Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department
Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
Chapter 941 - Licensure of Establishments and Schools of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
Rule 481-941.17 - Students

a. Wear clean and neat uniforms at all times during school hours and during the mentoring program;

b. Be supervised by a licensed instructor at all times except in a mentoring program when the students shall be under the guidance of a mentor;

c. Be provided regularly scheduled breaks and a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch;

d. Attend school no more than eight hours a day. Schools may offer additional hours to students who submit a written request for additional hours;

e. Receive no compensation from the school for services performed on clients;

f. Provide services to the public only after completion of a minimum of 10 percent of the course of study;

g. Not be called from theory class to provide services to the public;

h. Not be required to perform janitorial services or be allowed to volunteer for such services. Sanitation of the bathroom area shall be limited to replacing products and disinfecting the vanity and mirror surfaces. Sanitation of the toilet and bathroom floor areas is not to be performed by the student and is excluded from student sanitation duty; and

i. Receive no credit or hours for decorating for marketing or merchandising events or for participating in demonstrations of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences when the sole purpose of the event is to recruit students and the event is outside the curriculum course.