License Renewal Dates
A cosmetologist forgets to renew their Florida license by October 31 and continues working in November. This is occurring.
What is practicing with an expired license?
A salon owner’s establishment license expired, but services continue as normal for two weeks. The salon may face this.
What are fines, disciplinary action, or closure?
A student claims salon combs must always be sterilized between clients. Florida salon regulations instead generally require this level of decontamination.
What is disinfection?
This is the total number of members serving on the Florida Board of Cosmetology.
What is 7 members?
This specialty registration requires 180 hours of training in Florida.
What is Nail Specialist?
lorida cosmetology licenses must generally be renewed during this time period.
What is every two years (biennially)?
A licensed cosmetologist allows an unlicensed friend to shampoo and blow-dry clients while “training.” This Florida law violation is occurring.
What is unlicensed practice?
An implement that cannot be properly disinfected because of cracks or damage should immediately be this.
What is discarded?
This number of Board of Cosmetology members must be licensed cosmetologists.
What is 5?
This specialty registration requires 220 hours of training in Florida.
What is Facial Specialist?
A stylist renews their license after the expiration deadline but before returning to work. This is typically required first.
What is paying renewal and delinquency fees?
A stylist rents a booth in a salon but uses another cosmetologist’s license number to avoid renewal fees. This may be considered this type of violation.
What is fraud or misrepresentation?
This process destroys all microbial life, including bacterial spores.
What is sterilization?
This number of Board of Cosmetology members must be laypersons who are not licensed cosmetologists
What is 2?
This specialty combines nail and facial specialist training in Florida.
What is Full Specialist?
A cosmetologist ignores renewal notices for several renewal cycles. The license may eventually become this.
What is null and void?
A salon has 5 employees. The owner and 4 other stylists. The salon is required to be how many square feet.
What is 300 sq ft? (100 for the first employee and 50 additional sq ft per additional employee)
A student claims UV storage containers sterilize implements. In reality, UV units are mainly used for this.
What is storage or maintaining cleanliness?
Board members must have lived in Florida continuously for at least this many years before appointment.
Bonus: Board members may not serve more than this number of consecutive terms.
What is 5 years?
What is 2 consecutive terms?
This number of training hours is generally required for a Full Specialist registration.
What is 400 hours?
A cosmetologist renews after the deadline and must pay this additional delinquency fee amount.
What is $25?
The Florida cosmetology laws are found in this chapter of the Florida Statutes.
What is Chapter 477?
Boiling water alone is not considered reliable salon sterilization because it may fail to destroy this.
What are spores?
Licensed cosmetologist members of the board must have practiced cosmetology in Florida for at least this amount of time.
What is 5 years?
Florida defines cosmetology as services performed for aesthetic rather than this purpose.
What is medical purposes?