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passage): (b) On and after January 1, 2020, each person seeking an initial license as an esthetician shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department, accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and evidence that the applicant (1) has completed a course of not less than six hundred hours of study and received a certification of completion from a school approved under section 20-265g or section [20-26] 20-262 or in a school outside of the state whose requirements are equivalent to a school approved under section 20-265g, or (2) (A) if applying before January 1, [2022,] 2025, (i) has practiced esthetics continuously in this state for a period of not less than two years prior to July 1, 2020, or (ii) completed a course of study and received a certificate of completion from a school approved under section 20-265g or section 20-262, and (B) is in compliance with the infection prevention and control plan guidelines prescribed by the department under section 19a- 231 in the form of an attestation. Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 20-265d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): (b) On and after October 1, 2020, each person seeking an initial license as a nail technician shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department, accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and evidence that the applicant (1) has completed a course of not less than one hundred hours of study and received a certificate of completion from a school approved under section 20-265g or section 20- 262 or in a school outside of the state whose requirements are equivalent to a school approved under section 20-265g, or (2) (A) if the applicant is applying on or before January 1, [2022,] 2025, (i) has practiced as a nail technician continuously in this state for a period of not less than two years prior to January 1, 2021, and is in compliance with the infection prevention and control plan guidelines prescribed by the department