Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 13:28-1.2 - Examination and reexaminations(a) Applicants shall be subject to testing in all areas of cosmetology and hairstyling appropriate for the license sought, and such examination shall be in two parts: practical and theory. An applicant shall submit to the Board the examination fee set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1 with the application. 1. Applicants shall have the option of taking a computer-based test in lieu of the written theory portion of the examination. The computer-based test shall be administered by a Board-approved third-party vendor and the fee for such test shall be paid by the applicant directly to the vendor. In addition to the fee for the computer-based test, applicants for examination shall submit the examination fee set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1 to the Board. i. Testing for the written theory portion of the examination for hair braiding will be paper-based and administered by the Board, unless before, on, or after October 18, 2021, a Board-approved third-party vendor is able to administer the examination to applicants. The Board shall keep information on this matter updated online.(b) Applicants must receive a passing grade on each part of the examination to obtain a license. An applicant shall achieve a score of not less than 75 percent on the theory portion of the examination in order to be eligible to take the practical examination. No applicant shall be permitted to take the practical examination unless the applicant has successfully completed the theory portion of the examination.(c) An applicant who fails the theory portion of the examination or fails to appear for the examination may be rescheduled for examination upon written notice to the Board and submission of the examination fee set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1.(d) Payment of the initial examination fee set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1 shall entitle an applicant to take and/or be scheduled to take the practical portion of the examination no more than two times. An applicant who fails the practical portion of the examination and/or who fails to appear for the practical portion of the examination twice, may be rescheduled for examination upon written notice to the Board and submission of the examination fee set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:28-5.1.N.J. Admin. Code § 13:28-1.2
Amended by R.1993 d.287, effective 6/7/1993.
See: 25 N.J.R. 893(b), 25 N.J.R. 2485(b).
Amended by R.2003 d.458, effective 12/1/2003.
See: 35 N.J.R. 2400(a), 35 N.J.R. 5429(a).
In (c), inserted "applying" following "applicant" and deleted "by endorsement" following "hairstyling license"; in (d), added the N.J.A.C. reference.
Amended by R.2009 d.169, effective 5/18/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 6739(a), 41 N.J.R. 2124(b).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a); added (a)1; in (b), inserted the last two sentences; deleted former (c); recodified former (d) as (c); in (c), rewrote the first sentence and deleted the last sentence; and added new (d) through (f).
Amended by R.2012 d.169, effective 10/15/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1763(a), 44 N.J.R. 2366(a).
Deleted (e) and (f).
Special amendment, R.2019 d.124, effective 10/30/2019 (to expire October 27, 2020).
See: 51 N.J.R. 1779(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a) and in the introductory paragraph of (a)1, substituted "set forth at" for "set forth in"; and added (a)1i.Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1798(a), effective 10/18/2021