37-31-308. Examination -- reexamination -- exemption for persons with disabilities. (1) Examinations for a license to practice barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring or to teach barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring must be held at places and times specified by the board. The examinations may not be confined to a specific method or system. The board may contract with an outside agency for examination and grading services.
     (2) Persons with physical disabilities trained for barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring by the department of public health and human services are, for a period of 1 year immediately following their graduation, exempt from the examination and the fees described in 37-31-323. On certification from the department of public health and human services that a department of public health and human services beneficiary has successfully completed the required training in a school of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring, the department shall issue the person the necessary certificate or license to practice the profession in this state.

     History: (1), (3)En. Sec. 8, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 3228.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 350, L. 1974; Sec. 66-808, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 210, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 350, L. 1974; Sec. 66-803, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 66-803(4), 66-808; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 106, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 260, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 88, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 243, L. 2003.