Cosmetology program curriculum.

32-04-01-26.1. Cosmetology program curriculum. The curriculum for students enrolled in a cosmetology program must be fifteen hundred hours of training. A school or licensed instructor may not permit a student to render clinical services until a student has completed twenty percent of the total hours of instruction required. The instruction in all subject areas collectively must meet or exceed the overall minimum didactic and practical hours required for the entire fifteen-hundred-hour cosmetology curriculum and must include: Cleaning, disinfecting, and safety: Total 75 hours Didactic: 35 hours Practical: 40 hours Hair cutting: Total 200 hours Didactic: 55 hours Practical: 145 hours Hair styling: Total 175 hours Didactic: 45 hours Practical: 130 hours Manicuring: Total 100 hours Didactic: 35 hours Practical: 65 hours Esthetics: Total 200 hours Didactic: 80 hours Practical: 120 hours Chemical services: Total 425 hours To include at minimum: hair coloring, permanent waving and relaxing: Didactic: 130 hours Practical: 285 hours 12 Additional subjects and law: Total 150 hours Didactic: 120 hours Practical: 30 hours Business: Total 50 hours Didactic: 40 hours Practical: 10 hours Professionalism, ethics, and career development: Total 50 hours Didactic: 40 hours Practical: 10 hours Enrichment: Total 75 hours Total hours 1,500 hours History: Effective July 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2012; January 1, 2017; April 1, 2022; January 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 43-11-05 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-11-16