{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-26-306","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-306","heading":"Electrologists - Prerequisites to examination","body":"The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as an electrologist a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who: (1) Is not less than eighteen (18) years of age; (2) Has completed the twelfth grade at an accredited senior high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and (3) Has completed one (1) of the following: (A) A course of three hundred fifty (350) hours of practical training as a student in conjunction with a course of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist; (B) A course of six hundred (600) hours of practical training as a student, when not in conjunction with a regular course in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist, extending over a period of not less than four (4) months under the immediate supervision of a licensed electrologist instructor in a school of cosmetology; (C) The prescribed course of study in electrology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas; or (D) Training and practice in electrology for a period as shall be specified by rules of the State Board of Health. Amended by Act 2019, No. 386,§ 15, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 4, § 2; 1965, No. 403, § 2; 1985, No. 215, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-834; Acts 2007, No. 223, § 17; 2009, No. 4, § 6.\n\nThe Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as an electrologist a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:\n\n(1) Is not less than eighteen (18) years of age;\n\n(2) Has completed the twelfth grade at an accredited senior high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and\n\n(3) Has completed one (1) of the following: (A) A course of three hundred fifty (350) hours of practical training as a student in conjunction with a course of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist; (B) A course of six hundred (600) hours of practical training as a student, when not in conjunction with a regular course in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist, extending over a period of not less than four (4) months under the immediate supervision of a licensed electrologist instructor in a school of cosmetology; (C) The prescribed course of study in electrology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas; or (D) Training and practice in electrology for a period as shall be specified by rules of the State Board of Health.\n\n(A) A course of three hundred fifty (350) hours of practical training as a student in conjunction with a course of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist;\n\n(B) A course of six hundred (600) hours of practical training as a student, when not in conjunction with a regular course in cosmetology or for a licensed cosmetologist, extending over a period of not less than four (4) months under the immediate supervision of a licensed electrologist instructor in a school of cosmetology;\n\n(C) The prescribed course of study in electrology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas; or\n\n(D) Training and practice in electrology for a period as shall be specified by rules of the State Board of Health.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 26","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"1e687b5d4081802471289570fe3ff5250981d4d2899670e366241e612ff84961","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-26-304","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-26-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}