The definitions in A.R.S. §§
32-301, 32-501, 32-516, and
32-572 apply to this Chapter.
Additionally, in this Chapter unless otherwise specified:
1. "Accredited" means approved by any
regional or national accreditation organization.
2. "Administrative completeness review" means
the Board's process for determining that an applicant has provided all
information and documents required by Board statute or rule for an
application.
3. "Applicant" means
an individual or any of the following seeking licensure or registration by the
Board:
a. If a corporation, one officer as the
applicant and a list of all officers of the corporation; or
b. If a partnership, one partner as the
applicant and a list of all other partners; or
c. If a limited liability company, the
designated corporate contact person, or if no contact person is designated, one
member as the applicant and a list of all other members.
4. "Application packet" means the forms and
documents the Board requires an applicant to submit.
5. "Approved by the Board," as used in A.R.S.
§§
32-302 and
32-501, means a cosmetologist,
aesthetician, barber, hair stylist, or nail technician has a current license
issued by the Board and no record of disciplinary action.
5.6.
"Bracing" means to use a support that helps to steady or strengthen while
performing a procedure.
7. "Barber
pole" means a stationary or revolving sign composed of a vertical cylinder or
pole with alternating, diagonal, stripes of any combination including red,
white, and blue or a likeness of the sign.
6.8. "Certificate of
hours" means a document issued by a licensed school to a student that states
the total number of hours or credits completed at the school by the student who
is transferring or withdrawing.
a. A written statement of the
hours or credits a student received in the licensed school, signed by the
administrator of the agency authorized to record hours in the jurisdiction in
which the applicant received certified or accredited vocational or academic
training, affixed with the agency's official seal; or
b. If a student is transferring
from one Arizona school to another under A.R.S. §
32-560, a transfer application
that reflects the hours or credits a student received, signed by the
administrator of the school where the applicant received certified or
accredited training.
7.9. "Certification of
licensure" means the status of the license, signed by the authorized individual
of the agency authorized to issue cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technician,
aesthetics, barbering, or instructor licenses in the jurisdiction in which the
applicant received a license.
10.
"Change of ownership," as used in A.R.S. §§
32-328, 32-545, and
32-552, means a change of 10
percent or more of the owners holding a license to operate an establishment or
school.
8.11. "Classroom" means an
area in which instruction or demonstration is provided.
9.12.
"Clinic" means the area where a student practices cosmetology, hairstyling,
nail technology, aesthetics, or barbering on the general public for a
fee.
10.13. "Course" means an
organized subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period
of time and for which credit toward graduation is given.
11.14.
"Credit" means one earned academic unit of study based on
a. completing the
required number of class sessions per calendar week in a course
b. at a community
college, an accredited college or university, or a high school.
12.15. "Crossover hours"
means hours of training obtained by a licensed aesthetician, cosmetologist,
hair stylist, nail technician, or barber that a school licensee accepts as
hours of training required to complete a course of training in a different
discipline.
13.16. "Days" means
business days.
17. "Direct
supervision" means a licensee is physically present and observing the work of a
supervisee.
18. "Discipline" means
the fields of study or service regulated by the Board including cosmetology,
hairstyling, aesthetics, nail technology, eyelash technology, and
barbering.
19. "Disinfect" means
the use of chemicals to kill most microbial life that can lead to infection in
humans.
20. "EPA" means the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
21. "Establishment" means a business for
which the Board has issued a license to a person under A.R.S. §§
32-326 or
32-541, as applicable.
22. "Establishment suite" means multiple
individually operated and licensed establishments that share a physical address
except for suite number.
14.23. "Graduation" or
"graduated from a school" means completion of the criteria established by a
licensed cosmetology, hairstyling, aesthetics, nail technology, or barbering
school for the course in which the applicant was enrolled including completion
of the required curriculum hours.
15.24. "High school
diploma or equivalency" means:
a. A high
school diploma from a school recognized by the basic education authority or the
Department of Education in the jurisdiction in which the school is
located,
b. A passing score on a
high school equivalency general educational development test or its equivalent
as required by the Department of Education,
c. An associate degree or 15 academic credits
from a junior college recognized by the basic education authority in the
jurisdiction in which the college is located, or
d. Any degree from a college or university
recognized by the basic education authority in the jurisdiction in which the
college or university is located.
16. "Hour" means one clock
hour.
17. "Instructor training" means
the courses specified in
R4-10-302 .
18.25.
"Licensed in another state of the United States or foreign country" means:
a. A governmental regulatory agency in the
state or country is authorized to examine the competency of individuals who
graduate from a licensed cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technology, aesthetics,
or barbering school, or instructors for these disciplines; and
b. The governmental regulatory agency issues
licenses over which the state or country has regulatory and disciplinary
jurisdiction.
19. "Licensed salon or licensed
school" means an establishment for which the Board has issued a license to a
person under A.R.S. §
32-541 or
32-551, as
applicable.
20.26. "Manager" means an
individual who is responsible for ensuring an establishment for which the Board
has issued a license to operate complies with A.R.S. Title 32, Chapters 3 and
5, as applicable, and this Chapter.
27. "Mentor," as defined at A.R.S.
§§
32-301 and
32-501, means an aesthetician,
barber, cosmetologist, hair stylist, or nail technician who is approved by the
Board to train an individual in an apprenticeship program that is approved by
the Department of Economic Security and occurs at a licensed
establishment.
21.28. "Model" means an
individual or mannequin on which an applicant performs demonstrations for the
practical section of a licensing examination.
22. "Personal knowledge" means
actual observation of an individual who practiced aesthetics, cosmetology,
hairstyling, or nail technology in any state or country.
23.29. "Practice" means
engaging in one of the disciplines regulated by the Board or engaging as an
instructor of one of the disciplines in accordance with the license or
registration issued by the Board and Title 32, Chapters 3 and 5, as applicable,
and this Chapter.
30. "Owner" means
a person that has controlling interest in an establishment or school or the
owner's designee.
24.31. "Reciprocity" means
the procedure for granting an Arizona license to an applicant who is currently
licensed in another state of the United States or a foreign country.
25. "Salon suite" means multiple
individually operated and licensed salons that share a physical address except
for suite number.
32. "School" means an educational facility
for which the Board has issued a license to a person under A.R.S. §§
32-325 or
32-551, as applicable.
33. "Student instructor" means an individual
who is licensed by the Board in a discipline and training to be an instructor
in that discipline.
26.34. "Substantive
review" means the Board's process for determining whether an applicant for
licensure, registration, or other approval meets the requirements for the
license, registration, or other approval for which application is made
including, if applicable, taking and passing an examination required by the
Board.
27.35. "Two years of high
school or its equivalent" means one of the following:
a. Ten high school credits attained by an
individual;
b. If the individual is
homeschooled, a copy of the Affidavit of Intent filed with the county school
superintendent and proof the individual is at least 16 years old;
b.c.
Proof of being at least 18 years old; or
c.d.
Obtaining a passing score on a high school equivalency general educational
development (GED) test or its equivalent as required by the Department of
Education.
28. "Transfer application," as
used in A.R.S. §
32-560, means an application that
documents the transfer of a student from one Arizona cosmetology, hairstyling,
nail technology, or aesthetics school to another and contains the student's
name, address, identification number, telephone number, and number of hours of
instruction received.
36. "Transfer hours" means hours of study a
student completed at one school that a school licensee accepts to meet the
requirements at a second school.
29.37. "Virtual learning"
means the use of technology to teach students who may or may not be physically
present in a classroom.
38.
"Workstation" means a specific location within an establishment, mobile unit,
offsite training facility, or school where services are performed not including
hair-cleaning activity.
