Legislation passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed into law in 2024 could change how salons and barber shops bring new talent into the beauty industry.
Indiana Public Law 82 provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology can take the cosmetologist license exam and, upon passage, practice as a cosmetologist.
It became law in March 2024. With the law, those interested in working in the beauty industry can bypass beauty school and work as an apprentice at a salon that sponsors the Department of Labor apprentice program…