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Manicurists clean, shape and polish customers' fingernails and toenails. Apply monomer liquid and polymer powder nail enhancements. Apply UV gel, silk and fiberglass nail wraps and enhancements.

Legislation: NH RSA 313-A:12; Administrative Rules Chapter Bar 100-500

Licensure Requirements:

• Must be of good professional character
• Complete four years of high school or its equivalent
• Complete 300 hours of professional training in manicuring in a school approved by the Board or 600 hours in a shop apprenticeship program, and pass an examination conducted by the Board; or complete an apprenticeship in a salon, and have received, in the opinion of the Board, the equivalent of the required course
• Pay a fee established by the Board

Examination:  Written and practical examinations required

Continuing Education: Not required

Fees:

• Apprentice registration: $25
• Biennial apprentice renewal: $85
• Examination: $184
• Biennial renewal: $40

Licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the odd year next succeeding its date of issuance

Reciprocity: Permitted if the other state's requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of New Hampshire

revised Jan 2018