To: All Licensees
From: Board of Body Art Practitioners
Subject: Permanent Cosmetics Apprenticeship Training Requirements
Date: Effective as of July 17, 2024
This notice serves to advise all applicants for licensure and licensees for a permanent cosmetic
practitioner must have completed the training and examination requirements at 16.36.9, subparts 12 and
13 NMAC to obtain or maintain licensure. Subpart 13, paragraph B states as follows:
Practical hours must be completed for each area of practice:
(1) eyebrow technique, 20 hours;
(2) eyeliner technique, 20 hours;
(3) lip technique, 20 hours;
(4) beauty mark and freckle technique, 10 hours;
It has come to the Board of Body Art Practitioners’ attention that some licenses have been issued for
permanent cosmetic practitioners who have not completed all practical hours under Paragraph B. The
board lacks authority to issue licenses for permanent cosmetic practitioners who have not completed all
practical hours. As a result, the board will require any licensee who received a license for a permanent
cosmetic practitioner but has not completed all practical hours under Section B to complete any such
additional hours necessary to maintain licensure by no later than December 31, 2025. The board may
seek discipline against licensees who are noncompliant after December 31, 2025, pursuant to Section 61-
17B-16(8), NMSA 1978.

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