• Home to DLR
• Home to Cosmetology Commission
• Commission Information
  • Commission Meetings
  • Commission Members
• Consumer Information
  • Consumer Complaints
  • Disciplinary Actions (Adobe PDF format)
  • License Verification
  • Warning about Methyl Methacrylate Monomers Use
• Education
• Forms
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Inspections
  • Inspectors
  • Failed Inspections
• Licensing Requirements
  • License Verification
  • Exams
  • Exam Schedule and Procedures
  • Foreign Applicants
  • Renewal (About Renewing)
  • Renew Online
  • Rented Booth
  • Out of State Applicants
    • Through Reciprocity
    • No License (Students)
• Moving? Let us know!
• Newsletter
• Blood Exposure Regulations
• Posting Requirements
• Resources for Licensees
• South Dakota Laws & Rules
• Useful Links
• Contact Us
• Other Boards & Commissions

South Dakota Cosmetology Commission

Commission Information

About the Commission

The Cosmetology Commission consists of five members appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. Three members must be cosmetologists licensed in South Dakota at the time they are appointed and two members must be members of the public. No member of the Commission may be a member of, be affiliated with or have an interest in any cosmetology school while holding office. The Commission meets at least six times a year.

The Commission's duties include:

• maintaining an office for the administration of records
• inspections of salons, booths, cosmetology schools, nail technicians, estheticians and cosmetologists
• conducting examinations for licensee applicants
• investigating violations and enforcing the laws and administrative rules of South Dakota associated with by cosmetology

Commission Members

Vacant, President

Renee Graf, Vice President
Watertown, South Dakota

Zoe Hiller, Secretary-Treasurer
Pierre, South Dakota

Debbie Pageler, Public Member
Sisseton, South Dakota

Annette Petersen, Public Member
Hurley, South Dakota