A licensed cosmetologist from another state applies in Louisiana by reciprocity. Which examination does the rule name as required for the license?LAC 46:XXXI.509(A)
A Louisiana student does paid cosmetology work without a license before finishing school. What does the student forfeit under the rule?LAC 46:XXXI.321(A)
A Louisiana student leaves school without finishing the curriculum. When do the hours earned become invalid?LAC 46:XXXI.321(E)
A person is caught cheating on an examination given by the Louisiana Board. For how long is the person disqualified from any Board examination?LAC 46:XXXI.1713
Are examinations and examination results given by the Louisiana Board open to discovery or disclosure?R.S. 37:586(C)
For how long must a Louisiana cosmetologist have practiced before beginning the instructor's course?R.S. 37:583(C)(1)
How long is the Louisiana teacher's training course?R.S. 37:583(B)(2)
How many curriculum hours must a Louisiana student complete before performing services on the clinic floor?LAC 46:XXXI.315(O)
How many enrolled students may each instructor on a Louisiana school faculty cover under the rule?LAC 46:XXXI.315(E)
How many hours does the basic Louisiana course of cosmetology include?R.S. 37:595(B)(1)
How many hours does the basic Louisiana course of esthetics include?R.S. 37:595(B)(2)
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Certificates, examinations and schools, continued
How many hours does the basic Louisiana course of manicuring include?R.S. 37:595(B)(4)
How many hours of the curriculum must a Louisiana cosmetology student complete before taking the practical exam?LAC 46:XXXI.309(A)
How many hours of the curriculum must a Louisiana cosmetology student complete before taking the written examination?LAC 46:XXXI.309(A)
How many registered teachers must a Louisiana school employ as instructors, at the least?R.S. 37:595(A)(4)
How much continuing education must a Louisiana registered teacher attend?R.S. 37:583(D)
How much notice to the Louisiana Board office counts as proper notification that a student will miss a scheduled examination, outside an emergency?LAC 46:XXXI.309(D)
How often must Louisiana esthetician, manicurist and teacher examinations be conducted?R.S. 37:586(A)(3)
How old must a person be to receive a Louisiana certificate of registration as a cosmetologist?R.S. 37:582(A)(1)
How soon after a student starts must a Louisiana school register the student with the Board?LAC 46:XXXI.311(A)
What do Louisiana licensing examinations include, in the words of the Act?R.S. 37:586(B)
What is the least total floor space of a Louisiana school of cosmetology?R.S. 37:595(A)(2)
What is the most training a Louisiana student may earn in one calendar week?LAC 46:XXXI.311(C)
What must a Louisiana student bring to the practical examination?LAC 46:XXXI.309(E)
What must be paid before a Louisiana graduate may apply for a licensing examination?R.S. 37:586(E)
What must the sign at the entrance of every Louisiana cosmetology school read?LAC 46:XXXI.315(H)
What schooling does the Louisiana Cosmetology Act ask of a cosmetologist applicant?R.S. 37:582(A)(2)
Which three examinations does the Louisiana Act say are conducted at least twice monthly?R.S. 37:586(A)(2)
Renewal and permits 12
A Louisiana beauty shop certificate is not renewed on time. On what date does it expire?R.S. 37:590(A)(1)
A Louisiana cosmetologist does not renew by the birthday. When does the certificate expire?R.S. 37:590(A)(2)
A Louisiana registrant retires from practice for more than three years. What proves fitness to resume?R.S. 37:590(B)
A person registered in Louisiana keeps a license to practice in another state. How does the Act treat that time?R.S. 37:590(C)
By what date each year must a Louisiana beauty shop owner, booth renter, manager and school renew?R.S. 37:590(A)(1)
By what date must a practicing Louisiana cosmetologist renew the certificate of registration each year?R.S. 37:590(A)(2)
For how long does a Louisiana certificate of temporary registration let an out-of-state licensee practice?R.S. 37:584(A)
For how long is a Louisiana special permit valid?LAC 46:XXXI.1101(B)
How far ahead must an application for a Louisiana temporary permit to take part in a hair show reach the Board?LAC 46:XXXI.1113(B)
How many temporary certificates may one person be issued in Louisiana within a calendar year?R.S. 37:584(B)
What does a Louisiana instructor receive who has not attended the continuing education seminar within the preceding 24 months?LAC 46:XXXI.505(C)
What earns a Louisiana instructor the master instructor license?LAC 46:XXXI.505(B)
Salons, managers and inspections 17
A Louisiana cosmetology salon owner is not a licensed cosmetologist. What must the owner do?R.S. 37:589(A)
A Louisiana salon has both barbers and cosmetologists. How tall must the lettering be on the signs that mark each area?R.S. 37:591(B)(5)
A Louisiana salon is in a home. What entrances does the rule require?LAC 46:XXXI.703(B)
How far from its designated storage location may a Louisiana mobile salon operate?LAC 46:XXXI.1201(C)
How large must the salon name be on the outside of a Louisiana mobile salon?LAC 46:XXXI.1201(D)
How much absence makes a Louisiana shop owner employ a registered manager?R.S. 37:589(B)
What may a Louisiana Board inspector never do while employed by the Board?R.S. 37:575(B)(7)
What must every Louisiana licensee have in possession whenever a service is being performed?LAC 46:XXXI.1709
What must the holder of a Louisiana mobile salon license file with the Board before the first of each month?LAC 46:XXXI.1201(D)
What must the written booth rental agreement say about how a Louisiana cosmetologist works?R.S. 37:592(B)(1)
When may Louisiana Board inspectors enter a licensed salon and examine its work records?LAC 46:XXXI.901(A)
When must the registered manager of a Louisiana salon be present?R.S. 37:589(A)
Where may a Louisiana licensee give services outside a licensed facility to a client who is chronically ill or disabled?R.S. 37:591(D)(1)
Where must every holder of a Louisiana certificate of registration display it?R.S. 37:597
Which of these is a place where a Louisiana licensee may lawfully provide services outside a licensed facility?R.S. 37:591(D)(3)
Which of these makes a Louisiana cosmetologist an independent contractor, not an employee of the salon?R.S. 37:592(B)
Which words must appear in any sign for cosmetology services at a Louisiana facility?R.S. 37:591(B)(4)
Safety and sanitation 20
After each patron, what is done to combs and brushes in Louisiana before they go into disinfectant?LAC 46:XXXI.701(C)
After each use, what must happen to every tool that comes in direct contact with a Louisiana client?LAC 46:XXXI.701(N)
Before a manicure or pedicure in Louisiana, what must the customer do?LAC 46:XXXI.713(A)
How deep may a Louisiana cosmetologist or esthetician exfoliate?LAC 46:XXXI.711(A)
How does the Louisiana rule define a "disposable" item?LAC 46:XXXI.101
How much clean water must a Louisiana mobile salon be able to store?LAC 46:XXXI.1201(D)
How often must a pedicuring tub be sanitized in Louisiana?LAC 46:XXXI.713(A)
How often must hair clippings on the floor be swept up in a Louisiana salon?LAC 46:XXXI.701(M)
In what must towels and linens be washed for Louisiana esthetics and manicuring services?LAC 46:XXXI.711(B)
What kit must be available in every Louisiana salon and school?LAC 46:XXXI.701(Q)
What must a Louisiana esthetician wash the hands with before coming into contact with any client?LAC 46:XXXI.711(B)
When must a Louisiana cosmetologist wash the hands with soap and fresh water?LAC 46:XXXI.701(G)
Where are clean towels kept in a Louisiana salon?LAC 46:XXXI.701(E)
Where do used disposable items go after an esthetics or manicuring service in Louisiana?LAC 46:XXXI.711(B)
Where may carpet or floor cloth not be used in a Louisiana salon?LAC 46:XXXI.701(J)
Which blade may no Louisiana licensee use in the performance of cosmetology?LAC 46:XXXI.701(R)
Which chemical may not be used to sanitize equipment in a Louisiana salon?LAC 46:XXXI.701(R)
Which live animal may be on the premises of a facility licensed by the Louisiana Board?LAC 46:XXXI.701(K)
Which nail enhancement products are barred from Louisiana salons and schools?LAC 46:XXXI.701(R)
Which of these is on the Louisiana list of disposable equipment?LAC 46:XXXI.715
Scope of practice and exemptions 15
Does "compensation" in the Louisiana definition of a cosmetologist include tips?R.S. 37:563(5)
How deep may a nano-needling device reach under the Louisiana definition?LAC 46:XXXI.101
How many hours of training in shampooing, draping and rinsing earn a Louisiana shampoo assistant permit?LAC 46:XXXI.1109(A)
May a barber licensed by the Louisiana Board of Barber Examiners work in a beauty shop or salon?R.S. 37:581(D)(1)
Under whose supervision must a Louisiana blow-dry technician work at all times?LAC 46:XXXI.507(E)
What does Louisiana "alternative hair design" not include?LAC 46:XXXI.101
What does the Louisiana definition of manicuring exclude?R.S. 37:563(11)
What kind of needle must a Louisiana cosmetologist or esthetician use for ear piercing?R.S. 37:581(B)(6)
What must a person aged 16 or older complete to receive a Louisiana threading permit?LAC 46:XXXI.1110(B)
Where may a Louisiana blow-dry technician perform blow-drying hair services?LAC 46:XXXI.507
Which process does the Louisiana definition of esthetics leave out?R.S. 37:563(8)
Which service does no Louisiana cosmetology license or permit authorize in a licensed salon?LAC 46:XXXI.717
Which task may a Louisiana shampoo assistant perform at the request of a licensed cosmetologist?LAC 46:XXXI.1109(D)
Which three practices make up "cosmetology" in the Louisiana Act?R.S. 37:563(6)
Who is exempt from the Louisiana Cosmetology Act?R.S. 37:581(B)(5)
Discipline and penalties 13
A Louisiana registrant does not report all business receipts and income to the state and federal revenue agencies. What may follow under the Act?R.S. 37:600(A)(11)
After the Louisiana Board sends a cease and desist order to an unlicensed person, how long is there to stop before the executive director may seek an injunction?R.S. 37:606(C)
Besides a fine, what may the Louisiana Board assess against a registrant after disciplinary proceedings?R.S. 37:604(C)
How soon must a Louisiana licensee answer the Board’s written informal notice of an alleged violation?LAC 46:XXXI.1301(B)
In a suit for an injunction, what penalty may the Louisiana Board demand of the defendant?R.S. 37:605(B)
To which court does a person appeal a Louisiana Board order that revokes a certificate?R.S. 37:607(A)
Upon proof of a violation, how much may the Louisiana Board order paid for each violation?R.S. 37:604(A)
What fine may a Louisiana inspector collect for each violation when the registrant waives a hearing in writing?R.S. 37:601
What is the total ceiling on payments the Louisiana Board may order under R.S. 37:604?R.S. 37:604(A)
What is the weekly ceiling on fines a Louisiana inspector may collect by citation from one person or facility?R.S. 37:601
What may no person licensed by the Louisiana Board permit of someone in their employ?R.S. 37:592(A)
Which of these is a ground for discipline under the Louisiana Act?R.S. 37:600(A)(6)
Which two causes let the Louisiana Board suspend a certificate immediately?R.S. 37:600(B)
The Board 9
How long must a cosmetologist have practiced to qualify for appointment to the Louisiana Board?R.S. 37:572(B)(1)
How many members of the Louisiana Board may be connected with a school of cosmetology?R.S. 37:572(D)
How many members sit on the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology?R.S. 37:571(B)
How many registered cosmetologists, at most, make up the Louisiana examination team?R.S. 37:585(B)
How often must the Louisiana Board hold meetings?R.S. 37:575(A)(3)
In which parish is the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology domiciled?R.S. 37:571(A)
Into what account does all money received by the Louisiana Board go?R.S. 37:578
What limits public comment by one person at a Louisiana Board meeting?LAC 46:XXXI.1701
Who designates the chairman of the Louisiana Board?R.S. 37:574(A)
How this list was compiled: Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 37, Chapter 6-A, the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (R.S. 37:561 to 37:607), section by section on the Louisiana State Legislature's own site (https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=94321); and Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part XXXI, Cosmetologists, in the compilation dated December 2023 on the Office of the State Register's page of the Division of Administration (https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/osr/louisiana-administrative-code/). Each question names its section and links to the document it is in. Read 2026-10-10. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the statute and rule text. Nothing comes from a testing vendor, a textbook, a prep course or an exam question pool.
How it works
This unofficial Louisiana cosmetology state board practice test asks only the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (R.S. 37:561 to 37:607) and the Board's rules (LAC 46:XXXI), read on October 10, 2026. Hair, skin and nail theory, the national examination's subject, is omitted.
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What the Louisiana questions cover
Certificates, examinations and schools lead: registration at sixteen, 1,500 hours, the written examination at 1,000 hours and the practical at 1,400. Then come safety and sanitation, salons, managers and booth rental, special permits for shampoo assistants and threaders, fines, and the Board in East Baton Rouge Parish.
How the bank follows the Board's state exam
The Act names three examinations for cosmetologists: practical, Louisiana state theory and national theory (R.S. 37:586). Every school curriculum must teach the Act and the rules (LAC 46:XXXI.301), and a licensee from another state passes the state examination for a license by reciprocity (LAC 46:XXXI.509). This bank asks from that law.
Renew on or before your birthday; the certificate expires thirty days after it (R.S. 37:590).
An owner away more than two working days a week must employ a registered manager (R.S. 37:589).
Credo blades, formaldehyde sanitizing and MMA nail products are all barred (LAC 46:XXXI.701).
Questions and answers
Is there a free Louisiana cosmetology state board practice test?
Yes, on Louisiana law: every question here is free and names the section of the Cosmetology Act or the Board's rules it rests on. The Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology did not write or review the page.
What is on the Louisiana cosmetology state exam?
Louisiana law, by the Board's own study source: its testing page links the Cosmetology State Exam to its book of cosmetology laws and rules. The Act and the rules print no pass mark, so this page gives a score and no verdict.
Does this Louisiana cosmetology practice test cover the national theory exam?
No. The national theory examination asks hair, skin and nail science, which is not here. Every question on this page rests on a section of the Act or of the Board's rules.
Are these real Louisiana state board questions?
No. Examinations and their results are confidential under R.S. 37:586, and nobody here has seen one. Each question was written from the Act on the Legislature's site or from LAC 46:XXXI.