A cosmetology license, a branch of cosmetology, or an instructor license needs 4 hours of continuing education for 2025-2027. One of those hours is the Board's own Laws and Rules course.
Anyone renewing a license to practice cosmetology, a branch of cosmetology, or an instructor license. Boutique service registrations follow the same 4-hour split for 2025-2027. One course can cover more than one license: the Board says both the Laws and Rules hour and the infection-control hours apply to multiple licenses.
The 1-hour Board Laws and Rules course is free and only provided by the Board, on CE Broker. 1StopCEUs does not offer that hour. Our course is the 3-hour Infection Control and Safety class. Infection control course.
For the 2025-2027 period, all CE hours must be completed by January 15, 2027. If the hours are not done by that date, the Board says you cannot finish the renewal until February 1, 2027 or after, when the next CE courses become available.
The license itself must be renewed by January 31, 2027. A late fee applies after that date. The renewal fee is paid to the Board through eLicense. It is separate from the course price.
Cosmetology, branch of cosmetology, and tanning business licenses renew by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. The Board's business renewal instructions do not list a CE hour requirement for the business license itself.
Source: Continuing Education, Renew a License, and CE Hours Requirement Revised.
4 hours for 2025-2027: 1 hour of Board Laws and Rules, which only the Board offers, and 3 hours of Infection Control and Safety. The same hours apply to a branch of cosmetology and to an instructor license.
Complete CE by January 15, 2027. Renew the license by January 31, 2027. If the hours are not done by January 15, the Board says renewal cannot be completed until February 1, 2027 or after.
No. The Board provides the 1-hour Laws and Rules course itself, free, on CE Broker. Providers are not permitted to include Board laws and rules in their courses.