person whose license has lapsed or expired for a period of five years or more must take and pass the examination for licensure before the license can be reactivated. Section 4013640. (A) A licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor may voluntarily surrender a license by expressing this voluntary surrender in writing to the committee and returning the license to the committee. If the license is lost, the individual shall submit a notarized statement to that effect to the committee. (B) A licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor may not surrender his license and the license may not lapse by operation of law while the licensee is under investigation or while charges are pending against the licensee, unless the committee agrees to accept the surrender of a license. However, the committee may set conditions on its agreement with the licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor under investigation or against whom charges are pending to accept surrender of the license. Section 4013650. (A) Regarding electrology education programs, the committee also shall: (1) recommend standards by which a program may be approved for the board to promulgate in regulation; (2) survey and evaluate proposed programs; (3) evaluate the need for a program in the geographical area in which the program will be located; (4) keep a list of institutions that currently offer electrology education programs that are approved by the committee pursuant to this section; and (5) encourage schools of higher learning to establish programs in the theory and practice of electrology. (B) Before an institution may operate an electrology education program in this State, the committee must approve the program. The institution first shall submit evidence to the committee that the institution is prepared to: (1) meet the standards provided in subsection (A)(1); and (2) carry out an education program of at least six hundred combined instructional hours or another amount of time as provided for in regulation, in the: (a) theory of electrology, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4013580; and (b) clinical practice of electrology, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4013580.
person whose license has lapsed or expired for a period of five years or more must take and pass the examination for licensure before the license can be reactivated. Section 4013640. (A) A licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor may voluntarily surrender a license by expressing this voluntary surrender in writing to the committee and returning the license to the committee. If the license is lost, the individual shall submit a notarized statement to that effect to the committee. (B) A licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor may not surrender his license and the license may not lapse by operation of law while the licensee is under investigation or while charges are pending against the licensee, unless the committee agrees to accept the surrender of a license. However, the committee may set conditions on its agreement with the licensed electrologist or licensed electrology instructor under investigation or against whom charges are pending to accept surrender of the license. Section 4013650. (A) Regarding electrology education programs, the committee also shall: (1) recommend standards by which a program may be approved for the board to promulgate in regulation; (2) survey and evaluate proposed programs; (3) evaluate the need for a program in the geographical area in which the program will be located; (4) keep a list of institutions that currently offer electrology education programs that are approved by the committee pursuant to this section; and (5) encourage schools of higher learning to establish programs in the theory and practice of electrology. (B) Before an institution may operate an electrology education program in this State, the committee must approve the program. The institution first shall submit evidence to the committee that the institution is prepared to: (1) meet the standards provided in subsection (A)(1); and (2) carry out an education program of at least six hundred combined instructional hours or another amount of time as provided for in regulation, in the: (a) theory of electrology, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4013580; and (b) clinical practice of electrology, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4013580.