LICENSING GUIDE

Ohio — Advanced Esthetician

Ohio issues an Advanced Esthetician license to a licensed esthetician who passes the advanced examination and completes an advanced qualification pathway. The advanced credential does not authorize practice outside Ohio's statutory esthetics scope.

Renewal Period: 24 months

Last Verified: September 17, 2026

PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE

School Pathway

Training Hours: 150

The education pathway requires 150 additional hours of Board-approved advanced esthetics training beyond the education required for the underlying Esthetician license. An alternate qualification route is 1,800 hours of practice as an esthetician or cosmetologist in a licensed salon. Applicants must also pass the advanced examination.

Apprenticeship Pathway

This is an advanced-license pathway rather than an apprenticeship. Ohio permits qualification through either 150 additional advanced-training hours or 1,800 hours of licensed salon practice.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

License Sources

Ohio Revised Code § 4713.01 — Cosmetology Definitions

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules

Ohio Revised Code § 4713.30 — Advanced Licenses

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules

No treatment scope rules have been published for this license type yet.