Required Hours:
Barber: 1500 Hours
Cosmetologist: 1500 Hours
Electrologist: 300 Hours (or 600 Apprentice)
Esthetician: 300 Hours
Nail Technician: 125 Hours

Minimum Requirements: Applicants must have completed two years of high school or its equivalent.

Reciprocity: Applicants with a valid license from a state whose requirements are equal to or higher. You must submit all of the following:

Completed, signed, notarized application form
Processing fee by check or money order made payable to State of Delaware. See Fee Schedule on dpr.delaware.gov
-click on Cosmetology and then on Fee Schedule.
Copy of all current licenses held in other states. At least one license in another state must be current when the Board reviews your application.
License verification (also called letter of good standing) from each state, District of Columbia or US territory where you now hold, or have ever held, a license. The verification must be sent directly from the other state to the Board office. Use the Verification of Licensure form at the end of this application to request the verification from the other state.

Download the Reciprocity Application (.pdf)

All supporting documentation should be sent from the source to address listed below.

Division of Professional Regulation
861 Silver Lake Blvd.
Cannon Bldg.(Suite#203)
Dover, Delaware 19904

Written Provider: NIC
Practical Provider: NIC
Practical Exam Required: Yes
Renewal: Esth, Nails, Elec, Barber, Instr - expire March 31 of even years; Cos - expires Oct. 31 of even
years; Massage - expires Aug. 31 of even years