MN SALON MANAGER LICENSE 2026
PRACTICE QUESTION SET ONE
◉ renewal of salon license. Answer: $225
$175 for each renewal; and
$50 for each renewal application fee
◉ board. Answer: means the Board of Cosmetologist Examiners
◉ Cosmetology. Answer: the practice of personal services, for
compensation, for the cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin.
These services include cleaning, conditioning, shaping, reinforcing,
coloring and enhancing the body surface in the areas of the head,
scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except
where these services are performed by a barber
◉ Cosmetologist. Answer: any person who, for compensation,
performs the personal services
◉ Eyelash extensions. Answer: means the application, removal, and
trimming of threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and
includes the cleansing of the eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions
do not include color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave
,solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any
other cosmetology service.
◉ Eyelash technician. Answer: is any person who is not a
cosmetologist, esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician who, for
compensation, performs the personal services limited to eyelash
extensions
◉ Esthetician. Answer: is any person who, for compensation,
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
◉ Individual license. Answer: means a license described in section
155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
◉ Nail technician. Answer: is any person who, for compensation,
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the hands, feet,
and nails only
◉ Manager. Answer: is any person who is a cosmetologist,
esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, nail technician
practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner, and who has a
manager license and provides any services under that license
, ◉ Mobile salon. Answer: is a salon that is operated in a mobile
vehicle or mobile structure for exclusive use to offer personal
services
◉ Salon. Answer: an area, room, or rooms employed to offer
personal services. It does not include the home of a customer but the
board may adopt health and infection control rules governing
practice in the homes of customers.
◉ School. Answer: is a place where any person operates and
maintains a class to teach cosmetology to the public for
compensation. It does not include a place where the only teaching of
cosmetology is done by a licensed cosmetologist as part of a
community education program of less than ten hours duration,
provided that the program does not permit practice on persons
other than students in the program, and provided that the program
is intended solely for the self-improvement of the students and not
as preparation for professional practice.
◉ Instructor. Answer: is any person employed by a school to prepare
and present the theoretical and practical education of cosmetology
to persons who seek to practice cosmetology. They must maintain an
active operator or manager's license in the area in which the
instructor holds an instructor's license.
PRACTICE QUESTION SET ONE
◉ renewal of salon license. Answer: $225
$175 for each renewal; and
$50 for each renewal application fee
◉ board. Answer: means the Board of Cosmetologist Examiners
◉ Cosmetology. Answer: the practice of personal services, for
compensation, for the cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin.
These services include cleaning, conditioning, shaping, reinforcing,
coloring and enhancing the body surface in the areas of the head,
scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except
where these services are performed by a barber
◉ Cosmetologist. Answer: any person who, for compensation,
performs the personal services
◉ Eyelash extensions. Answer: means the application, removal, and
trimming of threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and
includes the cleansing of the eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions
do not include color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave
,solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any
other cosmetology service.
◉ Eyelash technician. Answer: is any person who is not a
cosmetologist, esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician who, for
compensation, performs the personal services limited to eyelash
extensions
◉ Esthetician. Answer: is any person who, for compensation,
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
◉ Individual license. Answer: means a license described in section
155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
◉ Nail technician. Answer: is any person who, for compensation,
performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the hands, feet,
and nails only
◉ Manager. Answer: is any person who is a cosmetologist,
esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, nail technician
practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner, and who has a
manager license and provides any services under that license
, ◉ Mobile salon. Answer: is a salon that is operated in a mobile
vehicle or mobile structure for exclusive use to offer personal
services
◉ Salon. Answer: an area, room, or rooms employed to offer
personal services. It does not include the home of a customer but the
board may adopt health and infection control rules governing
practice in the homes of customers.
◉ School. Answer: is a place where any person operates and
maintains a class to teach cosmetology to the public for
compensation. It does not include a place where the only teaching of
cosmetology is done by a licensed cosmetologist as part of a
community education program of less than ten hours duration,
provided that the program does not permit practice on persons
other than students in the program, and provided that the program
is intended solely for the self-improvement of the students and not
as preparation for professional practice.
◉ Instructor. Answer: is any person employed by a school to prepare
and present the theoretical and practical education of cosmetology
to persons who seek to practice cosmetology. They must maintain an
active operator or manager's license in the area in which the
instructor holds an instructor's license.
