§ 17-26-417 — Student work

(a) In each licensed school of cosmetology: (1) A student for a license as a cosmetologist, after one hundred fifty (150) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of the branches of cosmetology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; (2) A student for a license as a manicurist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with manicuring taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; (3) A student for a license as an aesthetician, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with aesthetics taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; and (4) A student for a license as an electrologist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with electrology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials. (b) A student may not engage in any work upon a client who is paying for service or materials until he or she has had the required number of hours of instruction. (c) A school shall not advertise student work to the public through any medium unless the work is designated as student work. (d) (1) A school may allow a student to volunteer in charity or special events held outside the school if the following conditions are met: (A) The student agrees to participate; (B) The student is accompanied by and acts under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor; and (C) The school maintains the required student-to-teacher ratios. (2) Documentation shall be maintained in the student's school file outlining the date, name, and location of the event and the number of hours volunteered. (e) (1) A student providing services under this section shall apply for a student permit from the Department of Health. (2) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules concerning the issuance of student permits. (3) A student permit shall contain a photograph of the student. (4) The student permit shall be: (A) Maintained by the owner of the school attended by the student during the student's enrollment; and (B) Returned to the department along with a copy of the student's Certificate of Training upon the conclusion of the student's enrollment in the school.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2015, No. 1011,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 8, §§ 6, 13; 1961, No. 490, § 7; 1969, No. 400, § 5; 1985, No. 215, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 71-857, 71-864; Acts 2007, No. 223, § 45; 2009, No. 4, § 25.