Indiana § 25-8-5-4.5 - Credit for valid license
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§ 25-8-5-4.5. Credit for valid license
Sec. 4.5. (a) If a student in a beauty culture school presents to the school a valid license issued by the board, the school shall accept and provide credit toward the student's current program for the hours completed in a beauty culture school in the theory and demonstration, or actual practice, of any of the following subjects:
(1) Electricity (basic electricity).
(2) Facials.
(3) Hair coloring (color rinses).
(4) Hair removal.
(5) Makeup.
(6) Manicuring.
(7) Pedicuring.
(8) Salesmanship (salesmanship and marketing).
(9) Sanitation (infection control or bacteriology).
(10) Scalp treatment.
(11) Skin (skin care).
(12) Shampooing (shampoo rinsing).
(13) Hair coloring (weekly rinses).
(14) Cutting, trimming, styling, arranging, dressing, curling, permanent waving, cleansing, bleaching, tinting, coloring, or similarly treating hair.
(15) Other areas as determined by the board.
(b) The school shall credit the appropriate subject areas on a student's transcript for the hours transferred under subsection (a).
(c) A student may not transfer any hours of credit above the amount required in each subject area under the student's current program.
(d) The student may receive credit for the number of hours that the student's current program requires in the subject areas covered by the student's license, even if the number of hours required under the current program is greater than the actual number of hours completed when the student's license was earned.
As added by P.L.113-1999, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.170-2013, SEC.36.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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