Florida cosmetologists and specialists need 10 hours of board-approved continuing education before each renewal. Barbers and restricted barbers need a 2-hour HIV/AIDS course. Salon and barbershop licenses have no CE requirement.
Florida cosmetologists, full specialists, nail specialists, and facial specialists must complete 10 hours of Board of Cosmetology approved continuing education before each two-year renewal, unless they qualify for the 10-year exemption.
Florida barbers and restricted barbers need a 2-hour HIV/AIDS course approved by the Florida Barbers' Board, completed before the license expires.
If you have held an active Florida cosmetology or barber license continuously for at least 10 years and no discipline has been imposed against it, you are exempt from continuing education under SB 382, effective July 1, 2024.
Nail specialists, facial specialists, and full specialists renew on the same 10-hour Board of Cosmetology rule as cosmetologists.
A board-approved HIV/AIDS course is required for a new Florida cosmetology or barber license. It is not the same course used to renew an existing license.