Nail Specialist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
F.S. 477. A “nail specialist” means a person registered to engage in the practice of manicuring and pedicuring in the State of Florida. Manicuring means the cutting, polishing, tinting, coloring, cleansing, adding, or extending of the nails, and massaging of the hands. This term includes any procedure or process for affixing of artificial nails, except those nails which may be applied by a simple adhesive. Pedicuring means the shaping, polishing, tinting, or cleansing of the nails of the feet, and massaging or beautifying of the feet. These services must be performed in a licensed salon.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Military and veterans
- Fees are reduced and a temporary license available in the interim
Issuing body
- Department
- FL Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation
- Division
- Division of Professions
- Address
- 1940 N. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399
- Phone
- (850) 487-1395
- Agency website
- www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/
- Last updated
- February 25, 2020
Occupations (O*NET)
- Nail Technician 39-5092.00
Source and verification
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