Cosmetology Instructor, Barber Instructor

• License fee $20.00.
• Criminal History Check fee $15.00 until June 30, 2008.
• Effective July 1, 2008, the Maine State Bureau of Identification is adopting a rate changes. The fee for criminal background checks will increase to $21.00. Applications received on or after July 1, 2008 are subject to the $21.00 fee for the criminal history records check.

• Coincides with practice license

An exam is required to hold this license. You must comply with the following in order to qualify for examination:

• Submit an application for Instructor by Examination with appropriate fee made payable to Treasurer, State of Maine.
• A high school diploma or its equivalent;
• Hold a valid Maine Barber or Cosmetology License;
• Demonstrate fifteen hundred (1500) hours of experience as a licensed barber or cosmetologist within three (3) years proceeding the date of application. Of the fifteen hundred (1500) hours, up to five hundred (500) hours may be substituted at the rate of one hundred (100) hours for each college credit earned. Evidence of work experience may be submitted by:
• Copies of income tax "C" form for self-employment; or
• W - 2 form for employment.

Educational requirements - In addition you must have completed one of the three requirements below:

• Complete a course of study for the preparation of barber or cosmetology instructors consisting of at least one thousand (1,000) hours in not less than six (6) months in a school for barbering or cosmetology licensed by the Board; or
• Complete twelve (12) credits from a post secondary school, college, or university in educational courses related to teaching the Board has approved. The following topics are acceptable toward clock hours of post secondary credits:
  • History and philosophy of education;
  • Methods and materials in teaching;
  • Curriculum development;
  • Measurement and evaluation in teaching;
  • Business organization and management; or
  • Provide proof of a valid instructor license in another state and evidence of at least fourteen (14) clock hours or 1½ post-secondary credits of continuing education acquired within the past two (2) years from the date of application in courses or seminars relating to teaching.

Once your application has been approved you will receive a packet with an affidavit in order for you to apply to take the exam. Exams are administered by D.L. Roope Administrations at PO Box 606, Hampden, Maine 04444 or call 888-375-2020.

Once the Board receives nofication from you that you have passed the exams your instructors license will be issued.

• Application form for License by Endorsement (PDF)
• Application form for License by Examination (PDF)

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• Biennial renewal fee is $20.00

• This license renews biennially based on first licensure date.

• A person who submits an application for renewal after the expiration date is subject to a late fee of $50.00;
• More than 90 days after license expiration date is subject to submitting a new application and the late fee of $50.00 plus penalty fees:
  • Lapsed license 90 days to 4 year: $30.00.
  • Repeat lapsed license renewals: additional $100.00.
  • Lapsed license 4 years and beyond: Must pay required fee and retake the exam.

Renewal reminders are mailed approximately 60 days prior to the license expiration date. It is the licensee's responsibility to keep the Board informed of the current license address and/or to see that the license is renewed absent the renewal application.

• Continuing Education - Once you officially hold an Instructor license, you will be required to comply with continuing education requirements in order to renew your license. You must also maintain a valid barber and/or cosmetology practice license (whichever applies in your case) at all times. All persons holding valid barber or cosmetology instructors licenses are required to complete fourteen (14) hours of continuing education to be submitted at the time of license renewal having been completed within the two- (2) year biennium of that licensing period. In other words, if your license expires January 31, 2002, your continuing education must have been completed between the dates of February 1, 2000 and January 31, 2002. To qualify for purposes of licensure renewal, continuing education hours must contribute to the goal of maintaining or increasing the knowledge, skill and competence of instructors.

• Fill out the online renewal application and submit.
  
  The Department must verify that you have met all the conditions for renewal before your license is renewed. Online submission of your renewal application should not be construed as automatic renewal of your license.