Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

Board for Barbers and Cosmetology

Barbering and Cosmetology Regulations [18 VAC 41 ‑ 20]

Action:

Lower Cosmetology Training to 1,000 Hours

General Information

Action Summary	The Board for Barbers and Cosmetology proposes to lower the training hours for the cosmetology license from 1,500 hours to 1,000 hours. This change is expected to revise the training topics in the cosmetology curriculum to create uniform training among cosmetology schools. The Board will also look at streamlining training requirements in other training programs under the Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review	This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project	Yes [7333]
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
9708	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 10/12/2022.
9943	Proposed	Submitted to the Registrar and awaiting publication (07/17/2023).

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Kelley Smith / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 400 Richmond, VA 23233
Email Address:	barbercosmo@dpor.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-8590 FAX: (866)245-9693 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this board.