Manicurist

Exam

State exam

Education

Specific course

Experience

None

Background check

None

<p>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.</p> <p><strong>Legislation:</strong>&nbsp;NH RSA 313-A:12; Administrative Rules Chapter Bar 100-500</p> <p><strong>Licensure Requirements:</strong></p> <ul><li>Must be of good professional character</li> <li>Complete four years of high school or its equivalent</li> <li>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</li> <li>Pay a fee established by the Board</li></ul> <p><strong>Examination:</strong>&nbsp; Written and practical examinations required</p> <p><strong>Continuing Education:</strong>&nbsp;Not required</p> <p><strong>Fees</strong>:</p> <ul><li>Apprentice registration: $25</li> <li>Biennial apprentice renewal: $85</li> <li>Examination: $184</li> <li>Biennial renewal: $40</li></ul> <ul>Licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the odd year next succeeding its date of issuance</ul> <p><strong>Reciprocity:</strong>&nbsp;Permitted if the other state's requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of New Hampshire</p> <p>revised Jan 2018</p>