Welcome to the Arizona Barbering & Cosmetology Board
The Barbering and Cosmetology Boards were consolidated as a result of HB2029 that was signed into law on August 6, 2021. The day to day operations of the Board are overseen by the Executive Director who was appointed by the Board, agency staff members and an Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Board. Office operations include administration, licensing and examinations and enforcement.
Welcome to the Arizona Barbering & Cosmetology Board
The Barbering and Cosmetology Boards were consolidated as a result of HB2029 that was signed into law on August 6, 2021. The day to day operations of the Board are overseen by the Executive Director who was appointed by the Board, agency staff members and an Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Board. Office operations include administration, licensing and examinations and enforcement.
Welcome to the Arizona Barbering & Cosmetology Board
The Barbering and Cosmetology Boards were consolidated as a result of HB2029 that was signed into law on August 6, 2021. The day to day operations of the Board are overseen by the Executive Director who was appointed by the Board, agency staff members and an Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Board. Office operations include administration, licensing and examinations and enforcement.
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License Certification
If you are moving to another state and need a license certification or you need license information for another Board, please follow the below instructions.
The certificate will state your name, type of license, license number, issue date, date of expiration, disciplinary action or lack thereof, the basis of licensure, and the licensure requirements.
Please note that certifications are emailed to the requested state and the requester will be CC'd on that email. We do not mail certifications.
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| 1 | Fill out all of the necessary application information. | |
| 2 | After you have filled out the application, you must verify the email address you listed on your application. The verification link is good for 48 hours. If you do not confirm your email address and then move on to the payment, your application will not be submitted. | |
| 3 | Select ‘Confirm Email’ on the email sent and then fill out the payment information. | |
| 4 | After you have filled out the payment information, you must select ‘Authorize’ on the Order Review page. | |
| 5 | The application process is complete once you get to the payment confirmation page. You will receive an email from the Barbering & Cosmetology Board saying that your application has been submitted. | |
| After Application Submittal |
Your license certificate will be sent to the email/state you identified on your application. You will be CC’d on the email that gets sent to the state you identified. It is currently taking up to 4 weeks for certification requests.
Please note that we do not provide refunds if you submit the wrong application. |
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| Note | If you were never licensed in Arizona but earned hours in a school and need those student hours, please submit a Certification of Student Hours application. Please note: if your student hours are over 10 years ago, we may not have the information on file. Please contact [email protected] to determine if we have hours to certify for you. Certification of student hours can take up to four weeks. |
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Personal License: If you are licensed in another state other than Arizona, you can transfer your license through Reciprocity which is a license-for-license process.
Instructor:
A.R.S. §32-532: Notwithstanding section 32-531, a person is entitled to receive a license to teach cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form prescribed by the board, pays the prescribed fees and complies with one of the following:
1. Is a current licensed cosmetology instructor, aesthetics instructor, nail technology instructor or hairstyling instructor in another state or country.
2. Is a current licensed cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist in another state or country and has at least one year of instructor experience in the other state or country in cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination thereof.
3. Does all of the following:
(a) Either:
(i) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
(ii) Holds a diploma from a high school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Is a licensed cosmetologist, aesthetician, nail technician or hairstylist in another state or country.
(c) Completes instructor training in another state or country that has instructor education requirements that are at least substantially equivalent to those of this state.
(d) Passes the examination for an instructor license.
(e) Has five years of licensed industry experience within the ten years preceding application.
(f) Meets requirements as prescribed by the board in its rules.
| Step | Description | Resource |
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| Note |
You will need to have your current licensed state send an official license verification to [email protected]. We recommend requesting this from your licensed state first as it can take multiple weeks. We are unable to license you in Arizona without receiving your license verification first.
If you are from Colorado or South Carolina, you do not have to send a certification. If you are from Indiana or Maine, you will need to upload your certification on the application. |
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| 1 | Fill out all of the necessary application information and supporting documents. | |
| 2 | Review the information you have entered and click ‘Submit.’ | |
| 3 | You must verify the email address you listed on your application. The verification link is good for 48 hours. If you do not confirm your email address and then move on to the payment, your application will not be submitted. | |
| 4 | Select ‘Confirm Email’ on the email sent and then fill out the payment information. | |
| 5 | After you have filled out the payment information, you must select ‘Authorize’ on the Order Review page. | |
| 6 | The application process is complete once you get to the payment confirmation page. You will receive an email from the Barbering & Cosmetology Board saying that your application has been submitted. |
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| Note | We are currently not administering an infection, protection, and law class. Instead, please review the IFP guidelines. | |
| After Application Submittal |
It currently takes up to 5 weeks for a completed application to be processed. If any additional information is needed from you, you will be contacted via email. Upon being licensed, you will receive an email from the licensing portal. If it has been past the 5 weeks, please check your spam folder before contacting the Board. |
| Step | Description | Resources/Additional Information |
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| Note |
Please contact Arizona International Credential Evaluators in order to have your education translated and certified. Please send the required documents to [email protected] so that they can review them, translate it and certify it. Once the evaluation has been processed, have it mailed directly to our office or emailed to [email protected]. |
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| 1 | Fill out all of the necessary application information and supporting documents. | |
| 2 | Review the information you have entered and click ‘Submit’ | |
| 3 | You must verify the email address you listed on your application. The verification link is good for 48 hours. If you do not confirm your email address and then move on to the payment, your application will not be submitted. | |
| 4 | Select ‘Confirm Email’ on the email sent and then fill out the payment information. | |
| 5 | After you have filled out the payment information, you must select ‘Authorize’ on the Order Review page. | |
| 6 | The application process is complete once you get to the payment confirmation page. You will receive an email from the Barbering & Cosmetology Board saying that your application has been submitted. | |
| Note | We are currently not administering an infection, protection and law class. Instead, please view the IFP guidelines. | |
| After Application Submittal | It currently takes up to 3 weeks for a completed application to be processed. If any additional information is needed from you, you will be contacted via email. |
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FY 2025 Budget Submission
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