(a) To be eligible for an operator license, an applicant must:      
        (1) submit a completed application in the manner prescribed by the department;       
        (2) pay the applicable fee required under §83.80;       
        (3) be at least 17 years of age;       
        (4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training;       
        (5) have completed the following hours of cosmetology instruction at a licensed beauty culture school either:                  (A) 1,000 hours of instruction in a beauty culture school; or                   (B) 300 hours of instruction in cosmetology through a commission-approved training program in a beauty culture school and hold an active Class A barber certificate; and         
        (6) pass a written and practical examination required under §83.21.       
      (b) To be eligible for an esthetician, manicurist, or esthetician/manicurist specialty license, an applicant must:      
        (1) submit a completed application on a department-approved form;       
        (2) pay the required fee under §83.80;       
        (3) be at least 17 years of age;       
        (4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training;       
        (5) have completed the following hours of cosmetology instruction at a licensed beauty culture school:                  (A) for an esthetician specialty license, 750 hours of instruction;                   (B) for a manicurist specialty license, 600 hours of instruction;                   (C) for an esthetician/manicurist specialty license; either:                      (i) 1,200 hours of esthetician/manicure specialty instruction or, for applications received by the department on or after August 1, 2023, 800 hours of esthetician/manicure instruction; or                       (ii) 750 hours of esthetician instruction; and                       (iii) 600 hours of manicure instruction; and           
        (6) pass a written and practical examination required under §83.21.       
      (c) A person who holds both an active esthetician license and an active manicurist license is eligible for an esthetician/manicurist specialty license by submitting a completed application in the manner prescribed by the department and paying the required fee under §83.80.     
      (d) To be eligible for an eyelash extension specialty license, an applicant must:      
        (1) submit a completed application on a department-approved form;       
        (2) pay the fee required under §83.80;       
        (3) be at least 17 years of age;       
        (4) have obtained a high school diploma, or the equivalent of a high school diploma, or have passed a valid examination administered by a certified testing agency that measures the person's ability to benefit from training; and                  (A) have satisfactorily completed 320 hours of instruction in a department-approved eyelash extension application training program; and                   (B) pass a written and practical examination required under §83.21.         
      (e) To be eligible for a hair weaving specialty certificate, an applicant must:      
        (1) submit a completed application on a department-approved form;       
        (2) pay the fee required under §83.80;       
        (3) be at least 17 years of age;       
        (4) have completed the following hours of cosmetology instruction at a beauty culture school: for a hair weaving specialty certificate, 300 hours of instruction completed in not less than eight weeks from date of enrollment; and       
        (5) pass a written and practical examination required under §83.21.       
      (f) To be eligible for a student permit, an applicant must:      
        (1) submit a completed application in the manner prescribed by the department; and       
        (2) pay the fee required under §83.80.       
      (g) This section and §82.20 provide the minimum requirements for practitioner license applications received by the department before September 1, 2023. For practitioner license applications received on or after September 1, 2023, §83.200 provides the minimum requirements.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §83.20 adopted to be effective December 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 8082; amended to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1280; amended to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952; amended to be effective October 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 7050; amended to be effective January 1, 2008, 32 TexReg 9970; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9520; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8759; amended to be effective March 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 1693; amended to be effective January 1, 2023, 47 TexReg 8640