Section 338.2151. Application for apprenticeship.

Rule 51. (1) A licensee who has had not less than 3 years of experience as a licensed cosmetologist, electrologist, natural hair culturist, esthetician, or manicurist may submit an application to the department to train an apprentice.

(2)   The application shall include the following information:

(a)   A floor plan of the establishment.

(b)   A list of equipment to be used in training the apprentice.

(c)   A list of the books that will be used to teach theory.

(d)  A copy of the licensee's contract with  the  apprentice  showing  the curriculum to be taught and the minimum number of hours per month that the apprentice must attend. The contract shall include written agreements to do all of the following:

(i)   Personally train the apprentice.

(ii)   Give and correct examinations.

(iii)   Render a grade in each subject of the curriculum.

(iv)   Submit the apprentice=s hours to the department monthly.

(3)     An apprentice shall not practice on the public  before  meeting  the requirements of section 1205(5)(c) of the act. An apprentice practicing outside an approved apprenticeship establishment may be ineligible to take the state board examination.

(4)   An apprentice shall be in training throughout the period of the program and shall have received an average of not less than 80 hours of  instruction per month.

(5)     An apprentice=s registration permit shall be conspicuously displayed in the establishment.

(6)   The apprenticeship practitioner shall provide  certification  to   the department or the department=s designee that the apprentice has completed all requirements before applying for the state board examination.

History:  1979 AC; 1981 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS; 2004 AACS.