Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2085 - Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
Chapter 9 - Apprenticeships-Barber and Cosmetology
Section 20 CSR 2085-9.020 - Apprentice Supervisors

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2085-9.020

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes qualifications and requirements for barber and cosmetology apprentice supervisors.

(1) Apprentice Supervisors.

(A) Any person desiring to practice as an apprentice supervisor shall have been licensed as a barber or cosmetologist by the board for not less than two (2) years immediately prior to application as an apprentice supervisor. Said person shall provide to the board:
1. The name and address of the apprentice to be supervised;

2. The name and address of the licensed establishment;

3. The floor plan of the proposed apprentice establishment;

4. The contract, if any, between the apprentice supervisor and the apprentice;

5. An apprentice supervisor application properly completed on a form supplied by the board;

6. Two (2) letters of character reference for the apprentice supervisor;

7. Two (2) additional letters of reference from licensed cosmetologists or licensed barbers for applicants for a barber or cosmetology apprentice supervisor license, affirming the applicant's competence as a professional cosmetologist or professional barber;

8. Two (2) United States passport photographs measuring two inches square (2" x 2") taken within the last five (5) years;

9. An affidavit promising that the apprentice supervisor shall be physically present at all times that his/her apprentice is receiving credited hours toward the required minimum for testing. For emergency purposes, one (1) secondary licensed barber from the apprentice establishment, or one (1) secondary cosmetologist, manicurist, or esthetician from the apprentice establishment for cosmetology apprentice applicants, shall be named as acting apprentice supervisor. The acting supervisor shall not be responsible for more than a total of five percent (5%) of the total hours of supervision for the apprentice (or no more than a total of one hundred fifty (150) hours for cosmetology apprentices, one hundred (100) hours for barber apprentices or forty (40) hours for manicuring apprentices). The designation of an acting apprentice supervisor is limited to cases of sickness, vacation, or emergencies of the apprentice supervisor and any misuse of this privilege shall result in discipline of the supervisor's certificate. The acting apprentice supervisor shall hold a current license consistent with the training of the apprentice and must be named and approved;

10. Application for a board-approved training session emphasizing teaching methodology. Those apprentice supervisor applicants who currently are licensed instructors in the state of Missouri may forego the training session for becoming a supervisor; and

11. For cosmetology apprentice supervisor applicants, proof of successful completion of a twelfth grade education (diploma or general educational development (GED) certificate).

(B) Training and Licensure.
1. Upon the receipt by the board of all items required by subsection (1)(A), the board shall schedule the applicant for seminar training as an apprentice supervisor.

2. Upon the successful completion of the seminar, the board shall issue the applicant a certificate as an apprentice supervisor. The apprentice supervisor certificate shall expire upon the apprentice's completion of training hours. The apprentice supervisor certificate is nontransferable and nonrenewable, unless an extension of the certificate is necessary for the apprentice to complete his/her hours. The apprentice supervisor certificate shall be conspicuously displayed within the apprentice establishment with a two inch square (2" x 2") photograph taken within the last five (5) years.

3. The apprentice supervisor shall not hold him/herself out as a school and shall not train/supervise more than one (1) apprentice at a time. The apprentice supervisor shall not accept any fee from the apprentice or any representative of the apprentice for instruction, rent, supplies, equipment or any other necessary tools for instruction.

4. All previously approved apprentice supervisors applying to supervise an apprentice after September 1, 1995, shall comply with all regulations for apprentice supervisors as set forth in this rule.

5. The apprentice supervisor has thirty (30) days to begin training of the apprentice subsequent to attending the board-approved training session as referenced in this rule.

6. The board shall grant a waiver of completion of a board-approved training session provided:
(A) Within the first six (6) months of the date of issuance of the apprentice supervisor certificate either party terminates the training; and

(B) The apprentice supervisor reapplies to supervise a new apprentice within the same six (6) months.

(2) Apprentice Registration.

(A) It shall be the responsibility of the apprentice supervisor to submit to the board at least fourteen (14) days prior to the anticipated date of the beginning of the apprentice training the following:
1. A completed apprentice application for admission to apprentice training for the proposed apprentice, with all of the information for the apprentice required by 20 CSR 2085-9.010; and

2. The applicable fee.

(B) Upon board approval of an apprentice application for admission to apprentice training, the board shall issue to the apprentice supervisor an apprentice registration. The registration of each apprentice shall be conspicuously posted at the appropriate station at all times and shall have a two inch square (2" x 2") photograph attached which has been taken within the last five (5) years. Each apprentice and apprentice supervisor shall ensure the apprentice license is posted as required by this rule.

(C) The apprentice license is not transferable.

(3) Equipment.

(A) Cosmetology apprentice supervisors must provide:
1. All of the equipment required for cosmetology students under 20 CSR 2085-12.040(2)(T) and (Y) for Class-CA cosmetology students;

2. All of the equipment required for manicuring students under 20 CSR 2085-12.070(3)(P) and (R); or

3. All of the equipment required for esthetician students under 20 CSR 2085-12.080(4)(N) and (T).

(B) Barber apprentice supervisors must provide the following equipment: barber station, mannequin, current textbook on theory, and barbering supplies.

(4) Minimum Requirements for Apprentice Training.

(A) Barber apprenticeship training in Missouri shall provide a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of training for a period not to exceed five (5) years. Subjects of apprenticeship study shall conform to Column B in 20 CSR 2085-12.030(1).

(B) Cosmetology apprenticeship training in Missouri shall provide a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of training for cosmetology, a minimum of fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of training for estheticians or a minimum of eight hundred (800) hours for manicuring. Subjects of apprenticeship study shall conform to the applicable requirements of Columns B, C, and D in 20 CSR 2085-12.050(1)(A).

(C) For the purposes of meeting the minimum requirements for examination, training completed by an apprentice who has transferred between cosmetology establishments or has had a lapse of time between enrollments in the same cosmetology establishment shall be recognized by the board for a period of no more than five (5) years from the date it was received.

(D) All apprentices shall be under the supervision of the approved apprentice supervisor or an acting supervisor as provided by the rules of the board.

(E) Apprentices shall receive no less than one (1) hour of combined lectures and demonstrations each business day, excluding Saturday.

(5) Mandatory Reporting. The apprentice supervisor shall maintain a weekly log, on a form supplied by the board, documenting the total number of training hours the apprentice obtained on a daily basis. The training hours shall be allocated by subject in the core areas listed on the form. The weekly log shall be kept on premises at all times and made available to the board or its representative upon request. The apprentice supervisor shall submit monthly reports to the board office by the tenth day of the following month for the apprentice in training on forms supplied by the board. Upon termination of training by the apprentice, the supervisor shall submit to the board within two (2) weeks a properly completed termination form supplied by the board. The form shall list the total number of training hours completed by the apprentice, allocated by subject area, the date the apprentice terminated training, and shall be accompanied by the apprentice's license and any unused materials supplied by the board.

(6) General Rules.

(A) An apprentice supervisor shall not allow any person under the age of seventeen (17) years to enroll as an apprentice.

(B) Apprentice supervisors shall ensure that the apprentice's license is conspicuously posted at the appropriate station at all times with a two inch square (2" x 2") photograph attached which has been taken within the last five (5) years. The apprentice license is not transferable.

(C) The apprentice supervisor license is not transferable.

(D) All work performed by the apprentice on a customer shall be inspected and approved by an apprentice supervisor before the customer exits the apprentice establishment.

*Original authority: 328.075, RSMo 2004, amended 2005; 328.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 2005; 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008; and 329.050, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1961, 1981, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001 , 2005.

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