2286 AMS CL S3973.3

HB 2286 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

    On page 3, after line 9, insert the following:

    "Sec. 2.  RCW 18.16.165 and 1991 c 324 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) All licenses issued prior to January 1, 1992, shall remain in effect until renewal or January 1, 1993, whichever is earlier.

    (a) On or before renewal of each individual's license the licensee will be allowed to designate the license to be issued.  A licensed cosmetologist may request licenses in cosmetology, barbering, manicuring, and esthetics.  A manicurist may request licenses in manicuring and esthetics.  An instructor may request endorsements in cosmetology, barbering, manicuring, and esthetics.

    (b) A renewal fee is required for each license type requested.  A ((licensed)) cosmetologist originally licensed on or after January 1, 1992, requesting all four licenses shall pay four renewal fees.  An instructor shall be issued one license with endorsements for the multiple areas that they teach with only one renewal fee required.

    (c) After January 1, 1993, any licensee wishing to obtain additional licenses or endorsements to their licenses shall meet the training and examination requirements of this chapter.

    (2) Students currently enrolled in a licensed school in an approved course as of January 1, 1992, may apply for the examination or examinations in any type or any combination of types of licenses when they complete the appropriate course.

    (3) Schools must update their curricula to comply with this chapter by July 1, 1992.  No students may be enrolled in the programs under the previous law if they cannot complete their training prior to January 1, 1993, to allow them to apply for examination under subsection (2) of this section.

(4) A cosmetologist originally licensed prior to or on December 31, 1991, shall be issued one license that authorizes the holder to provide and advertise that the holder provides services to the public in any one or more of the following areas:  (a) The practice of cosmetology; (b) the practice of barbering; (c) the practice of manicuring; and (d) the practice of esthetics, and shall be permitted to manage any salon/shop providing one or more of these services."

HB 2286 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "18.16.175" insert "and 18.16.165"