2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 77 - COSMETOLOGY LAW - REQUIREMENTS OF A SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY

Session of 2021

No. 2021-77

HB 1183

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled "An act to promote the public health and safety by providing for examination, licensing and granting of permits for those who desire to engage in the profession of cosmetology; defining cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology salons, schools, students, apprentices, teachers, managers, manicurists and cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties upon the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State; providing for appeals to certain courts by applicants and licensees; and providing penalties," further providing for requirements of a school of cosmetology.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6(b.1)(1) of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, is amended to read:

Section 6.  Requirements of a School of Cosmetology.--* * *

(b.1)  No school of cosmetology shall be granted a license or renewal of a license unless it shall require:

(1)  A day school term of training of not less than one thousand two hundred fifty hours within a period of not less than eight consecutive months or a night school term of training for a period of not less than fifteen consecutive months for a complete course, comprising all or a majority of the practices of cosmetology, as provided by this act. The hours of training required by this paragraph shall be accomplished within four consecutive years. A school of cosmetology may provide up to fifty percent of the school's curriculum through distance education. A student at a school of cosmetology may only earn training hours under this paragraph through distance education theory-based subjects. A school of cosmetology may not provide the school's curriculum through distance education for practical demonstrations. For the purpose of this section, distance education shall include curriculum provided by a school of cosmetology to a student who is at a location separate and apart from the school.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 7th day of October, A.D. 2021.

TOM WOLF