37-31-305. Qualifications of applicants for license to teach. (1) Before a person may teach or instruct in a school of barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring, the person shall obtain from the department a license to teach.
     (2) To be eligible for a license to teach barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring, a person must:
     (a) be a graduate of high school or possess an equivalent of a high school diploma that is recognized by the superintendent of public instruction;
     (b) have a license to practice issued by the department in the particular area of practice in which the person plans to teach;
     (c) have been actively engaged in that particular area of practice for 12 continuous months before taking the teacher's examination; and
     (d) (i) have received a diploma from a licensed school approved by the board, certifying satisfactory completion of 650 hours of student teacher training; or
     (ii) have 3 years of experience in that particular area of practice. A person who qualifies for a license under this subsection (2)(d)(ii) has 2 years to complete board-approved coursework related to teaching methodology before a license to teach is renewed.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 210, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-803(2); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 106, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 260, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 100, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 102, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 15, L. 2015.