Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Each licensed cosmetology school teaching
an esthetics curriculum and each licensed esthetics school shall provide a
program consisting of a minimum of 750 clock hours or a 25 credit hour
equivalency (1 credit hour equals 30 clock hours) of instruction. Instruction
shall be a combination of classroom instruction and hands on (practical and
technical) experience. The licensed cosmetology or esthetics school may provide
online hours in theory, but online hours shall not exceed 10% of the hours
required in each of subsections (a)(1), (2), (3) and (4). The minimum subjects
and number of hours shall be as follows for each category of training:
1) Basic Training - 75 hours:
A) history of skin care;
B) personal hygiene and public
health;
C) professional
ethics;
D) sterilization and
sanitation;
E) introduction to skin
analysis and skin care and facial treatments;
F) eyelash extensions, tabs and
strips.
2) Scientific
Concepts - 150 hours:
A) cells, metabolism and
body systems;
B)
bacteriology;
C) physiology and
histology of the skin;
D) human
anatomy;
E) chemistry -
understanding chemicals and their use;
F) disorders of the skin and special
esthetics procedures.
3)
Practices and Procedures - 500 hours:
A)
non-therapeutic massage, excluding the scalp;
B) nutrition and health of skin;
C) skin analysis;
D) cleansing the skin;
E) mask therapy and facial
treatments;
F) facial treatments
without the aid of machines;
G)
electricity, machines and apparatus;
H) facial treatments with the aid of
machines;
I) hair removal;
including tweezer method, depilitators, waxing and their use;
J) professional makeup techniques, including
the application of eyelash extensions, tab and strips;
K) product knowledge as it relates to
esthetics.
4) Business
Practices - 25 hours:
A) the Act and this
Part, including sanitary standards;
B) management;
C) OSHA standards relating to chemical
use;
D) Workers' Compensation
Act.
5) Internship
Program is an optional part of the curriculum. Each licensed esthetics school
may choose to set up an internship program and shall follow the guidelines set
forth in this subsection (a)(5):
A) An
internship program:
i) May be substituted for
75 hours of the 750 hours set forth in this subsection (a).
ii) May be part of the curriculum of a
licensed esthetics school and shall be an organized preplanned training program
designed to allow a student to learn esthetics under the direct supervision of
a licensed cosmetologist or licensed esthetician in a registered
salon.
B) A student in
the internship program:
i) May participate in
an internship program only after completing 375 hours of training and have a
minimum average grade of 80. A school may set the average grade higher and set
other standards that a student must meet to participate in the internship
program.
ii) May not spend more
than 75 hours in an internship program.
iii) May not be paid while participating in
this internship program as it is a part of the esthetics curriculum of the
school.
iv) May work a maximum of 8
hours a day and shall be required to spend 1 day a week at the school.
v) Shall be under the direct
on-site supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or licensed esthetician. Only 1
student shall be supervised by 1 licensed cosmetologist or licensed
esthetician.
C) A
licensed esthetics school shall state clearly in the enrollment agreement that
the school offers an internship program.
D) The licensed esthetics school shall enter
into a contract with the student, the registered salon and licensed
cosmetologist or licensed esthetician. The contract shall contain all of the
provisions set forth in this subsection (a)(5) and any other requirements of
the internship program established by the school. The contract shall be signed
by the student, the school and the licensed cosmetologist or licensed
esthetician. Any party to the contract may terminate the contract at any
time.
b) An
esthetics student is not permitted to practice on the public until the
successful completion of 75 hours of basic training specified in subsection
(a)(1).
c) A school may, as part of
its educational program and on school premises, offer esthetics services to the
public, through a student clinic, as a means of providing students with
practical experience. Services shall be provided by students working under the
supervision of one or more teachers. Students shall receive no compensation,
including tips, but shall receive credit for hours worked towards the 750-hour
education requirement. The school may provide those services under the
authority of its school license and is not required to obtain a salon
registration. The school shall post a sign visible to the public advising that
all services are provided by students. Except as provided in this subsection, a
school and a salon shall not operate in the same premises.
