1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to cosmetology; repealing requirements for the regulation of salons and 
1.3 	salon managers for licensed practitioners who only provide eyelash extensions;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 155A.23, subdivisions 8, 18; 155A.27, 
1.5 	subdivision 1; 155A.271, subdivision 1; 155A.29, subdivisions 1, 6; repealing 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.23, subdivision 4b.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.23, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 8.Manager. A "manager" is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, 
1.10 	advanced practice esthetician, or nail technician practitioner, or eyelash technician 
1.11 	practitioner, and who has a manager license and provides any services under that license, 
1.12 	as defined in subdivision 3.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.23, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 18.Practitioner. A "practitioner" is any person licensed in the practice of 
1.15 	cosmetology, esthiology, or nail technology services, or eyelash technology services.

1.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.17 		Subdivision 1.Licensing. A person must hold an individual license to practice in the 
1.18 	state as a cosmetologist, esthetician, nail technician, eyelash technician, advanced practice 
1.19 	esthetician, manager, or instructor.

2.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subdivision 1.Continuing education requirements. (a) To qualify for license renewal 
2.3 	under this chapter as an individual cosmetologist, nail technician, esthetician, advanced 
2.4 	practice esthetician, eyelash technician, or salon manager, the applicant must complete four 
2.5 	hours of continuing education credits from a board-approved continuing education provider 
2.6 	during the three years prior to the applicant's renewal date. One credit hour of the requirement 
2.7 	must include instruction pertaining to state laws and rules governing the practice of 
2.8 	cosmetology. Three credit hours must include instruction pertaining to health, safety, and 
2.9 	infection control matters consistent with the United States Department of Labor's 
2.10 	Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards applicable to the practice of 
2.11 	cosmetology, or other applicable federal health, infection control, and safety standards, and 
2.12 	must be regularly updated so as to incorporate newly developed standards and accepted 
2.13 	professional best practices. Credit hours earned are valid for three years and may be applied 
2.14 	simultaneously to all individual licenses held by a licensee under this chapter.
2.15 	(b) Effective August 1, 2017, in addition to the hours of continuing education credits 
2.16 	required under paragraph (a), to qualify for license renewal under this chapter as an individual 
2.17 	cosmetologist, nail technician, esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, or salon manager, 
2.18 	the applicant must also complete a four credit hour continuing education course from a 
2.19 	board-approved continuing education provider based on any of the following within the 
2.20 	licensee's scope of practice:
2.21 	(1) product chemistry and chemical interaction;
2.22 	(2) proper use and maintenance of machines and instruments;
2.23 	(3) business management, professional ethics, and human relations; or
2.24 	(4) techniques relevant to the type of license held.
2.25 	Credits are valid for three years and must be completed with a board-approved provider of 
2.26 	continuing education during the three years prior to the applicant's renewal date and may 
2.27 	be applied simultaneously to other individual licenses held as applicable, except that credits 
2.28 	completed under this paragraph must not duplicate credits completed under paragraph (a).
2.29 	(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to an instructor license, a school manager license, 
2.30 	or an inactive license.

3.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.2 		Subdivision 1.Licensing. A person must not offer cosmetology services for compensation 
3.3 	unless the services are provided by a licensee in a licensed salon or as otherwise provided 
3.4 	in this section. Each salon must be licensed as a cosmetology salon, a nail salon, esthetician 
3.5 	salon, or advanced practice esthetician salon, or eyelash extension salon. A salon may hold 
3.6 	more than one type of salon license.

3.7 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.29, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
3.8 		Subd. 6.Exemption. The facility in which a person provides threading or eyelash 
3.9 	extension services and no other services requiring licensure by this chapter is exempt from 
3.10 	the requirement for a salon license under this section.

3.11 	Sec. 7.  REPEALER.
 3.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.23, subdivision 4b, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-1824 

155A.23 DEFINITIONS.Subd. 4b.Eyelash technician. 
An "eyelash technician" is any person who is not a cosmetologist, esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician who, for compensation, performs the personal services limited to eyelash extensions as defined in subdivision 4a only.