I stopped the Friday recommended blogs because it seems I hurt a few friends feelings by not putting theirs up and for that I do apologise and I promise I will throw in a plug every now and then if you write an interesting article that I think it would be beneficial to my readers.
I took the weekend off and for those of you with comments waiting I will get to them shortly. Hopefully you have already found the information you needed, but if not I will answer them later this evening. I was glad to see that I didn’t offend any of you with the last post and you still left questions, but then again you probably didn’t even read it.
Most of the visitors that come here are cosmetology students or those that already have their license and the majority are looking for answers about reciprocity. I really don’t understand why it’s so hard to find the answers that are sought, if nothing else just by sending an email to your state board would provide a very quick answer for your problem.
I have a list of all the state board sites provided for your convenience and you can even find lots of answers that may apply for your situation in the previous comments that have been posted. As mentioned in earlier posts I would greatly appreciate you reporting any bad links that you find in this blogs information so I can fix them.
i was wondering i have a cosmetology license in vermont and i wanted to move to california. i worked in a salon for a year 1/2 . i have completed 1500 hours at school for Barre vermont tech cosmetology school. would i need to go back to school for 100 hours since california requires 1600 hours? and would i need to take the practical and written tests again if i wanted to be licensed in california? or could i just pay a fee and take the written state law test to get my license in california?
Jen… Since you haven’t worked for 3 years according to what I read on their site you would have to take their exams, but it’s best to contact them directly and get the information you need. I’m assuming you’ve been to their state board site if so you would have seen this:
910. Out-of-State Applicants
(a) An applicant who desires to establish eligibility for examination for a license in this state upon the basis of practice, study or training outside this state, or supplementary training in a licensed school in this state, or any combination thereof, shall furnish proof of his or her qualifications to the board as follows:
(1) An applicant who desires credit for practices in another state or country shall file with the board, on the form prescribed by it (Form #03E-145, Affidavit of Experience-Form C, Rev 1/91), an affidavit from a disinterested person verifying such practice, together with an authenticated statement from the licensing agency in the state or country where such practice took place showing that the applicant was licensed to engage in such practice, if a license was required therefore.
So I’m sure they will give you credit for the 1 and 1/2 that you worked.