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Texas esthetician license: renewal plan

Reviewed rules from Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Your dates and courses are yours alone; progress below is what you report against those rules, not board acceptance.

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Texas esthetician license

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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Renewal cycle
24 months
Expiration rule
The expiration date on your official record
Renewal window
Not reviewed
Continuing education
4 hours per cycle
  • Sanitation1 h
  • Human trafficking awareness1 h
  • Two hours chosen from TDLR-listed subjects2 h
Each entry counts in one category only; no reviewed rule allows a course to satisfy two topics. No reviewed rule provides carryover, caps or exemptions for this credential, so none is applied.
Renewal fee
See the reviewed instruction and the withheld note below
After expiration
  • Expired-license route changes (90 days after expiration)
  • Expired-license route changes (180 days after expiration)
  • Expired-license route changes (three years after expiration)
Renewal steps
  • Use TDLR’s practitioner renewal guide, select Esthetician and the current license-status category, confirm continuing education, then continue to the online application. Personal details are entered only on TDLR’s site.
Not calculated
  • Renewal fee: The reviewed practitioner guide does not display the esthetician renewal amount; TDLR shows it inside the online application.
  • Renewal window: No reviewed source states when TDLR opens renewal.
Reviewed instructions and sources (7)
Deadline
TDLR's guide separates on-time renewal under Current and Active from expired-license routes for less than 90 days, less than 180 days, less than three years, and more than three years after expiration.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/barbering-and-cosmetology/individuals/renew/ · Retrieved 2026-09-03
Required topics
1 hour sanitation; 1 hour human-trafficking awareness; 2 hours chosen from TDLR-listed subjectsSource https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/barbering-and-cosmetology/individuals/continuing-education.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-03
Renewal fee
TDLR routes payment through the online license-renewal application; the reviewed public practitioner guide does not display the esthetician renewal amount.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/barbering-and-cosmetology/individuals/renew/ · Retrieved 2026-09-03
If the license lapses
Once expired, the renewal route changes according to elapsed time: less than 90 days, less than 180 days, less than three years, or more than three years. Use the matching TDLR status path instead of the Current and Active path.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/barbering-and-cosmetology/individuals/renew/ · Retrieved 2026-09-03
Renewal steps
Use TDLR's practitioner-license renewal guide, select Esthetician, choose the current license-status category, confirm continuing-education completion, and continue to the online renewal application.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/barbering-and-cosmetology/individuals/renew/ · Retrieved 2026-09-03
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