisfactory and accepted, or unsatisfactory and rejected. If an application is rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for the rejection.
E. The examination shall be given four times each year at such time and place and under such supervision as the board determines, and specifically at such other times as in the opinion of the board the number of applicants warrants. The board shall designate the date, time, and place of examination and shall give public notice thereof and, in addition, shall notify each person who has made application for examination to the board.
F.(1) In addition to the minimum requirements and standards for licensure established by the board, any person licensed or qualified to practice as an electrologist in any other state applying to practice as an electrologist in Louisiana shall be required to submit adequate and sufficient proof of six hundred hours of recognized and approved educational training in the study of electrology and to have successfully achieved a minimum test score on the appropriate board exam.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 792, §2.
(3) When an applicant fails to achieve the minimum test score on the board exam on his first attempt, he may take the exam again, pursuant to this Chapter. (4) An applicant shall pass all parts of the board examination within two years of his first examination date. Failure to achieve such minimum test score within such time period shall require the applicant to successfully complete six hundred hours of educational training in the study of electrology in a school licensed or approved by the board.
G. The board may license any person as an electrologist technician who has successfully completed the provisions of R.S. 37:3063(C)(2) and passes the appropriate written and practical examinations. The electrologist technician must work under the direct supervision of a licensed electrologist or licensed electrologist instructor and provide the name of the supervising electrologist to the board. A licensed electrologist technician may upgrade his license to that of an electrologist by completing the additional theory and practical hours in school or an electrologist apprenticeship program and by passing the appropriate board examination.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 605, §1; Acts 1984, No. 942, §1; Acts 1985, No. 128, §1; Acts 1989, No. 459, §1; Acts 1993, No. 819, §1; Acts 1999, No. 530, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 792, §§1 and 2.
A. The board shall fix and collect uniform fees which shall not exceed the following amounts for each type of fee and which shall not be refundable:
(1)
Application fee for license to practice electrology
$
200.00 (2)
Issuance of duplicate of certificate of license
$
25.00
(3)
Application fee for license of electrology school
(each location)
$
500.00
(4)
Application for certificate of annual renewal of license to practice electrology
$
100.00
(5)
Application for certificate of annual renewal of license of an electrologist school (each location)
$
300.00
(6) Delinquency fee
$
50.00
(7)
Application fee for license of electrologist apprenticeship program (each location)
$
200.00
(8)
Application fee for certificate of annual renewal of electrologist apprenticeship program (each program)
$
100.00
(9)
Application fee for instructor's license
$
150.00
(10)
Application fee for certificate of annual renewal of instructor's license $
100.00
(11)
Re-testing fee
$
15.00
B. All fees received by the board and all fines collected under the provisions of this Chapter shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall place them in a special fund to the credit of the State Board of Electrolysis Examiners. The board shall have authority to expend the moneys in said fund for the operating expenses of the board and for other expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of this Chapter.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1983, No. 605, §1; Acts 1993, No. 819, §1.
A.(1) Each license to practice electrology in this state shall be renewed annually on or before December first of each year upon application therefor accompanied by the renewal fee prescribed in R.S. 37:3072(A) and, beginning December 31, 1999, proof that the applicant has completed at least three hours of continuing education approved by the board. The board may grant an extension of up to six months for completion of the continuing education requirements to any person who applies to the board in writing for an extension and shows good cause.
(2) In addition to the continuing education requirements of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, license renewal for an instructor's license shall include completion of an additional two hours of continuing education approved by the board. The board may grant an extension of up to six months for completion of the continuing education requirements to any person who applies to the board in writing for an extension and shows good cause.
B.(1) When any electrologist, electrologist technician, instructor, electrology school, or electrologist apprenticeship program licensed hereunder fails to register and pay the annual registration fee within thirty days after the registration fee becomes due, the license or certificate of such person, school, or electrologist apprenticeship program shall be revoked automatically at the expiration of thirty days after the registration was required, without further notice or hearing. However, any person, school, or electrologist apprenticeship program whose license or certificate is automatically revoked as provided herein may, within three years of the date of revocation, make application in writing to the board for the reinstatement of such license or certificate and, upon good cause being shown, the board in its discretion may reinstate such license or certificate upon payment of all past due renewal fees and the payment of an additional sum of fifty dollars. The board may require as a condition of reinstatement that the person complete all or some of the past continuing education requirements within twelve months of reinstatement of the license.
(2) Any person, electrology school, or electrologist apprenticeship program who fails within three years after revocation of a license or certificate to make written application to the board for reinstatement must reapply to the board and pay all fees as required under the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any electrologist, instructor, or electrologist technician who fails within three years after revocation to make written application for reinstatement must also successfully complete a written and practical examination prior to reinstatement.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1983, No. 605, §1; Acts 1993, No. 819, §1; Acts 1999, No. 530, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 792, §1. Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
Licenses and renewal certificates issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall be conspicuously displayed in the principal office of the licensee.