| (a) Each establishment must have a copy of the current
law and rules book.
(b) Each establishment is responsible for compliance
with the health and safety standards of this chapter.
(c) Notify the department of any alterations of a cosmetology
establishment's floor plan.
(d) The certificate of curriculum approval shall be
posted in a conspicuous place in the school. A current syllabus and
lesson plan for each course shall be maintained by the school and
be available for inspection.
(e) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
when used in this section the term "student-instructor" shall mean
a student permit holder who is enrolled in an instructor course of
a beauty culture school.
(f) Schools must have at least one licensed instructor
on duty for each 25 students in attendance, including evening classes.
A school may not enroll more than three student-instructors for each
licensed instructor teaching in the school. The student-instructor
shall at all times work under the direct supervision of the licensed
instructor and may not service clients, but will concentrate on teaching
skills. A licensed instructor must be physically present during all
curriculum standard activities. No credit for instructional hours
can be granted to a cosmetology student unless such hours are accrued
under the supervision of a licensed instructor.
(g) Schools offering distance education must:
(1) obtain department approval before offering a course;
(2) provide students with the educational materials
necessary to fulfill course requirements; and
(3) comply with the curriculum standards in §83.120(d)
by limiting distance education to instruction in theory.
(h) Schools must maintain one album to display each
student permit, including affixed picture, of each enrolled student.
The permits shall be displayed in alphabetical order by last name,
then alphabetical order by first name, and, if more than one student
has the same name, by student permit number.
(i) Schools may use a time clock to track student hours
and maintain a daily record of attendance or schools may use credit
hours.
(j) Schools using time clocks shall post a sign at
the time clock that states the following department requirements:
(1) Each student must personally clock in/out for himself/herself.
(2) No credit shall be given for any times written
in, except in a documented case of time clock failure or other situations
approved by the department.
(3) If a student is in or out of the facility for lunch,
he/she must clock out.
(4) Students leaving the facility for any reason, including
smoking breaks, must clock out, except when an instructional area
on a campus is located outside the approved facility, that area is
approved by the department and students are under the supervision
of a licensed instructor.
(k) Students are prohibited from preparing hour reports
or supporting documents. Student-instructors may prepare hour reports
and supporting documents however only school owners and school designees,
including licensed instructors, may electronically submit information
to the department in accordance with this chapter. No student permit
holder, including student-instructors, may electronically submit information
to the department under this chapter.
(l) A school must properly account for the hours granted
to each student. A school shall not engage in any act directly or
indirectly that grants or approves student credit that is not accrued
in accordance with this chapter. A school must maintain and have available
for a department and/or student inspection the following documents
for a period of the student's enrollment through 48 months after the
student completes the curriculum standards, withdraws, or is terminated:
(1) daily record of attendance;
(2) the following documents if a time clock is used:
(A) time clock record(s);
(B) time clock failure and repair record(s); and
(C) field trip records in accordance with §83.120(e)(5);
(3) all other relevant documents that account for a
student's credit under this chapter.
(m) Schools using time clocks shall, at least one time
per month submit to the department an electronic record of each student's
accrued clock hours in a manner and format prescribed by the department.
A school's initial submission of clock hours shall include all hours
accrued at the school. Delayed data submission(s) are permitted only
upon department approval, and the department shall prescribe the period
of time for which a school may delay the electronic submission of
data, to be determined on a case by case basis. Upon department approval,
a school may submit data required under this subsection in an alternate
manner and format as determined by the department, if the school demonstrates
that the requirements of this subsection would cause a substantial
hardship to the school.
(n) Schools using credit hours shall, at the end of
the course or module or if the student drops or withdraws, submit
to the department an electronic record of each student's accrued credit
hours in a manner and format prescribed by the department.
(o) Schools changing from clock hours to credit hours
or from credit hours to clock hours must apply with the department
for approval, on a department approved form, prior to making any changes.
(p) Successful completion of 1 credit hour is equal
to 37.5 clock hours. This equivalency will be used for conversion
between clock hours to credit hours or credit hours to clock hours
and the department must periodically assess this equivalency conversion
to ensure it is an acceptable industry standard.
(q) Except for a documented leave of absence, schools
shall electronically submit a student's withdrawal or termination
to the department within 10 calendar days after the withdrawal or
termination. Except for a documented leave of absence, a school shall
terminate a student who does not attend class for 30 consecutive days.
(r) Public schools shall electronically submit a student's
accrual of 500 hours in math, lab science, and English.
(s) All areas of a school or campus are acceptable
as instructional areas for a public cosmetology school, provided that
the instructor is teaching cosmetology curricula required under §83.120.
(t) A private cosmetology school or post-secondary
school may provide cosmetology instruction to public high school students
by contracting with the school district and complying with Texas Education
Agency law and rules. A public high school student receiving instruction
under such contract is considered to be a public high school student
enrolled in a public school cosmetology program for purposes of the
Act and department rules.
(u) Schools may establish school rules of operation
and conduct, including rules relating to absences and clothing, that
do not conflict with this chapter.
(v) Schools must ensure that guest presenters possess
the necessary knowledge and teaching ability to present a curriculum
standard topic and that a licensed instructor is present during the
guest presenter's classroom teaching.
(w) Beauty culture schools must have a classroom separated
from the laboratory area by walls extending to the ceiling and equipped
with the following equipment to properly instruct students enrolled
at the school:
(1) if using a time clock to track student hours, one
day/date formatted computer time clock;
(2) desks and chairs or table space for each student
in attendance;
(3) multi-media equipment;
(4) a dispensary containing a sink with hot and cold
running water and space for storage and dispensing of supplies and
equipment;
(5) a suitable receptacle for used towels/linens;
(6) covered trash cans in lab area; and
(7) wet disinfectant soaking container, large enough
to fully immerse tools and implements.
(8) If offering the operator curriculum standards the
following equipment must be available in adequate number for student
use:
(A) shampoo bowl and shampoo chair;
(B) hair drying equipment or professional hand-held
hair dryers;
(C) cold wave rods;
(D) thermal iron (electric or non-electric);
(E) styling station covered with a non-porous material
that can be cleaned and disinfected, with mirror and styling chair
(swivel or hydraulic);
(F) mannequin with sufficient hair, with table or attached
to styling station;
(G) professional hand clippers;
(H) manicure table and stool;
(I) facial chair or bed;
(J) lighted magnifying glass;
(K) dry sanitizer; and
(L) wet disinfectant soaking containers, large enough
to fully immerse tools and implements.
(9) If offering the esthetician curriculum standards
the following equipment must be available in adequate number for student
use:
(A) facial chair or bed;
(B) lighted magnifying glass;
(C) woods lamp;
(D) dry sanitizer;
(E) steamer machine;
(F) brush machine for cleaning;
(G) vacuum machine;
(H) high frequency machine for disinfection, product
penetration, stimulation;
(I) galvanic machine for eliminating encrustations,
product penetration;
(J) paraffin bath and paraffin wax;
(K) mannequin head; and
(L) wet disinfectant soaking containers, large enough
to fully immerse tools and implements.
(10) If offering the manicure curriculum standards
the following equipment must be available in adequate number for student
use:
(A) an autoclave, dry-heat sterilizer or ultra-violet
sanitizer;
(B) complete manicure table with light;
(C) client chair;
(D) student stool or chair;
(E) whirlpool foot spa or foot basin;
(F) electric nail file;
(G) UV light curing system;
(H) paraffin bath and paraffin wax;
(I) air brush system; and
(J) wet disinfectant soaking containers.
(11) If offering the esthetician/manicure curriculum
standards, the equipment required for the esthetician curriculum standards
as listed in paragraph (9); and the equipment required for the manicure
curriculum standards as listed in paragraph (10); including a wax
warmer and paraffin warmer for each service, in adequate number for
student use.
(12) If offering the eyelash extension curriculum standards;
the following equipment must be available in adequate number for student
use:
(A) facial bed or massage table that allows the consumer
to lie completely flat;
(B) stool or chair;
(C) lamp;
(D) mannequin head;
(E) wet disinfectant soaking containers; and
(F) dry sanitizer.
(x) Cosmetology schools shall display in the school,
in a conspicuous place clearly visible to the public:
(1) a copy of the school's most recent inspection report
issued by the department; and
(2) a sign, acceptable to the department, regarding
human trafficking information as required by Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1602, §1602.408.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §83.72 adopted to be effective December 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 8082; amended to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1280; amended to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9520; amended to be effective July 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 4650; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8759; amended to be effective January 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 81; amended to be effective March 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 1693; amended to be effective October 20, 2020, 45 TexReg 7413 |
