(1) A Montana licensee will receive the following credit of hours towards course requirements upon enrollment in a cosmetology course in Montana:

(a) licensed barber 1500 hours;

(b) licensed electrologist 80 hours;

(c) licensed manicurist 200 hours; or

(d) licensed esthetician 325 hours of credit will be given towards the cosmetology course.

(2) A Montana-licensed cosmetologist may apply for a barber license after completion of an additional 150 hours in barbering:

(a) 125 hours in clipper cutting; and

(b) 25 hours in straight razor shaving.