ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1926

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 22, 2024

      The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1926.

      This bill provides the option for an individual to fulfill the requirements for licensure as a manicurist through the completion of an apprenticeship.  Under the bill, “manicuring apprenticeship” is defined as a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices, as is required pursuant to federal regulation, in pursuit of licensure as a manicurist.  An applicant seeking a manicuring license through an apprenticeship is required to be at least 17 years of age; of good moral character; free of any communicable, contagious or infectious disease which could reasonably be expected to be transmitted during the course of rendering manicuring services; and has graduated high school with a diploma or successfully passed an examination developed by the General Education Development Testing Service. 

      Additionally, the applicant is to pass the examination as required of individuals who seek licensure in manicuring by completing a course of study offered at a school of cosmetology and hairstyling, an approved vocational program at a public school, or a school in another state or country with substantially similar curriculum.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2024-2025 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.