4713-21-03 Continuing education requirements.

(A) Licensees shall be exempt from all continuing education requirements until the biennial licensing period commencing after their initial licensure.

(B) The continuing education requirement for all licensees is eight hours per biennium. No licensee shall receive credit for identical course instruction completed during the biennial licensing period. Licensees holding both a manager and instructor license shall need eight hours for each license beginning with the renewals after January 2005. Instructor hours shall be from an approved instructor CE list promulgated by the Board.

(C) Courses completed prior to an individual being licensed by the “Board” do not qualify for continuing education credit. A licensee shall not receive continuing education credit for any course given in the state of Ohio that does not have the prior approval of the “Board”.

(D) Any licensee holding multiple branch of cosmetology licenses must complete the continuing education requirements for each branch license.

(E) The “Board” shall encourage all continuing education eligible offering entities to offer the courses in as many different locations as possible. All continuing education eligible offering entities shall allow any and all official representatives and employees of the “Board” entrance into any “Board” approved continuing education requirement course at no cost to the “Board”.

(F) The “Board” shall keep a current roster of approved continuing education courses, which shall include an explanation of any and all course prerequisites required for admission into the course offering. Copies of the roster shall be available to licensees and the public at the “Board”.

(G) Current licensees shall be able to receive continuing education credit for classes completed in a school of cosmetology.

(H) Licensees age sixty-five or older prior to the beginning of a renewal period are exempt from the requirement to obtain continuing education requirements for renewal of their active license.

(I) Out-of-state continuing education hours shall be submitted for approval to the “Board” within thirty days of completing the course in order to be acceptable in meeting biennial requirements.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/23/2005 and 01/31/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: RC 4713.08, 4713.09

Rule Amplifies: RC 4713

Prior Effective Dates: 6/15/95, 1/26/97, 4/1/01, 1/10/04, 5/1/04