§ 157.8 — Licensing of schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences and instructors

Iowa § 157.8

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 157: BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY

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instructors.
1. It is unlawful for a school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences to operate
unless the owner has obtained a license issued by the department. The owner shall file a
verified application with the department on forms prescribed by the board.
2. a. The application for a license for a school shall be accompanied by the annual license
fee determined pursuant to section 147.80 and shall state the name and location of the school
and such other additional information as the board may require. The license is valid for one
year and may be renewed.
b. The license shall contain a statement which provides that the licensee is approved by
the department as a provider of postsecondary education.

c. The school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences must pass a sanitary
inspection under section 157.6. An annual inspection of each school of barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences, including the educational activities of each school, shall be
conducted and completed by the board or its designee prior to renewal of the license.
3. a. The number of instructors for each school shall be based upon total enrollment, with
a minimum of two licensed instructors employed on a full-time basis for up to thirty students
andanadditionallicensedinstructorforeachfifteenadditionalstudents. Astudentinstructor
shall not be used to meet licensed instructor-to-student ratios. A school operated by an area
community college prior to September 1, 1982, with only one instructor per fifteen students
is not subject to this paragraph and may continue to operate with the ratio of one licensed
instructor to fifteen students. A student instructor may not be used to meet this requirement.
b. A school with less than thirty students enrolled may have one licensed instructor
on site in the school if offering only clinic services or only theory instruction in a single
classroom and less than fifteen students are present. If a school is offering clinic services
and theory instruction simultaneously to less than fifteen students, at least two licensed
instructors must be on site. Schools with more than thirty students enrolled shall meet the
licensed instructor-to-student ratio as provided in paragraph “a”.
c. A person employed as an instructor in the barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences
by a licensed school shall be licensed in the practice and shall possess a separate instructor’s
license which shall be renewed biennially. An instructor shall file an application with the
department on forms prescribed by the board. Requirements for licensure as an instructor
shall be determined by the board by rule.
d. The application for an instructor’s license shall be accompanied by the biennial fee
determined pursuant to section 147.80.

Legislative History

[C31, 35, §2585-c9; C39, §2585.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §157.9; C77, 79, 81, §157.8]