# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 5. Cosmetologists

### Subtitle 3. Licenses

#### Section 5-302

(a)

  (1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, a student who has completed at least 350 hours of training at a school of cosmetology may practice cosmetology, without a license, at the school.

  (2) A student may practice cosmetology under this subsection only:

    (i) in the course of the practical work required as part of the training of the student;

    (ii) while the student is under the direct supervision of a teacher who meets the requirements established by the Department of Education for public school programs or the Maryland Higher Education Commission for private school programs; and

    (iii) if the individual to whom a service is to be provided agrees to provision of the service after being informed that a student in training is to provide the service.

(b)

  (1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, a student who has completed at least 1,000 hours of training at a school of cosmetology may practice cosmetology, without a license, in a hospital, nursing home, or correctional facility.

  (2) A student may practice cosmetology under this subsection only:

    (i) in the course of the practical work required as part of the training of the student;

    (ii) while the student is under the direct supervision of a teacher who meets the requirements established by the Department of Education for public school programs or the Maryland Higher Education Commission for private school programs; and

    (iii) if the individual to whom a service is to be provided:

      (1) is confined to the hospital, nursing home, or correctional facility; and

      (2) agrees to provision of the service after being informed that a student in training is to provide the service.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)