Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) For purposes of
240 CMR 8.00, and unless otherwise stated, the term "school" shall include
"post-secondary institution" as defined by M.G.L. c. 112, § 87T.
(2) No person or entity shall operate a
barber school without a license issued by the Board.
(3) Each applicant for a license to conduct a
barber school shall submit to the Board:
(a) A
certificate of occupancy or other authentic form issued by the appropriate city
or town approving the premises intended to be used as a school. The certificate
or form shall be submitted to the Board prior to final inspection and approval
by the Board;
(b) A bond of
$20,000;
(c) A true copy of the
student contract, which shall comply with M.G.L. c. 255, § 13K;
(d) A detailed outline of the school
curriculum;
(e) A detailed
professional floor plan; and
(f) An
initial enrollment report signed by the applicant which shall contain a list of
at least 25 students.
(4) No school shall be conducted or
advertised as a barber shop. No barber shop shall be conducted or advertised as
a school.
(5) A license for a
barber school is valid only for the location and owner named in the license or
certificate (including any Annex in compliance with
240 CMR
4.02(12)) , and is not
transferable. A holder of a school license seeking to change the location or
owner of the school shall notify the Board in writing by submitting an
application for a new license at least 30 days before the change, or
immediately in case of closure of a barber school or program. Upon approval of
a new location or new owner by the Board, the Board shall cancel the license
for the previous location or the previous owner and reissue a license to the
licensee indicating the new location or new owner. Each school shall display
its license in a conspicuous place.
(6)
General
Provisions.
(a) All barber
schools and barber school annexes subject to
240 CMR 4.02(12)
and 240 CMR 8.03(8)(d) shall display a sign
at the entrance reading "Barber School".
(b) A barber school may be established only
in a location where the building meets proper safety conditions. There must be
adequate heating, lighting and ventilation.
(c) The curriculum taught at a barber school
shall be that established and approved by the Board. Each barber school shall
maintain a course of study of not less than 1,000 hours in not less than six
months.
(d) Each barber school must
submit their schedule of practical and theory coursework to the Board for
approval. Board approval of curriculum and schedule of hours shall not be
considered permanent and may be subject to expiration and re-approval as
prescribed by the Board.
(e) Every
school shall furnish instruction in cleaning and disinfection and the use of
electrical appliances as applicable to the practice of barbering, and shall
arrange courses in accordance with the following outline of study and schedule
of hours:
|
Courses
|
Hours
|
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Cleaning and Disinfection
|
80
|
|
Shampooing
|
Ten
|
|
Hair Cutting and Styling
|
400
|
|
Hair Coloring
|
75
|
|
Permanent Waving
|
90
|
|
Chemical Relaxing
|
40
|
|
Scalp Manipulations and Treatments
|
15
|
|
Shaving
|
50
|
|
Honing and Stropping
|
Ten
|
|
Mustaches and Beards
|
20
|
|
Facials
|
20
|
|
Light Therapy
|
Five
|
|
Shop Management
|
20
|
|
Theory
|
165
|
|
Total
|
1,000
|
(f)
Barber school files shall be available for inspection by any member of the
Board or its investigators during school business hours.
(g) A person who has successfully completed a
course of instruction at a cosmetology school licensed to operate by the Board
or by the regulatory body governing the operation of cosmetology schools where
the school is located may be credited a maximum of 500 hours toward the 1,000
hour barber school course of instruction requirement. The required 500 hours of
barber school course of instruction must be completed in a minimum three-month
period. Evidence of any such person's successful completion of a licensed
cosmetology school program (copy of diploma or certificate of completion) must
be submitted to the Board upon enrollment in a barber school.
(7)
Enrollments.
(a)
Before a school may be issued a license by the Board, an initial enrollment of
at least 25 students, each student being at least 16 years of age, must be
presented to the Board.
(b)
Instructors in barber schools shall be licensed instructors, assistant
instructors or approved lecturers. Every school shall regularly have in
attendance during school hours at least:
1.
Two instructors for 25 students or less; and
2. One instructor or assistant instructor for
each additional 25 students or less.
(c) No instructor or assistant instructor may
supervise or teach more than one class at the same time.
(d) Attendance and absentee reports of
students are to be submitted to the Board monthly.
(8)
Premises. The
premises of a barber school shall be large enough to accommodate:
(a) A clinic area for at least 25 students,
with not less than 20 square feet of area for each student;
(b) A lecture room properly equipped for
demonstration or practical purposes with a minimum of 25 arm chairs;
(c) an individual secure space sufficiently
large to keep each student's effects; and
(d) A barber school may establish an Annex
only if it complies with all provisions of
240 CMR
4.02(12):
Annexes.
(9)
Required Equipment for a
Barber School.
(a) The clinic
area of a barber school shall have a minimum of 25 barber chairs, 15 of which
shall be able to recline for shaving and facials.
(b) No supplies of hair tonics, lotions or
cosmetics may be used which do not have the label and name of the manufacturer
thereon.
(c) One barber chair, one
sink, and one work stand in lecture room for demonstration work.
(d) Lavatories in accordance with applicable
law and regulations, in clean sanitary conditions at all times.
(10)
Student Working
Equipment.
(a) One mirror for
each chair, and one hand washing sink and one shampoo sink per eight
chairs;
(b) One wet tool sterilizer
for each chair with proper solution for same;
(c) One covered container for disposal of
used shaving papers;
(d) One
covered container for disposal of used towels;
(e) One closed cabinet for clean
towels;
(f) One hair dryer for each
five students;
(g) One high
frequency apparatus;
(h) One high
power microscope for bacteria and scalp study; and
(i) Student Kit with supplies that adequately
support the curriculum.
(11)
Student
Attendance.
(a) Students may not
attend school more than a maximum of five days per week/40 hours per
week.
(b) Each school may establish
the attire to be worn by students and require its students to dress in
compliance with school requirements.
(12) Instructors, assistant instructors and
lecturers shall not be permitted to perform any work on a paying customer on
school premises, except incidentally to instruct students in the school
clinic.
(13)
Assistant
Instructors. No instructor may supervise more than two assistant
instructors at any one time.
(14)
No school shall, directly or indirectly, accept any remuneration or make any
charge for services rendered by its students in the course of their practical
training. However, a school may impose a reasonable charge for materials used
and clinic operation costs.
(a) No school
shall permit any student to practice barbering on a person paying for
services.
(b) Every school shall
display, in conspicuous places or at each of its entrances, signs in display
lettering at least two inches in height stating the following:
ALL WORK IN THIS SCHOOL IS DONE BY STUDENTS. CHARGES ARE FOR
MATERIALS USED AND CLINIC OPERATION COSTS ONLY. NO CHARGE FOR
SERVICES.
