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225 ILCS 410/3A-5

(225 ILCS 410/3A-5) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)

Sec. 3A-5. Examination.

(a) The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants for a
license as an esthetician or teacher of esthetics at such times and places as
it may determine.  The
Department shall authorize no fewer than 4 examinations for
a license as an esthetician or a teacher of esthetics in a calendar year. An applicant for licensure as an esthetician who has completed 600 hours in the study of esthetics may take the examination.

If an applicant neglects, fails without an approved excuse, or refuses to
take the next available examination offered for licensure under this Act,
the fee paid by the applicant shall be forfeited to the Department and the
application denied.  If an applicant fails to pass an examination for licensure
under this Act within 3 years after filing his or her application, the
application shall be denied.  However, such applicant may thereafter make a
new application for examination, accompanied by the required fee, if he or she
meets the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.  If an applicant
for licensure as an esthetician is unsuccessful at 3 examinations conducted by
the Department, the applicant shall, before taking a subsequent examination,
furnish evidence of not less than 125 hours of additional study of esthetics in
an approved school of cosmetology or esthetics since the applicant last took
the examination.  If an applicant for licensure as an esthetics teacher is unsuccessful at 3 examinations conducted by the
Department, the applicant shall, before taking a subsequent examination,
furnish evidence of not less than 80 hours of additional study in teaching
methodology and educational psychology in a licensed school of cosmetology or
esthetics since the applicant last took the examination.  An applicant who
fails to pass a fourth examination shall not again be admitted to an
examination unless (i) in the case of an applicant for licensure as an
esthetician, the applicant shall again take and complete a program of 750 hours
in the study of esthetics in a licensed school of cosmetology approved to teach
esthetics or a school of esthetics, extending over a period that
commences after the applicant fails to pass the fourth examination and that is
not less than 18 weeks nor more than 4 consecutive years in duration; or (ii) in
the case of an applicant for a license as an esthetics teacher, the applicant
shall again take and complete a program of 750 hours of teacher
training in a
school of cosmetology approved to teach esthetics or a school of esthetics,
except that if the applicant had 2 years of practical experience as a licensed
cosmetologist or esthetician within 5 years preceding the initial examination
taken by the applicant, the applicant must again take and complete a program
of 500 hours of
teacher training in  licensed cosmetology or a licensed esthetics school.

(b) Each applicant shall be given a written examination testing both
theoretical and practical knowledge which shall include, but not be limited to,
questions that determine the applicant's knowledge, as provided by rule.

(c) The examination of applicants for licensure as an esthetics teacher may
include:

(1) teaching methodology;

(2) classroom management; and

(3) record keeping and any other subjects that the

Department may deem necessary to insure competent performance.

(d) This Act does not prohibit the practice of esthetics by one who has
applied in writing to the Department, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Department, for a license as an esthetician or an esthetics teacher and has complied with all the provisions of this Act
in order to qualify for a license, except the passing of an examination to be
eligible to receive such license certificate, until: (i) the expiration of 6
months after the filing of such written application, or (ii) the decision
of the Department that the applicant has failed to pass an examination within
6 months or failed without an approved excuse to take an examination conducted
within 6 months by the Department, or (iii) the withdrawal of the application.

(Source: P.A. 100-642, eff. 1-1-19; 100-934, eff. 1-1-19.)