Texas Adopts Rules Affecting Estheticians, Cosmetologists, Barbers
TDLR adopts amendments to proposed rules
Phone: 512-463-6599 | Fax: 512-463-9498 | Website: tdlr.texas.gov/cosmet/ | Email: via online form at https://ga.tdlr.texas.gov:1443/form/csgeneralinquiry
Training hours required from a licensed esthetics school/program: 750
Renewal CEU hours: 4 hours every year
TDLR adopts amendments to proposed rules
ASCP was informed by TDLR that individuals may be posing as inspectors
This requirement went into effect January 1, 2023
Submit written comment by November 13, 2022
TDLR proposes new rules as a necessary step to implement new requirements signed into law in June
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is hosting numerous informational summits
Due to House Bill 1560, Texas proposed new barber and cosmetology rules that decrease instructor licensing fees.
House Bill 1560 passed this legislative session and Section 3 of the bill eliminates the barber and cosmetology instructor license. Beginning September 1, 2021, an instructor license is no longer required to teach barbering or cosmetology in a licensed school.
Starting on March 8, 2021, candidates for the Cosmetology written examinations will be able to choose to take a written examination at one of 22 PSI site locations across Texas or take an examination through a virtual online process offered by PSI.
The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation passed an emergency rule to ensure all TDLR licensees with a license that expired between August 1, 2020, and November 30, 2020, now hold an “emergency license” valid for up to 120 days after their license expiration date.
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