Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
(A)
Continuing education programs shall meet the criteria established by the board
in conjunction with the University of South Carolina. Only continuing education
programs approved by the board will be accepted toward meeting license renewal
requirements.
(1) The continuing education
course shall meet the following criteria for approval:
(a) All education must be generic in nature.
All courses must have content sufficient to meet the required number of contact
hours for instruction.
(b) All
education shall be conducted and monitored by a board approved organization or
association. For in-person courses, sponsors must monitor the signing in and
out of participants to assure the presence of participants for the required
contact hours.
(c) All
organizations or associations desiring to sponsor continuing education shall
present to the board prior to October 1 of each year a course outline which
shall include but may not be limited to the following:
(i) Instructors Name(s) and summary of
qualifications
(ii) Course outline
including lesson plans
(iii) User
and administrative log-in information for online courses
(iv) List of monitors
(2) Approval of a course is valid
for the term of the licensing period in which it was approved, until December
31 of the year preceding the year in which the licensing period ends, or as
otherwise determined by the Board; however, the Board may require the provider,
during the approved period, to revise a program to update or correct the course
material. The provider must timely resubmit the course for board review if it
wishes to again provide the course for continuing education credit.
(B) Verification. Each licensee
for renewal shall maintain evidence of having earned the required number of
hours of continuing education for a period of four years. These records are
subject to audit by the board and the licensee may be disciplined for failure
to maintain them.
(C) Program
Format, Time Frame, and Space for In-Person Courses.
(1) The program shall not include breaks and
lunch periods in the calculation of credit for time attended.
(2) The program shall be completely generic.
No mention, promotion or selling of products can take place.
(3) If the program for any reason is late
starting, the ending time shall be extended accordingly.
(4) There shall be no early dismissals except
for emergencies.
(5) Adequate space
shall be provided so that each attendee shall be able to see and hear all
segments of the program.
(6) Chairs
shall be provided.
(7) Smoking
shall be curtailed while the program is ongoing. Smoking shall take place only
during breaks and lunch periods or only in designated areas.
(8) All participants in the CE programs shall
provide two forms of identification any time they enter the education area, one
of which must be a government-issued photographic identification and one of
which must be a copy of the participant's board-issued license.
(D) Program Format for Online
Courses.
(1) The program shall be completely
generic. No mention, promotion or selling of products can take place.
(2) Prior to beginning instruction, all
participants in the program shall provide two forms of identification, one of
which must be a government-issued photographic identification and one of which
must be a copy of the participant's board issued license. This identification
shall be required to be resubmitted at least once during the course.
(E) Instructors and Monitors of
Continuing Education.
(1) Instructors shall be
licensed Instructors, Hair Fashion Committee Members or Hair Designer Guild
Members, except that board-approved Methods of Teaching instructors may teach
Instructor continuing education. Any deviation from this list must receive
approval by the board. Licensees of this board who participate in teaching a
continuing education program with instructors who do not meet these
qualifications may be disciplined by the board for aiding the unlicensed
practice of cosmetology.
(a) Instructors shall
not receive CE credit for any continuing education program they
teach.
(2) For In-Person
courses:
(a) A monitor shall be on duty at all
times while the program is ongoing; and
(b) Monitors shall see that all attendees
sign a check in and check out sheet; and
(c) It shall be the duty of the monitor to
see that order is maintained at all times and that the verification of
attendance forms are completed and signed at the end of the program.
(3) For Online courses, the
monitor shall verify that the course has been fully completed by the
participant.
(F) The
board must approve an organization or association to provide continuing
education that qualifies to meet renewal and reinstatement requirements. The
board may withdraw approval for an organization or association that fails to
comply with the board's statutes and regulations regarding continuing
education.
(G) Verification Forms
and Electronic Verification Templates. Providers must timely submit to the
University of South Carolina in an approved format, verification of a
participant's attendance on forms or on an electronic template approved by the
board and the University of South Carolina. For in-person courses, all
participants and providers shall complete and submit an attendance verification
form, which shall not be passed out or completed until the program is over. For
online classes, providers shall complete and submit an electronic verification
template after the participant has completed the course in full.
(1) The monitor is responsible for ensuring
that the attendance verification information submitted on the form or on the
template includes the participant's full name, license number, and license type
as it is all shown on the participant's board-issued license.
(2) Each sponsoring organization or
association shall mail the verification forms for in-person classes and email
the electronic verification template for online classes to the University of
South Carolina, along with the required registration fee set by the University
of South Carolina.
(3) The forms
and electronic verification templates shall be kept on record with the
University of South Carolina for four years as verification that the
participants have met the continuing education requirements.
(4) All participants shall receive from the
University of South Carolina a Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Certificate
proving verification.
(5) The
verification forms or electronic verification template can be obtained by the
organizations or associations from the University of South Carolina at least
two (2) weeks prior to the start date of the course.
(H) Certificating Agent. The University of
South Carolina will serve as the certificating agent for all providers by
providing University of South Carolina Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Certificates for participants when the following conditions are met:
(1) The course submitted by any of the course
providers must be fully approved by the board.
(2) A complete copy of all participants'
verification forms and electronic verification templates must be forwarded to
the University of South Carolina before the certificating process can begin.
Certificates will be mailed to participants.
(3) The certificating costs shall include:
(a) a University of South Carolina (CEU)
Certificate for participant; and
(b) a complete list of course participants
forwarded to the sponsoring organization or association; and
(c) a complete list of course participants
and their board-issued license numbers forwarded to LLR; and
(d) Permanent transcripts developed and
maintained on each participant by the University of South Carolina. Retrieval
of transcripts by participants will be subject to the policies of the
University of South Carolina.
(I) Board to Observe Program. The board or
its designated agents may observe any continuing education program at any
time.
