The state may refuse to grant a license if a student has been convicted of a crime; committed any act involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit; or committed any act that, if committed by a licentiate of the business or profession in question, would be grounds for the Arkansas Department of Health Cosmetology Section to deny licensure. The Arkansas Department of Health Cosmetology Section denies licensure on the grounds that the applicant knowingly made a false statement of fact required to be revealed in the application for such license. Students who are not U.S. citizens or who do not have documented authority to work in the United States will not be eligible to apply to take the state licensure examination. Paul Mitchell the School - Little Rock is not responsible for students denied licensure.
state licensing disclaimer
The Department of Health shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or instructor a person who has made application to the department in proper form, has paid the fee required, and who:
- Is not less than sixteen (16) years of age;
- Has completed two (2) years of high school in the public schools of this state or its equivalent; and
- Has completed one (1) of the following:
- For a cosmetologist, training of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours;
- For a manicurist, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;
- For an aesthetician, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours;
- For an instructor, training of at least four hundred eighty (480) hours; or
- The prescribed course of study in cosmetology under the laws of another state whose licensing requirements are equal to or stricter than those in Arkansas.