SDCL § 36-15-29: License required for school of cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics--Requirements for license.

No person may conduct a cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics school for any of the practices of cosmetology, as applicable, unless that person is licensed as a school by the commission. The commission shall issue the license if the applicant meets the following requirements:

(1) The applicant completes the application and provides any required documentation;

(2) The application is accompanied by the fee required in this chapter;

(3) The applicant has no violations with another cosmetology board;

(4) The education offered is a complete program of not less than fifteen hundred hours for a cosmetology program or a complete program of not less than four hundred hours for a nail technician program or a complete program of not less than the hours established by rules pursuant to § 36-15-13 for an esthetician license or the respective equivalent credit hours; and

(5) The applicant meets all requirements established by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.