Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3460 amends the Occupations Code to require applicants for certain licenses to practice cosmetology to have obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent or to have passed a valid examination. The bill removes the provision prohibiting the Texas Cosmetology Commission from submitting an examination of a student in a vocational cosmetology program in a public school for grading by a national testing service and provides for licensure, rather than certification, of public secondary or postsecondary beauty culture schools. The bill requires, rather than authorizes, the commission to recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for cosmetology, and participation in the programs is mandatory, rather than voluntary. The bill takes effect September 1, 2003, except for provisions relating to continuing education programs for cosmetology and eligibility requirements to obtain a facialist specialty license, which take effect September 1, 2004.