A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a hairstylist license shall be issued to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees and documentation, and who: (1) is at least seventeen years of age; (2) has completed a course in hairstyling of at least one thousand two hundred hours in a school approved by the board; and (3) has passed an examination approved by the board. B. A hairstylist license shall be issued to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees and documentation, and meets the requirements of Paragraphs (1) through (3) of Subsection A of this section. C. The holder of a hairstylist license has the right and privilege to use the title "hairstylist". History: Laws 2017, ch. 112, § 2; 2022, ch. 39, § 72. Delayed repeals. — For the delayed repeal of this section, see 61-17A-25 NMSA 1978. The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, revised the licensure requirements for hairstylists; in Subsection A, deleted former Paragraph A(1), which provided "has an education equivalent to the completion of the second year of high school", and redesignated former Paragraphs A(2) through A(4) as Paragraphs A(1) through A(3), respectively, and in Paragraph A(2), after "two hundred hours in a school", added "approved by the board"; and in Subsection B, after "Paragraphs (1) through", changed "(4)" to "(3)".
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