SECTION .0700 - SCHOOL LICENSURE, OPERATIONS, CLOSING AND RELOCATING SCHOOLS
21 NCAC 14T .0701 School Operations/Licensure Maintenance
(a) No individual shall be given credit for any hours earned in a cosmetic art school before the date the school is granted a license, before the student is enrolled, or after graduation or withdrawal of the student without a new enrollment.
(b) All Cosmetic Art schools shall submit hours of operation per cosmetic art discipline to the Board. Any changes to the hours of operation shall be submitted to the Board. A school shall be considered open by the Board when cosmetic art instruction, services, or performances are provided.
(c) Students may be required to clean and disinfect work areas, reception areas, implements, and the dispensary. Students shall not be required to perform maintenance.
(d) All cosmetic art schools shall adhere to all Board Infection Control Rules located in 21 NCAC 14H Infection Control.
(e) Cosmetic art schools may permit students to leave the cosmetic art school during instructional time to visit on campus libraries and other educational resource rooms such as computer labs for research and study under the supervision of a cosmetic art instructor.
(f) Cosmetic art schools shall use the following grading scale for minimum passing grades:
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Grade A |
100-90 |
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Grade B |
80-89 |
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Grade C |
70-79 |
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Grade F (Fail) |
0-69 |
(g) Cosmetic art schools may adopt a higher grading scale.
(h) In order to graduate, all students shall meet the minimum school and Board requirements as set forth in Rules .0602-.0610 of this Subchapter.
(i) Written examination shall be administered in the cosmetic art curriculum.
(j) Students present at school shall be supervised by a cosmetic art teacher at all times. If a guest lecturer is leading a class, at least one cosmetic art teacher must be present in the lecture.
(k) All cosmetic art schools shall provide:
(1) One teacher for every 25 students enrolled in the practice department;
(2) One teacher for every 20 students during practical work on live models in the clinic department; and
(3) Each Cosmetic art teacher may have up to five teacher trainees, in addition to the ratios set forth in Subparagraph (k)(1) and (2) of this Rule.
(l) In theory classes, the teacher student ratio may exceed the ratios established in this Rule. A teacher may administer instruction to up to 10 students in practice and clinic departments at the same time. A teacher shall not administer instruction to more than 10 students in practice and clinic departments at the same time.
(m) At no time can any one teacher be simultaneously responsible for teaching students in a theory class and monitoring students in practice or on the clinic floor.
(n) In cases of change in teaching staff, the school shall notify the Board of the change in writing prior to beginning instruction. A change in teaching staff includes any substitution for the regularly scheduled teacher and any change, scheduled or otherwise, in the list of teachers last given to the Board.
(1) All courses in a cosmetic art school shall be taught by an onsite licensed cosmetology teacher, and student performances completed on the clinic floor must be supervised by an onsite cosmetology teacher, except as follows:
(A) manicuring courses, theory, and performances shall be taught by either an onsite licensed cosmetology teacher or an onsite licensed manicurist teacher;
(B) natural hair care courses, theory, and performances shall be taught by either an onsite licensed cosmetology teacher or an onsite licensed natural hair care teacher;
(C) esthetics courses, theory, and performances shall be taught by either an onsite licensed cosmetology teacher or an onsite licensed esthetician teacher.
(2) A licensed cosmetologist not licensed as a cosmetology teacher may substitute for a cosmetology, esthetician, natural hair care or manicurist teacher; a licensed manicurist not licensed as a manicurist teacher may substitute for a manicurist teacher; a licensed natural hair care specialist not licensed as a natural hair care teacher may substitute for a natural hair care teacher; and a licensed esthetician not licensed as an esthetician teacher may substitute for an esthetician teacher.
(o) In no event may any cosmetic art licensee substitution last for more than 15 consecutive working days per year per teacher. If any teacher substitution is 16 consecutive days or longer, the school shall provide a new cosmetic art teacher.
(p) Enrolled students may earn a maximum of 10 hours per day per discipline of cosmetic art and a maximum of 48 hours per week per discipline. Online education can be earned in addition to the maximum daily and weekly hours. A student enrolled in more than one cosmetic art discipline may not earn hours or complete performances concurrently.
(q) The Board shall certify student hours for any North Carolina cosmetic art school that is closed. The Board shall not certify student hours between any North Carolina open cosmetic art schools. The Board shall certify student hours earned at North Carolina cosmetic art schools to other state boards and schools open outside of the state of North Carolina as set forth in Rule .0502 of this Subchapter.
History Note: Authority G.S. 88B-2; 88B-4; 88B-16;
Eff. February 1, 2012;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2014; June 1, 2013; October 1, 2012;
Readopted Eff. January 1, 2016;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2023; March 1, 2022; October 1, 2019; December 1, 2016.