Beauty apprenticeships., the official text

First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)

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  HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1320

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and
occupations.

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

   SECTION 1. IC 25-8-4-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.82-2024,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Each applicant must pass a final practical
demonstration examination of the acts permitted by the license. The
following shall administer the final practical demonstration
examination:

      (1) The applicant's beauty culture school.
      (2) The program sponsor or employer of the applicant's United
      States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to
      practice cosmetology, barbering, or manicuring.
   (b) The board shall conduct a written examination of the students
enrolled in beauty culture school or applicants for a beauty culture
professional license. The written examinations described in this
section:
      (1) shall be conducted at the times and places determined by the
      board;
      (2) may be administered through computer based testing;
      (3) may be conducted before graduation from beauty culture
      school; and
      (4) shall be conducted at times set by the board.
   SECTION 2. IC 25-8-11-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2013,

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SECTION 68, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The application described in section 3 of this
chapter must state that the applicant:

      (1) is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
      (2) has successfully completed the eighth grade or received the
      equivalent of an eighth grade education;
      (3) has graduated from a manicurist program in a beauty culture
      school or completed a United States Department of Labor
      registered apprenticeship program to practice manicuring;
      (4) has received a satisfactory grade (as defined by IC 25-8-4-9)
      on an examination for manicurist license applicants prescribed by
      the board;
      (5) has not committed an act for which the applicant could be
      disciplined under IC 25-8-14; and
      (6) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13-9 for the issuance of a
      license under this chapter.
   SECTION 3. IC 25-8-11-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. An individual who has completed a United States
Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to
practice manicuring is eligible to take the examination described
in section 4(4) of this chapter.
   SECTION 4. IC 25-8-12.1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2013,
SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this
chapter must state that the applicant:
      (1) is either:

         (A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or
         (B) at least seventeen (17) years of age and is a graduate of an
         accredited high school;
      (2) has:
         (A) graduated with not less than one thousand five hundred
         (1,500) hours of training in a barber program in a beauty
         culture school; or
         (B) completed a United States Department of Labor
         registered apprenticeship program to practice barbering;
      (3) has received a satisfactory grade of at least seventy-five
      percent (75%) on an examination for barber license applicants
      prescribed by the board;
      (4) has not committed an act that could subject the applicant to
      discipline under IC 25-1-11; and
      (5) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13 for the issuance of a

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      license under this chapter.
   SECTION 5. IC 25-8-12.1-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. An individual who has
completed a United States Department of Labor registered
apprenticeship program to practice barbering is eligible to take the
examination described in section 3(3) of this chapter.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Governor of the State of Indiana

Date:                             Time:

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