OREGON EDUCATOR LICENSURE
ASSESSMENTS 2026 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED EDUCATIONAL
THEORY AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT
BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ Affidavit of Licensure. Answer: means an original document or
other approved means of verifying licensure history, including
information disclosing all unresolved or outstanding penalties
and/or disciplinary actions.
◉ Agency. Answer: Oregon Health Licensing Agency.
◉ Article. Answer: means those items which complement services
provided in the practice of barbering, hair design, esthetics or nail
technology, including but not limited to neck-strips, neck dusters,
towels or linens, and cloth or plastic capes.
◉ Authorization. Answer: means a certificate, license, permit or
registration issued by the Oregon Health Licensing Agency that
allows a person to practice one of the occupations or professions or
maintain a facility subject to the authority of the boards and councils
listed in 676.565
,◉ Chemical service. Answer: means the use of any product which
restructures or removes hair or changes the shape or appearance of
skin, hair or nails.
◉ Common area. Answer: area of a facility which is used by all
authorization holders performing services, reception areas,
dispensing areas, sinks, shampoo bowls, hair dryers, hair dryer
areas and employee lounges.
◉ Disinfect. Answer: means using a process to destroy harmful
organisms, including bacteria, viruses, germs and fungi.
◉ Dispensing area. Answer: means an area with non-porous
surfaces and a sink with hot and cold running water where service
preparations are conducted, including, but not limited to, mixing of
chemicals, cleaning of tools and equipment, disposing of residues
and rinsing parts of the body exposed to chemicals.
◉ Educational Institution. Answer: means an Oregon high school,
Oregon career school (licensed) or an Oregon community college.
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency, a branch of the
federal government, which approves and registers chemical
compounds and agents.
,◉ Equipment. Answer: means those items needed to operate a
facility, including, but not limited to, waiting chairs, barber or styling
chairs, shampoo chairs, cabinets, sinks, shampoo bowls, stationary
dryers, pedicure bowls or whirlpool foot spas, paraffin wax
containers, and nail technology tables.
◉ Fire retardant container. Answer: airtight metal container for
disposing of chemical waste or storing linens with chemical residue.
◉ High-level disinfectant. Answer: means a chemical agent, which
has demonstrated tuberculocidal activity and is registered with the
EPA.
◉ Low-level disinfectant. Answer: A chemical agent which has
demonstrated bactericidal, germicidal, fungicidal, and limited
virucidal activity and is registered with the EPA.
◉ Materials and supplies. Answer: means those items which
complement the use of tools, including but not limited to hair tints,
bleaches, permanent wave solutions, hair oils, shampoos, rinses,
disinfectants, and chemicals.
◉ Natural Person. Answer: means a living, individual, human being.
, ◉ Official transcript. Answer: An original document authorized by
the appropriate office in the Oregon Department of Education and
certified by an educational institution indicating applicant identity
information, each field of practice enrolled under, specific hour
requirements for each field of practice if applicable, final practical
examination scores for each field of practice, enrollment information
and a signature from an authorized representative on file with the
agency. Original documents must be submitted directly to the agency
from the educational institution by United States Postal Service mail
or other recognized mail service providers in a sealed envelope; OR
(b) A document authorized by the appropriate office in the Oregon
Department of Education and certified by an educational institution
indicating identity information, each field of practice enrolled under,
specific hour requirements for each field of practice if applicable,
final practical examination scores for each field of practice,
enrollment information and a signature from an authorized
representative on file with the agency. Non-original documents are
only accepted when approved by the Agency.
◉ Premises. Answer: means the entire area of a facility, licensed by
the agency as a facility.
◉ Sharp edged or pointed, non-electrical tools and implements.
Answer: means those items which may on occasion pierce or cut the
skin and draw blood, including razors, cuticle nippers, cuticle
ASSESSMENTS 2026 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED EDUCATIONAL
THEORY AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT
BREAKDOWN FULL REVIEW
◉ Affidavit of Licensure. Answer: means an original document or
other approved means of verifying licensure history, including
information disclosing all unresolved or outstanding penalties
and/or disciplinary actions.
◉ Agency. Answer: Oregon Health Licensing Agency.
◉ Article. Answer: means those items which complement services
provided in the practice of barbering, hair design, esthetics or nail
technology, including but not limited to neck-strips, neck dusters,
towels or linens, and cloth or plastic capes.
◉ Authorization. Answer: means a certificate, license, permit or
registration issued by the Oregon Health Licensing Agency that
allows a person to practice one of the occupations or professions or
maintain a facility subject to the authority of the boards and councils
listed in 676.565
,◉ Chemical service. Answer: means the use of any product which
restructures or removes hair or changes the shape or appearance of
skin, hair or nails.
◉ Common area. Answer: area of a facility which is used by all
authorization holders performing services, reception areas,
dispensing areas, sinks, shampoo bowls, hair dryers, hair dryer
areas and employee lounges.
◉ Disinfect. Answer: means using a process to destroy harmful
organisms, including bacteria, viruses, germs and fungi.
◉ Dispensing area. Answer: means an area with non-porous
surfaces and a sink with hot and cold running water where service
preparations are conducted, including, but not limited to, mixing of
chemicals, cleaning of tools and equipment, disposing of residues
and rinsing parts of the body exposed to chemicals.
◉ Educational Institution. Answer: means an Oregon high school,
Oregon career school (licensed) or an Oregon community college.
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency, a branch of the
federal government, which approves and registers chemical
compounds and agents.
,◉ Equipment. Answer: means those items needed to operate a
facility, including, but not limited to, waiting chairs, barber or styling
chairs, shampoo chairs, cabinets, sinks, shampoo bowls, stationary
dryers, pedicure bowls or whirlpool foot spas, paraffin wax
containers, and nail technology tables.
◉ Fire retardant container. Answer: airtight metal container for
disposing of chemical waste or storing linens with chemical residue.
◉ High-level disinfectant. Answer: means a chemical agent, which
has demonstrated tuberculocidal activity and is registered with the
EPA.
◉ Low-level disinfectant. Answer: A chemical agent which has
demonstrated bactericidal, germicidal, fungicidal, and limited
virucidal activity and is registered with the EPA.
◉ Materials and supplies. Answer: means those items which
complement the use of tools, including but not limited to hair tints,
bleaches, permanent wave solutions, hair oils, shampoos, rinses,
disinfectants, and chemicals.
◉ Natural Person. Answer: means a living, individual, human being.
, ◉ Official transcript. Answer: An original document authorized by
the appropriate office in the Oregon Department of Education and
certified by an educational institution indicating applicant identity
information, each field of practice enrolled under, specific hour
requirements for each field of practice if applicable, final practical
examination scores for each field of practice, enrollment information
and a signature from an authorized representative on file with the
agency. Original documents must be submitted directly to the agency
from the educational institution by United States Postal Service mail
or other recognized mail service providers in a sealed envelope; OR
(b) A document authorized by the appropriate office in the Oregon
Department of Education and certified by an educational institution
indicating identity information, each field of practice enrolled under,
specific hour requirements for each field of practice if applicable,
final practical examination scores for each field of practice,
enrollment information and a signature from an authorized
representative on file with the agency. Non-original documents are
only accepted when approved by the Agency.
◉ Premises. Answer: means the entire area of a facility, licensed by
the agency as a facility.
◉ Sharp edged or pointed, non-electrical tools and implements.
Answer: means those items which may on occasion pierce or cut the
skin and draw blood, including razors, cuticle nippers, cuticle
