At what point is the cutoff between a few hours and more hours? If someone stopped cutting hair 20 years ago versus let the license lapse 2 years ago? How good

At what point is the cutoff between a few hours and more hours? If someone stopped cutting hair 20 years ago versus let the license lapse 2 years ago? How good is the record keeping? They might not log everything you do for 20 years, just 'if your license isn't lapsed you have completed everything currently required' and not have a mechanism for bringing someone with 1 year of no-compliance and someone with 20 years into compliance in a custom tailored manner.