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Ark. Code Ann. § 17-26-417

Student work

Known as the Cosmetology Act

The act spans §§ 17–17 (62 sections).

Acts 1955, No. 358, Art. 8, §§ 6, 13; 1961, No. 490, § 7; 1969, No. 400, § 5; 1985, No. 215, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 71-857, 71-864; Acts 2007, No. 223, § 45; 2009, No. 4, § 25; 2…

(1) In each licensed school of cosmetology: A student for a license as a cosmetologist, after one hundred fifty (150) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of the branches of cosmetology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;

(2) A student for a license as a manicurist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with manicuring taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;

(3) A student for a license as an aesthetician, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with aesthetics taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; and

(4) A student for a license as an electrologist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with electrology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials.

(5) A student may not engage in any work upon a client who is paying for service or materials until he or she has had the required number of hours of instruction.

(6) A school shall not advertise student work to the public through any medium unless the work is designated as student work.

(7) A school may allow a student to volunteer in charity or special events held outside the school if the following conditions are met: The student agrees to participate;

(8) The student is accompanied by and acts under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor; and

(9) The school maintains the required student-to-teacher ratios.

(10) Documentation shall be maintained in the student's school file outlining the date, name, and location of the event and the number of hours volunteered.

(11) A student providing services under this section shall apply for a student permit from the Department of Health.

(12) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules concerning the issuance of student permits.

(13) A student permit shall contain a photograph of the student.

(14) The student permit shall be: Maintained by the owner of the school attended by the student during the student's enrollment; and

(15) Returned to the department along with a copy of the student's Certificate of Training upon the conclusion of the student's enrollment in the school.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.