21 NCAC 06F .0128          WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS DURING DISASTER OR EMERGENCY

(a)  If the Governor declares a state of emergency, the following exceptions shall apply to barber schools and students:

(1)           Schools shall maintain a monthly record of the subject matter taught to the student in theory classes, the requirement in Rule .0110(4) of this Subchapter for a weekly record notwithstanding.

(2)           Schools shall provide to the Board the list of students required by G.S. 86A-22(5) by the last day of each month, the requirement in Rule .0110(6) of this Subchapter for schools to submit the list by the 15th of each month notwithstanding.

(3)           Within 60 days of the date on which any student completes his or her course of study, drops out of school, or transfers to another school, the barber school shall return the student permit to the Board, the requirement in Rule .0113(d) of this Subchapter to return the student permit within five business days notwithstanding.

(4)           Students shall not be required to meet the requirements in Rule .0122 of this Subchapter if the students are attending online classes.

(5)           No student shall be given credit for more than 10 total hours during any instruction day, the restriction to eight hours in Rule .0124(a) of this Subchapter notwithstanding.

(6)           The restrictions on off-campus hours in Rule .0124(c) of this Subchapter shall not apply to hours that students receive during a state of emergency.

(7)           Schools shall not be required to revise the handbooks required by Rule .0125 of this Subchapter to reflect the exceptions listed in this Rule.

(b)  The exceptions in this Rule shall only apply through the duration of the state of emergency.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 86A-22;

Emergency Adoption Eff. March 27, 2020;

Temporary Adoption Eff. June 1, 2020;

Eff. February 1, 2021.