7337.  Every application for admission to examination and licensure
shall be in writing, on forms prepared and furnished by the  bureau.

   Each application shall be accompanied by the required fee, and
shall contain proof of the qualifications of the applicant for
examination and licensure.  It shall be verified by the oath of the
applicant.  Every applicant shall, as a condition of admittance to
the examination facility, present satisfactory proof of
identification.  Satisfactory proof of identification shall be in the
form of a valid, unexpired driver's license or identification card,
containing the photograph of the person to whom it was issued, issued
by any state, federal, or other government entity.



7337.5.  (a) The bureau shall adopt regulations providing for the
submittal of applications for admission to examination of students of
approved cosmetology, electrology, or barbering schools who have
completed at least 75 percent of the required course clock hours and
curriculum requirements (60 percent for students of the manicurist
course).  The regulations shall include provisions that ensure that
all proof of qualifications of the applicant are received by the
bureau before the applicant is examined.
   (b) An application for examination submitted under this section
shall be known as a "preapplication" and an additional preapplication
fee may be required.
   (c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1992.
   (d) The bureau shall administer the licensing examination not
later than 10 working days after graduation from an approved
cosmetology, electrology, or barbering school to students who have
submitted an application for admission for examination under the
preapplication procedure.


7338.  The examination of applicants for a license shall include
both a practical demonstration and a written test and shall embrace
the subjects typically taught in a program approved by the  bureau.
   The examination shall not be confined to any particular system or
method.  It shall be consistent in both practical and technical
requirements, and of sufficient thoroughness to satisfy the bureau as
to the applicant's skill in, and knowledge of, the practice of the
occupation or occupations for which a license is sought.
   In the conduct and grading of examinations, practical
demonstrations shall prevail over written tests.
   The scope of examinations shall be consistent with the definition
of the activities licensed under this chapter, and shall be as the
bureau, by regulation, may require to protect the health and safety
of consumers of the services provided by licensees.
   The bureau's examinations shall be limited to clearly job-related
questions, activities, and practical services.  Examinations shall
also include written tests in antisepsis, disinfection, sanitation,
the use of mechanical apparatus and electricity as applicable to the
practice of barbering, cosmetology, or electrolysis.  They may
include other demonstrations and tests as the  bureau, in its
discretion, may require.



7340.  All examinations shall be prepared by or under the direction
of the bureau.  The bureau shall establish standards and procedures
governing administration and grading and shall exercise supervision
as may be necessary to assure compliance therewith.



7340.5.  The department shall monitor the examination process and,
in association with the board, shall report to the Legislature by
July 1, 1994, on the efficiency of the examination process pursuant
to Sections 7338 and 7340.


7341.  The bureau shall mail or deliver to every person failing any
examination provided for in this chapter the total grade received on
the examination.
   An unsuccessful applicant for licensure, after taking an
examination and within 90 days after the results thereof have been
declared, shall have the right to inspect his or her examination
paper in the city in which the examination was taken.




7342.  Licenses in the practice of the occupation for which the
license was sought shall be issued by the bureau to any applicant who
satisfactorily passes an examination, who possesses the other
qualifications required by law and who has remitted the license fee
required by this chapter.  The license shall entitle the holder to
engage in the practice of that occupation in a licensed
establishment.  The license shall be issued by the bureau on the same
day that the applicant satisfactorily passes the examination.



7344.  The bureau may contract or otherwise arrange for reasonably
required physical accommodations and facilities to conduct
examinations.


7345.  If an applicant fails to complete his or her application
within one year after it has been filed, or fails to take the
examination within one year after becoming eligible therefor, the
application shall be considered abandoned and the fee forfeited.  An
application submitted after the abandonment of a former application
shall be treated as a new application and shall be required to meet
all of the requirements for an initial license.