Utah Admin. Code R156-11a-805 - Approved Nail Technician Apprenticeship Requirements

Under Subsection 58-11a-102(6), the requirements for an approved nail technician apprenticeship include the following:

(1)
(a) under Subsections 58-11a-306(6)(b)(ii) and (iii), an instructor shall provide one-on-one direct supervision of a single apprentice during the apprenticeship program or one-on-two direct supervision to two apprentices during the apprenticeship program, but this does not preclude an instructor from having more than two apprentices; and
(b) if an instructor has more than two apprentices:
(i) the instructor may not simultaneously supervise more than two apprentices; and
(ii) the same hour or hours of instruction may not be credited toward more than two apprentices;
(2) the apprentice shall be registered with the Division by submitting a form prescribed by the Division;
(3) the instructor shall be approved by the Division for the apprenticeship, but the instructor may not have had any disciplinary action in the preceding three years;
(4) there shall be a conspicuous sign near the workstation of the apprentice stating, "Apprentice in Training";
(5)
(a) the instructor and apprentice shall keep a daily record that documents the total number of hours of training, which shall include:
(i) the hours of theory instruction;
(ii) the hours of practical instruction; and
(iii) the number and type of client services performed, and other services performed; and
(b) the daily record shall be immediately available to the Division upon request;
(6) a complete set of nail technician texts shall be available to the apprentice;
(7) an apprentice may be compensated for services performed;
(8) the instructor shall provide training and technical instruction of 375 hours using the curriculum defined in Section R156-11a-704;
(9) the instructor shall limit the training of the apprentice to not more than 40 hours per week and not more than five days out of every seven consecutive days;
(10) an apprentice may not perform work on the public until the apprentice has received at least 10% of the hours of technical training, with at least a portion of that time devoted to each of the subjects in Section R156-11a-704;
(11) any hours obtained while enrolled in a school of nail technology or cosmetology/barbering may not be used to satisfy the required 375 hours of apprentice training; and
(12) if an apprentice completes the apprenticeship and fails the NIC Nail Technology Theory Examination or NIC Nail Technology Practical Examination three times, the apprentice and instructor shall:
(a) meet with the Board at the next appropriate Board meeting;
(b) explain to the Board why the apprentice is not able to pass the examination; and
(c) provide to the Board a plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to assist the apprentice in passing the examination.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R156-11a-805
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-02, effective 12/17/2020 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2025-02, effective 1/13/2025

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