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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 644 - Cosmetology
NRS 644.2175 - Cosmetologist s apprentice: Display of certificate of registration; conditions and limitations on employment and training; records; status and duties of licensees involved in training; regulations.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat ยง 644.2175 (2011)
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1. A cosmetologist s apprentice shall display the certificate of registration issued to him or her by the Board in plain view of the public at the position where the cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained. The cosmetologist s apprentice, the licensed cosmetologist supervising and training the cosmetologist s apprentice, and the owner of the cosmetological establishment where the cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained shall not advertise or hold the cosmetologist s apprentice out as being a licensed cosmetologist, or use any title or abbreviation that would indicate that the cosmetologist s apprentice is a licensed cosmetologist.

2. To receive credit for an apprenticeship, a cosmetologist s apprentice must be regularly employed during his or her training by:

(a) The cosmetological establishment where the cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained; or

(b) If the cosmetologist s apprentice is being supervised and trained by a licensed cosmetologist who is leasing space in a cosmetological establishment, the licensed cosmetologist.

3. Not more than one cosmetologist s apprentice may be employed at any time at a licensed cosmetological establishment.

4. A licensed cosmetologist who is supervising and training a cosmetologist s apprentice shall:

(a) Supervise all work done by the cosmetologist s apprentice; and

(b) Be in attendance at all times that the cosmetologist s apprentice is engaged in the practice of cosmetology.

5. A licensed cosmetologist who is supervising and training a cosmetologist s apprentice shall keep a daily record of the training that is provided to the cosmetologist s apprentice. The licensed cosmetologist shall:

(a) Keep the daily records at the cosmetological establishment where the cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained and, upon the request of the Board, make the daily records available to the Board; and

(b) Submit a copy of the records to the Board at such regular intervals as the Board may require by regulation.

6. For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) A licensed cosmetologist is not required to obtain a license from the Board as an instructor to train a cosmetologist s apprentice pursuant to this section and NRS 644.217, and the licensed cosmetologist is not subject to regulation as an instructor because he or she provides such training.

(b) A licensed cosmetological establishment which employs a cosmetologist s apprentice or at which a cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained is not subject to regulation as a school of cosmetology because the cosmetologist s apprentice is being trained at the cosmetological establishment.

7. The Board may adopt:

(a) Regulations relating to the qualifications of a licensed cosmetologist to supervise and train a cosmetologist s apprentice;

(b) Regulations relating to the procedures and subject matter that must be included in the training of a cosmetologist s apprentice;

(c) Regulations relating to the training of a cosmetologist s apprentice to verify the number of hours of training received by the cosmetologist s apprentice; and

(d) Such other regulations as the Board determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 644.217.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 1151)

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