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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 41. Board For Barbers And Cosmetology
Chapter 70. Esthetics Regulations
12/4/2025

18VAC41-70-105. Student instructor temporary license.

A. A licensed esthetician or master esthetician may be granted a 12-month student instructor temporary license to function under the direct supervision of a certified instructor in a licensed school. No subsequent student instructor temporary license will be issued. A student instructor must pass an instructor examination administered by the board or by a testing service acting on behalf of the board.

B. A student instructor may teach in any profession in which the student instructor holds the underlying license. Failure to maintain an esthetician or master esthetician license will disqualify an individual from holding a student instructor temporary license.

C. Licensed estheticians and master estheticians may also supervise waxing student instructor temporary license holders. Licensed master estheticians may also supervise esthetician student instructor temporary license holders.

D. The student instructor temporary license holder must be associated with both a school and a direct supervisor.

E. Temporary licenses may not be issued where grounds may exist to deny a license pursuant to § 54.1-204 of the Code of Virginia or 18VAC41-70-100.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2025.

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