Section 36-15-26 - Junior instructor's license--Requirements--Conditional license--Areas ofinstruction.
36-15-26. Junior instructor's license--Requirements--Conditional license--Areas of instruction. Any person may qualify and be licensed by the commission as a junior instructor for cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics, as applicable, upon application made to the commission. The application shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that such applicant:
(1) Possesses the qualifications required by § 36-15-15;
(2) Currently holds a valid cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician license, as applicable;
(3) Has complied with any instructor education as required by § 36-15-26.2;
(4) Will be working and providing education in a licensed school in this state under the supervision of a senior instructor;
(5) Has completed at least one thousand hours salon experience as a licensed cosmetologist, nail technician, or esthetician, as applicable; and
(6) Has passed an examination prescribed by the commission.
However, the applicant may receive the license conditionally, dependent on completing instructor education and passing the examination as prescribed by the commission in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26.
A junior instructor with a cosmetologist license may instruct in any practice of cosmetology and shall be supervised by a senior cosmetologist instructor. A junior instructor with a nail technician license may only instruct in the practice of nail technology and shall be supervised by a senior cosmetologist instructor or a senior nail technician instructor. A junior instructor with an esthetician license may only instruct in the practice of esthetics and shall be supervised by a senior cosmetologist instructor or a senior esthetician instructor.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1508 (6) as enacted by SL 1957, ch 118, § 1; SL 1972, ch 206, § 26; SL 2003, ch 202, § 38; SL 2007, ch 217, § 7.