2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
Chapter 8 - COSMETICIANS
Section 54-808 - REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOLS.

54-808. Regulations for schools. Every domestic school of cosmetology must be licensed under the provisions of this chapter and shall meet the following standards and provisions:

(1) Employ and maintain at least one (1) licensed instructor for every twenty (20) students or fraction thereof with an instructor trainee counting as an instructor for purposes of the student-instructor ratio, so long as there is a licensed instructor on the premises and available at all times;

(2) Possess sufficient apparatus and equipment for the proper and full teaching of all subjects of its curriculum;

(3) Keep a daily attendance record for each student;

(4) Maintain regular class and instruction hours, establish grades, and hold monthly examinations;

(5) Prescribe a school term for training in all phases of the practice of cosmetology;

(6) Provide applicable curriculums embracing subjects covering the scientific fundamentals for cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, electrology, instructors and haircutting as follows:

(a) The curriculum for cosmetology shall include hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles, nails and nerves, structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails, massaging and manipulating the muscles of the body, permanent waving, haircutting and arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching and tinting of the hair, a study of electricity as applied to cosmetology, and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of cosmetology;

(b) The curriculum for nail technology shall include hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hands and feet, skin, muscles, nails and nerves, structure of the hands and feet, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin, glands and nails, massaging and manipulating the muscles of the hands and feet, a study of electricity as applied to nail technology, and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of nail technology;

(c) The curriculum for esthetics shall include hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the skin, muscles and nerves, structure of the head, face and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin, glands and nails, massaging and manipulating the muscles of the body, a study of electricity as applied to cosmetology, and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of esthetics;

(d) The curriculum for electrology shall include hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles, nails and nerves, structure of the body, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails, hypertrichosis, permanent removal of unwanted hair, a study of electricity as applied to electrology including the use and study of galvanic current, and the use and study of both automatic and manual high frequency current, and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of electrology;

(e) The curriculum for instructors shall include fundamentals of adult education, communication, preparation of lesson plans, practical and theoretical presentation and demonstration, use of teaching aids, measurement and evaluation, and the Idaho laws and rules governing cosmetology and electrology, in addition to teaching the acts prescribed in section 54-802, Idaho Code;

(f) The curriculum for haircutting shall include hygiene, bacteriology, histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves, structure of the head and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics, diseases of the skin, hair and glands, massaging and manipulating of the muscles of the head and neck, haircutting and arranging, the study of electricity as applied to haircutting and Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of haircutting;

(7) Denote with clarity that the establishment is a school and that work is done by students. Such fact shall be made clear to the patron by signs conspicuously posted in the school and the adjoining shop, if any;

(8) All instructors must be licensed instructors in this state;

(9) Such school shall not permit any student or apprentice to receive instruction unless licensed under the provisions of this chapter;

(10) Every instructor shall devote his entire time during school or class hours to that of instructing the students and shall not apply his time to that of private or public practice;

(11) School hours for the purpose of instruction shall be offered on not less than a five (5) day week;

(12) Training received in an establishment not meeting the requirements for schools as herein set forth shall receive credit for said training as an apprentice rather than as a student, provided said training meets the requirements for apprentice training;

(13) Training received in electrology in a school shall not be recognized unless the school has been approved for such training by the board and the school meets and maintains the requirements to train electrologists as established by board rules;

(14) Training received in esthetics shall not be recognized unless the school has been approved for such training by the board, and the school meets and maintains the requirements to train estheticians as established by board rules;

(15) Training received in nail technology shall not be recognized unless the school has been approved for such training by the board, and the school meets and maintains the requirements to train nail technicians as established by board rules;

(16) Every school approved by the board shall deliver to the board, a bond to the state of Idaho in a form approved by the board, and renew the same annually, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) executed by a corporate surety company duly authorized to do business in this state, conditioned that such school shall continue to give its courses of instruction, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, until it has completed all such courses for which students have enrolled, and conditioned that such school shall fully comply with all promises or representations made to enrolled students as an inducement to such students to enroll. Any student so enrolled who may be damaged by reason of the failure of such school to comply with such conditions, shall have a right of action in his or her own name, on such bonds, for such damage;

(17) Training received in haircutting shall not be recognized unless the school has been approved for such training by the board and the school meets and maintains the requirements to train haircutters as established by board rules.

History:

[(54-808) 1929, ch. 265, sec. 8, p. 601; I.C.A., sec. 53-1208; am. 1949, ch. 207, sec. 7, p. 433; am. 1959, ch. 281, sec. 8, p. 574; am. 1974, ch. 13, sec. 71, p. 138; am. 1976, ch. 127, sec. 6, p. 481; am. 1980, ch. 81, sec. 6, p. 177; am. 1982, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 127; am. 1991, ch. 124, sec. 6, p. 274; am. 1994, ch. 312, sec. 5, p. 993; am. 2001, ch. 134, sec. 6, p. 487; am. 2005, ch. 140, sec. 1, p. 432; am. 2006, ch. 411, sec. 4, p. 1246; am. 2008, ch. 86, sec. 3, p. 230.; am. 2011, ch. 91, sec. 2, p. 199.]