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BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS

ACRYLIC NAILS ARTIFICIAL NAILS BARBER BEAUTICIAN
BEAUTY BEAUTY SALON BEAUTY SHOP COSMETICIAN
COSMETOLOGIST COSMETOLOGY HAIR STYLIST INSTRUCTOR
MANICURIST NAILS PORCELAIN NAILS SALON
SCHOOL SCULPTURED NAILS

State

Colorado Division of Registrations
Office of Barber and Cosmetologist Licensing
1560 Broadway #1340
DENVER , CO   80202
(303)894-7772
Fax: (303)894-7693

An applicant for examination shall furnish proof of training of not less than the number of hours of course completion in the subject area in which the applicant seeks licensure as follows:

a) 60 credit hours for a cosmotologist
b) 50 credit hours for a barber
c) 20 credit hours for a manicurist
d) 40 hours credit for a hair stylist

Also it is required to take an exam through Paerson VUE. For more information visit:

Link: http://www.pearsonvue.com/

Effective on December , 2008, the Colorado Office of Barber and Cosmetologist Licensing will no longer review out-of-state training. If license wasn't obtained on Colorado, the Colorado practical and written examination should be taken.

Link: http://www.dora.state.co.us/barber_cosmetologists/
 
 
All licensing are on two-year licensing cycle and expire in March of even numbered years. Fees vary for exam, initial licensing renewal, reinstatement, endorsement.
Endorsement available if training and exam "substantially equivalent."
Shops/Salons: Shops and salons are not licensed but must register with the board. If salon moves or is sold is must re-register

State

Colorado Department of Revenue
1375 Sherman St
Denver , CO   80261
(303)238-7378
Most product sales are subject to sales tax. Contact the Department of Revenue regarding sales tax licensing regardless of whether a business sells retail, wholesale, on consignment or at events.

Link: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue/REVX/1193047059515
NOTE:  For barber/cosmetology school regulations, see OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOL

page last updated 3/23/10

The Colorado Revised Statutes are available on line at http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/colorado_revised_statutes.htm. You can locate a statute of interest by searching either on the citation given in the database (e.g., 18-5-307) or on a keyword or phrase.

 

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