North Dakota

North Dakota State Board of Cosmetology

4719 Shelburne Street, Suite 1
Bismarck, ND 58503

Phone: 701-224-9800 | Fax: 701-222-8756 | Website: ndcosmetology.com/ | Email: bocinfo@nd.gov
Training hours required from a licensed esthetics school/program: 600, Master 1000 work hours
Renewal CEU hours: Instructors only, 8 hours every year

Regulation Type: 
Microblading: 

No if considered tattooing or permanent makeup

Permanent make-up: 

No

Eyelash extensions/lash-brow tinting: 

"Manipulating eyelashes" allowed.
Otherwise unclear

Laser/IPL: 

No as to laser.
Unclear as to IPL

Microdermabrasion: 

Unclear

Microneedling: 

No as to micro-needling that invades the live tissue.

Chemical Peels: 

Prohibited: chemical peels using:
(1) thirty percent or higher concentration of alpha hydroxy acid;
(2) twenty percent or higher concentration of beta hydroxy acid;
(3) two percent or higher concentration of resorcinol;
(4) fifteen percent or higher concentration of trichloroacetic acid (TCA); or
(5) fifteen percent or higher concentration of phenol

Radio Frequency: 

Unclear

North Dakota COVID-19 State Update

There have been many changes in the massage therapy, esthetics, and cosmetology professions and communities in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). ASCP has summarized below how COVID-19 has impacted North Dakota, from executive orders affecting business closures, to reopening protocols modifying practice procedures, to financial programs developed to aid the unemployed.