Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The applicant for a new school shall file
with the board a copy of the floor plan of the new school.
(1) The board shall approve the floor plan
based upon factors such as the following: health, safety, sanitation, and
sufficiency of equipment.
(2) The
applicant shall submit a copy of the architectural drawings on letter-sized
paper or shall submit a copy of the blueprint for the building.
(a) The document submitted shall
be prepared by a licensed architect and have a
seal or copy of said verifying the document' s
authenticity.
(b) The drawing or
blueprint shall show that the proposed school complies with local zoning
requirements of the area in which the school is located and shall show
compliance with the board's rules and laws as well as with the laws of
Ohio.
(c) The name and address of
the school shall be on the drawings.
(3) Electronic submission of the
architectural drawings or the blueprint is preferred.
(B) An existing school desiring to alter its
floor plan may amend a copy of the plan on file with the board with the floor
plan reasonably to scale, unless zoning or other local requirements for
construction mandate the creation of a new plan.
(1) If a new plan is required for any reason,
the existing school shall submit a copy of the new drawing or blueprint
prepared by a licensed architect.
(2) The copies of the new drawings or new
blueprint shall also have the seal of the architect as it is on the original
drawing or blueprint along with the name and address of the school.
(C) When the ownership of an
existing school changes, and the new owner makes no significant structural or
plumbing changes to the existing school so that the floor plan in the school's
file at the board remains accurate, the school may submit a copy of the
existing floor plan.
(D) Minimum
square footage for schools is determined by type of school.
(1) Every full cosmetology school shall have
at least three thousand square feet of contiguous floor space. Such minimum
floor space shall be comprised of the school's office, restrooms, reception
room, classrooms, facial areas or rooms, practice/demonstration room, clinic
and dispensary.
(2) Every esthetic
only school shall have at least two thousand five hundred square feet of
contiguous floor space. Such minimum floor space shall be comprised of the
school's office, restrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/ demonstration
room, clinic with appropriate facial areas or rooms and dispensary.
(3) Every manicuring only school shall have
at least two thousand square feet of contiguous floor space. Such minimum floor
space shall be comprised of the school's office, restrooms, reception room,
classrooms, practice/ demonstration room, clinic and dispensary.
(4) Every hair design only school shall have
at least two thousand five hundred square feet of contiguous floor space. Such
minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's office, restrooms,
reception room, classrooms, practice/demonstration room, clinic and
dispensary.
(5) Every natural hair
styling only school shall have at least two thousand square feet of contiguous
floor space. Such minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's
office, restrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/ demonstration room,
clinic and dispensary.
(6) Every
barber school shall have at least two thousand square feet of contiguous floor
space. Such minimum floor space shall be comprised of the school's office,
restrooms, reception room, classrooms, practice/demonstration room, and
clinic.
(E) Every
school, regardless of type, shall have sufficient facilities noted on the floor
plan to accommodate the training of a minimum of twenty students at any given
time.
