20 CSR 2085-9.010 - Apprentices
(1)
Apprentice Registration.
(A) Any person
desiring to enter into an apprenticeship training program shall contact the
establishment of intended enrollment and obtain an enrollment form supplied by
the board. At least two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of any program of
instruction, the person seeking registration as an apprentice shall return the
completed enrollment form to the barber or cosmetology establishment of
intended enrollment and that establishment, if the student is accepted, shall
approve it and submit it to the board. The form shall be accompanied by the
proper fee(s) and include the following information:
1. The applicant's name and
address;
2. The name and address of
the establishment of enrollment;
3.
Proof of age-birth certificate or driver's license (applicant must be seventeen
(17) years of age by the time application is made for examination);
4. Two (2) or more character
references;
5. Two (2) United States
passport photographs measuring two inches by two inches (2" × 2") which
have been taken within the last five (5) years;
6. Signature of the applicant;
7. Signature of the proposed apprentice
supervisor;
8. For applicants for a
barber apprenticeship, a medical examination form pursuant to section
328.030, RSMo; and
9. For applicants for a cosmetology
apprenticeship, proof of successful completion of the tenth grade (completion
of at least ten (10) high school credits)-diploma, general educational
development (GED) certification or official school transcript indicating
student's name, grade level, and number of credits completed. All foreign
documents or documents not in the English language must be certified by a board
approved credential evaluating service.
(B) No person shall be given credit for any
training received as an apprentice until a properly completed apprentice
enrollment form has been received and approved by the board and an apprentice
license is returned to the establishment. The apprentice license shall expire
on the expiration date. A new application shall be submitted should the
apprentice wish to continue training beyond the expiration date.
(C) Change of Status. Any apprentice desiring
to change his/her course or location (not supervisors) must apply to the board
for a change of status. Any other alteration (such as a change of apprentice
supervisors) will require a termination. An application for change of status
shall be made to the board on a form supplied by the board. The form shall be
accompanied by the apprentice license and the enrollment application fee and
shall be postmarked no later than three (3) days from the effective date of the
change of status. The change of status application shall include an interim
certificate which shall be valid for twenty (20) days from the date of
application and shall be retained by the applicable barber or cosmetology
establishment to serve as the training license for the apprentice until the
amended license is received from the board.
(D) The apprentice license is not
transferable.
(2)
Enrollment for Apprentice Training.
(A) Except
as otherwise provided by the rules of the board, all persons desiring to enter
a program of apprenticeship training in Missouri shall satisfy all general
student requirements that are applicable to the license sought.
(B) In order for an apprentice to be enrolled
for training by a qualified supervisor, the applicant must:
1. Complete an apprentice enrollment
application; and
2. Have an
apprentice enrollment application submitted to the board on his/her behalf at
least fourteen (14) days prior to the anticipated commencement of the
apprentice's training. No apprentice shall receive credit for training received
at a barber or cosmetology establishment until the apprentice enrollment
application is approved and received by the board and both the apprentice
license and the apprentice supervisor certificate are received and
conspicuously posted in the establishment where the apprentice training will be
conducted.
(C) Apprentice
applicants must comply with
20 CSR
2085-12.060.
(3) Minimum Requirements for Apprentice
Training.
(A) Barber apprenticeship training
in Missouri shall provide a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of training
for a period not to exceed five (5) years. Subjects of apprenticeship study
shall conform to Column B in
20 CSR
2085-12.030(1).
(B) Cosmetology apprenticeship training in
Missouri shall provide a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of training
for cosmetology, a minimum of fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of training for
estheticians or a minimum of eight hundred (800) hours for manicuring. Subjects
of apprenticeship study shall conform to the applicable requirements of Columns
B, C, and D in 20 CSR
2085-12.050(1)(A).
(C) For the purposes of meeting the minimum
requirements for examination, training completed by an apprentice who has
transferred between establishments or has had a lapse of time between
enrollments in the same establishment shall be recognized by the board for a
period of no more than five (5) years from the date it was received.
(D) All apprentices shall be under the
supervision of the approved apprentice supervisor or an acting supervisor as
provided by the rules of the board.
(E) Apprentices shall receive no less than
one (1) hour of combined lectures and demonstrations each business day,
excluding Saturday.
(4)
Application for Examination.
(A) Upon a
successfully completed course of apprentice training, provided the board is in
receipt of a completed apprentice transcript and apprentice registration, the
apprentice may apply for the state examination. In order to be scheduled for
examination, all training hours must be completed and a properly completed
application on a form supplied by the board must be received by the board
within five (5) years from the date the board issued his/her student or
apprentice license. The Application for Examination/Temporary Permit must be
received in the test administrator's office, along with the required fee, no
less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the scheduled examination the
applicant desires to take. Applications received after this cut-off date and
all applications received after every available space for the examination has
been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this
cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled
examination.
(B) The minimum passing
examination scores required for licensure as an operator are seventy-five (75)
for the practical examination and seventy-five (75) for the written
examination.
(C) Upon completion of
apprentice training, the apprentice registration to work in a current licensed
establishment under the supervision of a licensed barber or, for cosmetology
apprentices, a licensed cosmetologist, may be extended by the board to ten (10)
days following the date of the first available examination for licensure.
Extended apprentice registrations shall be posted in front of the working
chair. Extended apprentice registrations must be returned to the board upon
expiration.
(5) Failure of
any apprentice barber or cosmetology establishment, apprentice supervisor, or
apprentice licensed by the board to comply with these rules and curriculum
shall be considered grounds for suspension or revocation of a license to
operate an apprentice barber or cosmetology establishment in this
state.
(6) Apprentice Attire. All
apprentices shall wear washable clothing while in attendance.
(7) Posting of Apprentice License. Each
apprentice shall ensure the apprentice license is conspicuously posted with a
two inch square (2" × 2") photograph attached which has been taken within
the last five (5) years. The apprentice license is not
transferable.
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