Nail Technician
PennsylvaniaActive
This record was last updated on March 11, 2021, before 2022. It may be out of date — confirm with the board.
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Manicuring is work or maintenance done to the nail or cuticle of the hands or the feet for cosmetic purposes including, and limited to, filing, polishing, coating, nipping, shaping, sculpturing and applying artificial tips and other extensions. The term does not include the removal of corns and calluses but does include the removal of thin, dry skin for cosmetic purposes with a pumice stone or similar nonmetal instrument.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of State
- Division
- Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
- Board
- Cosmetology Board
- Address
- P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105
- Phone
- (717) 783-7130
- Agency website
- https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Cosmetology/Pages/default.aspx
- Last updated
- March 11, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- Nail Technician 39-5092.00
Source and verification
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