Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-10-306 - General Barber, Cosmetology, Aesthetics, Hairstyling, or Nail Technology School Requirements

A. The licensee of a barber, aesthetics, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology school shall ensure the school complies with R4-10-112 and has the following minimum facilities, equipment, supplies, and materials:

1. an area of instruction for students;

2. A licensed instructor as manager or director;

3.2. Sufficient instructional fixtures and facilities for instructor and student use;

4.3. A board on which to write or post materials during instruction;

5.4. A secured area for personal items of students and instructors;

6.5. A sink area for every 50 students in attendance for preparing, mixing, and dispensing supplies and chemicals, and for disinfecting small tools or instruments;

7.6. At least one restroom that meets the requirements of R4-10-112; and

8.7. Separate receptacles for garbage and soiled linens.

B. The school licensee shall furnish equipment, tools, instruments, materials, and supplies needed to perform assignments and for instructional purposes, except each student may be required to furnish small tools or instruments. The school licensee shall ensure all equipment, tools, and materials are Establishment quality and maintained in good repair at all times.

C. The school licensee shall ensure students have access to the following materials whether in a school library or electronically:

1. Standard dictionary;

2. Medical dictionary;

3. Anatomy chart on bones, muscles, nerves, hands, arms, nails, veins, arteries, circulatory system, hair, and skin;

4. Three current periodicals on the art and science of cosmetology;

5.4. Current aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology instruction manuals or textbooks, as applicable to the disciplines taught at the school; and

6.5. Current Board statutes and rules

7. A cosmetology dictionary.

D. The school licensee may allow a student to satisfy theory curriculum requirements by participating in virtual learning.

D.E. The school licensee shall maintain at the school a complete file on all current curriculum requirements.

E.F. The school licensee shall not pay an enrolled student for time while the student is taking courses or receiving credit. Under A.R.S. § 32-557(C), an employee who is enrolled in a school for the purpose of becoming an instructor may be paid for work done as an employee.

F.G. The school licensee may offer a postgraduate or advanced continuing education barber, aesthetics, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology course to currently licensed individuals without a licensed instructor present and to students currently enrolled in the school with a licensed instructor present. The school licensee shall not report postgraduate credit hours to the Board or apply the hours toward graduation.

G.H. The school licensee shall not allow enrolled students to perform services on a person without a licensed instructor present.

H.I. A school licensee may enroll an individual licensed by the Board in the school for a refresher course as a current student.

I.J. A school licensee shall establish a periodic grading schedule and ensure student transcripts are kept current.

K. A school licensee shall ensure each student is evaluated for progress and suggestions are provided to the student for remediating deficiencies.

J.L. A school licensee shall schedule a minimum of four hours of theory courses each week for each full-time student and a minimum of two hours of theory courses each week for each part-time student.

K.M. A school licensee shall ensure safety and infection control measures relating to each subject are taught in conjunction with that subject.

L.N. A school licensee shall not solicit students for enrollment at other school sites.

M.O. A school licensee shall ensure that while teaching, instructors wear a tag indicating the instructor's name and disciplines taught.

N.P. A school licensee shall ensure compliance with the following:

1. A student does not attend school more than 56 hours in any one week;

2. A student operates only safe equipment in good repair;

3. A student of barbering, aesthetics, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology performs services within the enrolled course, on the public or fellow students, only in the presence of a licensed instructor and, except for shampooing, only after completing the specified hours applicable to the student:

a. 120 hours of aesthetics training;

b. 300 hours of barbering, cosmetology, or hairstyling training; or

c. 80 hours of nail technology training;

4. The school licensee does not receive remuneration for clinical services a student performs for the public until the student has completed the applicable hours specified in subsection (P)(3);

4.5. A student is not prevented or discouraged from making a complaint to the Board;

5.6. A student is not dismissed from a scheduled theory instruction or written or practical examination to perform clinical services for the public;

6.7. While in school, each student wears a tag indicating the student's name and the course in which the student is enrolled; and

7. If the school has a distant classroom, the equipment in the distant classroom is the same as that required under this Section; and:

a. Private postsecondary and public educational facilities do not extend beyond Arizona boundaries;

b. A photocopy of the Board-issued license to operate a school or Board-issued, wallet-size license card to operate a school shall be posted in each distant facility;

c. Duplicate instructor licenses are not required in a distant classroom; and

d. No clinic or public services are allowed in a distant classroom.

Q. The school licensee shall ensure a nonreturnable student training kit, containing at least the following, is provided to each enrolled student:

1. One disinfected, covered container to store disinfected tools and instruments as specified under R4-10-112; and

2. One container for contaminated tools and instruments as specified under R4-10-112.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-10-306

Adopted effective 4/9/1996 (Supp. 96-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 4239, effective 12/5/2005 (Supp. 05-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 2083, effective 7/5/2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3028, effective 12/31/2017 (Supp. 17-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3123, effective 1/31/2021(Supp. 20-4). Renumbered and amended from R4-10-203 by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 527, effective 5/6/2024.