A. Full-time
students shall not be credited with more than 40 hours weekly. Hours acquired
in excess of 40 hours per week maximum may be applied as Make-up Hours,
provided they are used for that purpose within the month in which they were
acquired. Accelerated hours shall not be accepted.
B. Student Instructor:
1. Cosmetology, esthetics, and manicuring
instructors training extends over a period of not less than twenty-five (25)
weeks, provided however, that not more than 40 hours weekly are credited.
2.
When the required number of hours has been acquired, the
individual can no longer function as a "student instructor". In order to
function in an instructional capacity in any school, the student must make
application for examination, as stipulated in §
73-7-15(4)
of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as amended.
C. Break in Attendance/Failure to Apply for
Examination
1. Where there is a break in
attendance of at least three (3) years, but no more than five (5) years,
students will be credited with two-thirds of the original hours acquired. Where
such break in attendance exceed five (5) years, but less than ten (10),
students are credited with one-half of the original hours acquired. After a
break in attendance of ten (10) or more years, no hours are credited.
2. Where a portion of the hours
for the completion of a course of training was acquired out-of-state, but the
student did not complete the course in that state, the break in attendance rule
applies to the student who enrolls in a school in Mississippi for the
completion of his/her training.
3.
Where an individual has completed a course of training in this state, or any
other state, and licensure is not obtained within 365 days after completion of
said course, "brush up" hours of training are required before the individual is
eligible for examination. The following rates of credit apply:
a. 366 days to three years:
10% of the total prescribed hours for the course of training
which was completed.
b. Over
three years to seven years:
25% of the total prescribed hours for the course of training
which was completed.
c. Over
seven years:
50% of the total prescribed hours for the course of training
which was completed.
If there is reason to believe that the individual cannot be
licensed prior to the end of the first year after graduation, the Board cannot
accept an application for approval for examination. There must be an adequate
span of time in which the application can be approved and examination grades
received and recorded.
4. This provision does not apply to a person
whose break in attendance, or failure to acquire licensure is due to a military
deployment.
D. Any hours
acquired toward a cosmetology course may be applied toward either a manicuring,
or esthetics course, provided the hours acquired during the cosmetology
training are applicable to the course of training to which the hours are to be
applied.
