North Dakota Esthetician Practice Test

North Dakota tests its own law: 60 questions on scope, advanced esthetics, disinfection and the licence, each with its section.

Which hair removal method does N.D.C.C. 43-11-01 leave out of esthetics?

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Scope of practice: esthetics and advanced esthetics 27

  • A client needs surgery after an advanced esthetic procedure in North Dakota. What is the deadline for telling the Board? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2
  • A North Dakota advanced esthetician wants to use a microneedling pen. What must come first? N.D.C.C. 43-11-26.2
  • A procedure that vaporizes living tissue is ablative. Which holder of a North Dakota cosmetology board license may perform it? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • At what depth does microneedling become "advanced needling" under N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01
  • For what minimum period are the consent forms and treatment notes of an advanced esthetic client retained in North Dakota? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2
  • How do the North Dakota Board's rules define a "chemical peel"? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01
  • How many hours of practice as an esthetician does a master esthetician license take in North Dakota? N.D.C.C. 43-11-26
  • How much time must the supervising health care provider spend physically onsite under N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-08? N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-08
  • North Dakota exempts retail staff who demonstrate cosmetics on customers if the cosmetics are applied how? N.D.C.C. 43-11-02
  • Rule 32-03-01-10.2 describes the room for microneedling and other advanced procedures in North Dakota. Which feature does it require? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2
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Scope of practice: esthetics and advanced esthetics, continued

  • To what kind of care does N.D.C.C. 43-11-27.2 limit the practice of esthetics? N.D.C.C. 43-11-27.2
  • Under the grandfather provision, how many hours of board-approved advanced esthetic training may stand in place of supervised service work? N.D.C.C. 43-11-26.1
  • What do the North Dakota Board's cleaning rules say about a licensee performing injections? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • What kind of tip must a cosmetic needling device use under the North Dakota Board's definitions? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01
  • What must the written aftercare instructions given to a North Dakota advanced esthetic client include, besides the name, address and telephone number of the establishment and licensee? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2
  • Where does N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-14 say advanced esthetic procedures must not be practiced? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-14
  • Where does North Dakota's definition of esthetics draw the line on depth? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • Which advanced esthetic procedure requires direction or supervision by a licensed health care provider in North Dakota? N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-08
  • Which conduct is a ground for discipline under N.D.C.C. 43-11-31 that turns on a licensee's scope of practice? N.D.C.C. 43-11-31
  • Which cosmetic peel falls within esthetics as N.D.C.C. 43-11-01 defines it? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • Which device-based service does North Dakota's statute place within esthetics? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • Which hair removal method does N.D.C.C. 43-11-01 leave out of esthetics? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • Which licensed professional may provide advanced esthetic procedures without a license from the cosmetology board, under N.D.C.C. 43-11-02? N.D.C.C. 43-11-02
  • Which procedure belongs to advanced esthetics, and so is outside an esthetician license in North Dakota? N.D.C.C. 43-11-01
  • Who is responsible for keeping up with the North Dakota Board's decisions to prohibit a device or procedure? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-03-08
  • Who may serve as the supervising health care provider for an advanced esthetician in North Dakota? N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-08
  • Whose license, besides its own and its employees', must a North Dakota establishment display when it offers supervised advanced esthetic procedures? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-04

Cleaning, disinfecting and blood exposure 13

  • A facial is over and the sheets are soiled. What holds them until wash day under N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-09? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-09
  • A North Dakota esthetician wears gloves for every service. What does rule 32-02-01-06 say about gloves and hand washing? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-06
  • An esthetician keeps tweezers in an apron pocket between clients. What does N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-06 say? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-06
  • An esthetician wants to disinfect tweezers under an ultraviolet lamp. What does N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01 say? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01
  • Detergent and hot water have been used on the tools. Before immersion, what does North Dakota's three-step method require? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-10
  • During a facial in North Dakota the esthetician's own finger starts to bleed and the service stops. What comes second in rule 32-02-01-07.1? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-07.1
  • How are soiled towels laundered when a North Dakota establishment does not send them to a commercial laundry? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-09
  • How long do implements stay wet in the disinfectant under North Dakota's method of disinfection? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-10
  • Sixty percent alcohol sanitizer may stand in for soap and water in North Dakota on what condition? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-06
  • What happens to implements once the contact time has been met in a North Dakota establishment? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-10
  • What kind of waste containers must each licensed North Dakota establishment provide? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • Which items are for single use only under the North Dakota Board's definitions? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01
  • Which of these must a disinfectant be, under the North Dakota Board's definition? N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01

Wax, products and devices 8

  • An esthetician in North Dakota wants to use roll on wax. What does N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11 permit? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • Debris is found in a jar of cream at a North Dakota establishment. What does the Board's rule require? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • How does a North Dakota client receive paraffin under rule 32-02-01-11? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • How is wax dispensed under N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • In the North Dakota Board's rule on creams and waxes, what is "double dipping"? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • What does N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2 say about a device tip used in advanced esthetic procedures? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-10.2
  • What must be worn when performing a waxing or tweezing service in North Dakota? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11
  • Which is true in North Dakota of a product banned by a federal, state or local agency, such as methyl methacrylate? N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11

Licence, examinations and renewal 12

  • A North Dakota advertisement offers a service that requires a health care provider's supervision. What must it show? N.D. Admin. Code 32-03-01-09.1
  • A North Dakota esthetician who misses the grandfather provision must complete how many hours of advanced esthetics training? N.D.C.C. 43-11-26.1
  • An esthetician candidate sits a board examination in North Dakota. What are its portions under rule 32-04-01-25? N.D. Admin. Code 32-04-01-25
  • An esthetician let a North Dakota license lapse eighteen months ago. Which proof must go to the Board with the late fee and the renewal fee? N.D.C.C. 43-11-29
  • An esthetician licensed in another state for eight months applies in North Dakota by endorsement. What does the Board's rule require? N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-01.2
  • From the 2028 renewal cycle, rule 32-05-01-01 sets a yearly continuing education figure for a North Dakota esthetician. How many hours is it? N.D. Admin. Code 32-05-01-01
  • How long, at the least, is an esthetics program under N.D.C.C. 43-11-16? N.D.C.C. 43-11-16
  • Six years have gone by since a North Dakota esthetician license expired. What route does N.D.C.C. 43-11-29 leave? N.D.C.C. 43-11-29
  • Someone gives facials for pay in North Dakota with no license, willfully. What is the offense under N.D.C.C. 43-11-35? N.D.C.C. 43-11-35
  • What is the last day for a North Dakota esthetician to use the grandfather route to an advanced esthetician license? N.D.C.C. 43-11-26.1
  • What warning is an esthetician owed before an inspection the North Dakota Board has authorized? N.D.C.C. 43-11-37
  • Which day closes the license year for a North Dakota esthetician? N.D.C.C. 43-11-29

How this list was compiled: Outline: the North Dakota State Board of Cosmetology's Students & Schools page (https://www.ndcosmetology.com/students-schools/) lists the NIC Practical Examination, the NIC Written (Theory) Examination and the North Dakota Law & Rules Examination; N.D. Admin. Code 32-04-01-25 gives a board examination a theoretical portion, a state laws, rules and regulations portion and a practical portion, with seventy-five percent to pass. Facts: North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-11 (https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c11.pdf) and North Dakota Administrative Code title 32, chapters 32-01-02 to 32-05-01 with history lines to January 1, 2026 (https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/32-02-01.pdf and the other chapter files), on the Legislative Assembly's site. Each question names its section and links to the document it is in. Read 2026-10-14. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the public texts named. Nothing comes from a real examination, the sample questions in a bulletin, a textbook or a prep course.

How it works

This unofficial North Dakota esthetician practice test asks what Century Code chapter 43-11 and the Board's rules say. It is not affiliated with the North Dakota State Board of Cosmetology, the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC) or its test administrator.

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What the North Dakota law questions cover

Scope leads, with 27 questions: what the statute puts inside esthetics, what it moves to the advanced esthetician license, and what no licensee of the Board may do. Then come 13 on cleaning, disinfecting and blood exposure, 8 on wax, products and devices, and 12 on the licence.

  • Esthetics stops at the stratum corneum, and threading is not part of it (N.D.C.C. 43-11-01).
  • Waxing or tweezing takes a new pair of gloves, and wax a single-use applicator for each application (N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11).
  • Ultraviolet light is not an acceptable form of disinfection (N.D. Admin. Code 32-01-02-01).

Questions and answers

What exams does North Dakota require for an esthetician license?

Three, as the Board's students page lists them: the NIC practical examination, the NIC written theory examination and the North Dakota Law & Rules Examination. The Board's rule asks at least seventy-five percent to pass (N.D. Admin. Code 32-04-01-25).

How many questions are on the North Dakota esthetician law exam?

Neither the Board's rule nor its pages print a question count or a time limit for the Law & Rules Examination, so the exam round of 25 here is this page's own length. NIC's theory bulletin gives 110 items in 90 minutes.

Does this North Dakota esthetician practice test cover the theory exam?

No. It is practice for the law examination. Anatomy, skin disorders, chemistry and facial procedures are on NIC's theory outline and are not asked here. This site's Washington esthetics test follows that whole outline.

Are these the real North Dakota esthetician exam questions?

No. Every question is our own, written from N.D.C.C. chapter 43-11 and N.D. Admin. Code title 32 on the Legislative Assembly's site and linked to its source. None comes from an examination.

What can an esthetician do in North Dakota?

Skin care, makeup, lash and brow services, hair removal other than threading, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, high frequency and cosmetic peels under the strengths in N.D.C.C. 43-11-01. Microneedling, lancet extractions, advanced peels and nonablative procedures belong to the advanced esthetician license.

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