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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-10-13. Right to set course of study for students; application for examination; apprenticeship.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-10-13. Right to set course of study for students; application for examination; apprenticeship.

(a) The board shall have the right to set a course of study for all students of the schools of cosmetology, schools of hair design, schools of esthetics, schools of nail care, and schools of barbering within this state.

(b) Before a student shall be eligible to take the examination provided for in Code Section 43-10-9, he or she shall first file with his or her application for examination a transcript showing the number of hours and courses completed from the school or shop attended by the student.

(c) A barber apprentice and any other individual serving as an apprentice in a beauty shop, beauty salon, or barber shop shall take the theory portion of the examination provided for in Code Section 43-10-9 within the first 12 months of his or her apprenticeship.

## History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, § 5; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1327, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1420, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1057, § 11; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 904, § 9/SB 145; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2019, p. 462, § 3-2/SB 214.