AN ACT relating to licensed professionals.

Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove…

Introduced: January 7, 2025

Last action: March 24, 2025

(Acts Ch. 68)

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This bill makes several changes to the rules for barber and cosmetology licensing in Kentucky. It allows applicants who fail part of their licensing exam to retake only the failed portion after one month, and removes any limit on how many times cosmetologist and esthetician applicants can retake exams. It also strengthens penalties for licensees who knowingly use unlicensed nail technicians, opens the executive director role of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology to non-cosmetologists, and…

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