21 NCAC 14J .0103           TIME REQUIREMENTS ACCORDING TO HOURS

(a)  The maximum time a student may earn in a cosmetology school in any one day is eight clock hours. The maximum time a student may earn in a cosmetology school in any one week is 40 clock hours.

(b)  Hours earned on one day shall not be credited to another day.

(c)  Each student must complete 1200 hours in a cosmetology school before applying to the Board for the cosmetologist's examination, except those students enrolled for the manicurist or esthetician course only.

(d)  Each student must spend 300 hours in the beginner department before entering the advanced department and may not work on members of the public during this 300 hours except shampoo and scalp manipulations.

(e)  Hours earned in the beginner department must be devoted to scientific study and mannequin practice.

(f)  Manicuring practice in the beginner department must be done during the first 300 hours of instruction and shall be done on the students enrolled in the cosmetology school.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 88B-4;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. August 1, 1998; January 1, 1989; April 1, 1988;

Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1999;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2000.