317A.090 Requirements for schools of cosmetology, esthetic practices, and nail

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technology. No license shall be issued or renewed by the board to any cosmetology school or school of esthetic practices or school of nail technology unless such school provides:

(1)The name of the proposed school;

(2)A statement that the proposed school is authorized to operate educational programs

beyond secondary education;

(3)As a prerequisite of graduation, a prescribed course of instruction of not less than

one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours for a cosmetology school or seven hundred

fifty

(750)hours for a school of esthetic practices, or four hundred fifty

(450)hours

for a school of nail technology;

(4)Courses of instruction in histology of the hair, skin, nails, muscles, and nerves of

the face and neck; elementary chemistry with emphasis on sterilization, diseases of

the skin, hair, and glands, and massaging and manipulating of the muscles of the

upper body; cutting, shaving, arranging, dressing, chemical treatment of the hair and

such other courses as may be prescribed by administrative regulation of the board;

(5)Facilities, equipment, materials, and qualified instructors and instructor training as

may be required by administrative regulations of the board adopted pursuant to this

chapter, but no cosmetology school or school of esthetic practices or school of nail

technology shall have fewer than one

(1)licensed instructor per twenty

students present for instruction;

(6)No cosmetology school or school of esthetic practices or school of nail technology,

after being licensed for the first time, shall serve the public until one hundred fifty

(150)hours of instruction has been taught; and

(7)In compliance with KRS 317A.070, the board may revoke or suspend any license

issued by it if, in the judgment of the board, the school is not following the

requirements as set out in this chapter or the school does not comply with the

administrative regulations promulgated by the board in order to regulate the conduct

of the school and in order to supervise the proper education of the students.