30 Miss. Code. R. 2101-1.2 - Definitions

As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. "Accelerated Hours" means to reduce the time-frame (not clock hours) required for course completion by compressing into shorter period.

B. "Agent" means a member of the Board or any of its authorized representatives.

C. "Applied effort" means the time devoted to the study of theory, attendance at theory classes, and the actual performance or all practical skills.

D. "Average daily attendance" means the average daily attendance over a three-month period of the students enrolled in a school.

E. "Board" means the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology.

F. "Cosmetology Law" or "Law" means Chapter 7 of Title 73 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as amended.

G. "Passport photograph" means a two inch by two inch (2"x2") photograph of the applicant/licensee taken recently prior to the date of application or renewal of license. The person must be recognizable in the photograph.

H. "Establishment" means cosmetological establishment; school or salon

I. "Extenuating Circumstances" means special circumstances that account for an irregular way of doing things.

J. "Full Time" means not less than twenty-five (25), nor more than forty (40) hours per week.

K. "Hours" means clock hours.

L. "Sink" means a basin fixed to a wall, countertop or floor, having a drainpipe and piped supply of hot and cold water.

M. "Lead Instructor" means the instructor who is in charge of the teaching program at a licensed school.

N. "License" means original or duplicate as issued by the Board.

O. "Make-up Hours" are clock hours acquired in excess of the 40 hours per week maximum, which may be applied to missed time, in the calendar month in which they were acquired.

P. "Part Time" means anything less than full time as defined in this rule.

Q. "Practitioner" means a licensed person who is practicing one of the professions regulated by the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology, as defined in Section 73-7-2 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as amended.

R. "Salon" means a licensed establishment operated for the purpose of engaging in the practice of cosmetology, or manicuring and pedicuring, or esthetics, or all.

S. "School" means a licensed establishment, public or private, operated for the purpose of teaching cosmetology, or manicuring, or pedicuring, or esthetics, or all.

T. "School premises" means buildings, grounds, and parking lots of the school.

U. "State" means the State of Mississippi.

V. "Student" means any person attending classes in a school licensed by the Board.

W. "Student Instructor" means any person licensed as a cosmetologist, manicurist or esthetician enrolled in an instructor training program in a school licensed by the Board under the supervision of an instructor.

X. "Subject" means instruction and training or study of a theoretical or skill operation.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 2101-1.2

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-7-7, 73-7-2 (Rev. 2013)

Amended 2/27/2015 Amended 1/15/2016