South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 17 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION- STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
Section 17-8 - Barber Students, Applications, Permits, Training, Progress Reports, and Examinations

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 17-8

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

1. Every person desiring to train in a barber school or college, or under the personal supervision of a registered barber or a master hair care specialist who is a qualified on the job training instructor, shall file an application for a student permit to take the training. Such application shall be on a blank form furnished by the Board and shall be signed by the applicant and official of the school or college or the qualified on the job training instructor, under whom the applicant desires to train. Prior to the issuance of a permit, a prospective student who desires to train under the personal supervision of a qualified on the job training instructor, shall meet along with the instructor with a representative of the Board. A qualified on the job instructor may train only two (2) students in his shop at a time, provided the students have a chair at all times. To be eligible for licensing as a master hair care specialist, a student training in a barbershop must train under the personal supervision of a qualified on the job training instructor who holds a current master hair care specialist license.

(A) Students training fulltime in a post-secondary school or college shall be on a five (5) day week basis, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day, for a minimum of forty (40) weeks; or, students training fulltime under the personal supervision of a qualified on the job training instructor shall be seven and a half (7.5) hours per day on a forty (40) hour a week basis for forty-eight (48) weeks.

(B) Students shall have received a written student permit issued by the Board.

(C) Each student training under the personal supervision of an on the job training instructor will be required to obtain the same textbooks taught by barber school or college and be given at least one (1) hour of study per day.

(D) Student training part-time in a post-secondary school or college shall be on a twenty (20) hour a week basis for a minimum of seventy-five (75) weeks; students training part-time under the personal supervision of a qualified on the job training instructor, shall be on a twenty (20) hour a week basis for a minimum of ninety-six (96) weeks.

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