Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Each
barber school shall submit with its application a curriculum, including a
course syllabus, a detailed course content outline, a sample of five lesson
plans, a sample of evaluation methods to be used, and a breakdown of hours and
performances for all courses to be taught that will lead to licensure. The
outline for barbering shall include the following:
1. School policies;
2. State law, regulations, and professional
ethics;
3. Business and shop
management;
4. Client
consultation;
5. Personal
hygiene;
6. Cutting the hair with a
razor, clippers, and shears;
7.
Tapering the hair;
8. Thinning the
hair;
9. Shampooing the
hair;
10. Shaving;
11. Trimming a moustache or beard;
12. Applying hair color;
13. Analyzing skin or scalp
conditions;
14. Giving scalp
treatments;
15. Giving basic facial
massage or treatment;
16.
Sanitizing and maintaining implements and equipment; and
17. Honing and stropping a razor.
B. Each barber school seeking to
add a master barber program shall submit with its application a curriculum,
including a course syllabus, a detailed course content outline, a sample of
five lesson plans, a sample of evaluation methods to be used, and a breakdown
of hours and performances for all courses to be taught that will lead to
licensure. The outline for master barbering shall include the following:
1. Styling the hair with a hand hair
dryer;
2. Thermal waving;
3. Permanent waving with chemicals;
4. Relaxing the hair;
5. Lightening or toning the hair;
6. Hairpieces and wigs; and
7. Waxing limited to the scalp.
C. Each school seeking to add a
dual barber/master barber program shall submit with its application a
curriculum, including a course syllabus, a detailed course content outline, a
sample of five lesson plans, a sample of evaluation methods to be used, and a
breakdown of hours and performances for all courses to be taught that will lead
to licensure. The outline for dual barber/master barber program shall include
the following:
1. School policies;
2. State law, regulations, and professional
ethics;
3. Business and shop
management;
4. Client
consultation;
5. Personal
hygiene;
6. Cutting the hair with a
razor, clippers, and shears;
7.
Tapering the hair;
8. Thinning the
hair;
9. Shampooing the
hair;
10. Styling the hair with a
hand hair dryer;
11. Thermal
waving;
12. Permanent waving with
chemicals;
13. Relaxing the
hair;
14. Shaving;
15. Trimming a moustache or beard;
16. Applying hair color;
17. Lightening or toning the hair;
18. Analyzing skin or scalp
conditions;
19. Giving scalp
treatments;
20. Waxing limited to
the scalp;
21. Giving basic facial
massage or treatment;
22. Hair
pieces;
23. Sanitizing and
maintaining implements and equipment; and
24. Honing and stropping a razor.
D. Each cosmetology school shall
submit with its application a curriculum, including a course syllabus, a
detailed course content outline, a sample of five lesson plans, a sample of
evaluation methods to be used, and a breakdown of hours and performances for
all courses to be taught that will lead to licensure. The outline for
cosmetology shall include the following:
1.
Orientation and business topics - minimum of 45 hours of instruction:
a. School policies;
b. Management;
c. Sales, inventory, and retailing;
d. Taxes and payroll;
e. Insurance;
f. Client records and confidentiality;
and
g. Professional ethics and
practices.
2. Laws and
regulations - minimum of 10 hours of instruction.
3. General sciences - minimum of 55 hours of
instruction:
a. Principles and practices of
infection control;
b. Safety Data
Sheet (SDS); and
c. Chemical usage
and safety.
4. Applied
sciences - minimum of 40 hours of instruction: Anatomy, physiology, and
histology.
5. Shampooing, rinsing,
and scalp treatments for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of
25 hours of instruction:
a. Client
consultation and analysis; and
b.
Procedures, manipulations, and treatments.
6. Hair styling for all hair types, including
textured hair - minimum of 65 hours of instruction:
a. Fingerwaving, molding, and pin
curling;
b. Roller curling,
combing, and brushing; and
c. Heat
curling, waving, and pressing.
7. Hair cutting for all hair types, including
textured hair - minimum of 125 hours of instruction:
a. Fundamentals, materials, and equipment;
and
b. Procedures.
8. Permanent waving and chemical
relaxing for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 115 hours of
instruction:
a. Chemistry;
b. Supplies and equipment; and
c. Procedures and practical
application.
9. Hair
coloring and bleaching for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of
160 hours of instruction:
a. Basic color
theory;
b. Supplies and equipment;
and
c. Procedures and practical
application.
10. Wigs,
hair pieces, and related theory - minimum of 15 hours of instruction:
a. Types; and
b. Procedures.
11. Straight razor use and shaving - minimum
of 20 hours of instruction.
12.
Manicuring and pedicuring - minimum of 75 hours of instruction:
a. Nail theory, nail structure, and
composition;
b. Nail procedures,
including manicuring, pedicuring, and nail extensions; and
c. Electric filing.
13. Skin care - minimum of 160 hours of
instruction:
a. Client skin analysis and
consultation;
b. Effleurage and
related movements and manipulations of the face and body;
c. Cleansing procedures;
d. Masks;
e. Extraction techniques;
f. Machines, equipment, and
electricity;
g. Manual facials and
treatments;
h. Machine, electrical
facials, and treatments; and
i.
General procedures and safety measures.
14. Makeup - minimum of 35 hours of
instruction:
a. Setup, supplies, and
implements;
b. Color
theory;
c. Consultation;
d. General and special occasion
application;
e.
Camouflage;
f. Application of false
lashes and lash extensions;
g. Lash
tinting;
h. Lash perming;
i. Lightening of the hair on the body except
scalp; and
j. General procedures
and safety measures.
15.
Body and other treatments - minimum of 20 hours of instruction:
a. Body treatments;
b. Aromatherapy; and
c. General procedures and safety
measures.
16. Hair
removal - minimum of 35 hours of instruction:
a. Client consultation and
analysis;
b. Waxing;
c. Mechanical hair removal;
d. Tweezing and threading; and
e. Chemical hair removal.
E. Each nail school
shall submit with its application a curriculum, including a course syllabus, a
detailed course content outline, a sample of five lesson plans, a sample of
evaluation methods to be used, and a breakdown of hours and performances for
all courses to be taught that will lead to licensure. The outline for nail care
shall include the following:
1. Orientation:
a. School policies; and
b. State law, regulations, and professional
ethics;
2. Sterilization,
sanitation, bacteriology, and safety;
3. Anatomy and physiology;
4. Diseases and disorders of the
nail;
5. Nail procedures (i.e.,
manicuring, pedicuring, and nail extensions); and
6. Nail theory and nail structure and
composition.
F. Each
waxing school shall submit with its application a curriculum, including a
course syllabus, a detailed course content outline, a sample of five lesson
plans, a sample of evaluation methods to be used, and a breakdown of hours and
performances for all courses to be taught that will lead to licensure. The
outline for waxing shall include the following:
1. Orientation:
a. School policies;
b. State law, regulations, and professional
ethics; and
c. Personal
hygiene.
2. Skin care and
treatment:
a. Analysis;
b. Anatomy and physiology;
c. Diseases and disorders of the
skin;
d. Health sterilization,
sanitation, bacteriology, and safety, including infectious disease control
measures; and
e. Temporary removal
of hair.
3. Skin theory,
skin structure, and composition.
4.
Client consultation:
a. Health
conditions;
b. Skin
analysis;
c. Treatments;
d. Client expectations; and
e. Health forms and questionnaires.
5. Waxing procedures for brow,
lip, facial, legs, arms, underarm, chest, back, and bikini areas:
a. Fundamentals;
b. Safety rules; and
c. Procedures.
6. Wax treatments:
a. Analysis;
b. Disorders and diseases;
c. Manipulations; and
d. Treatments.
7. Salon management:
a. Business ethics; and
b. Care of equipment.
G. A licensed school with an
approved barber, master barber, dual barber/master barber, cosmetology, nail
technician, or wax technician program may conduct an assessment of a student's
competence in the respective profession and, based on the assessment, give
credit toward the hours requirements specified in the respective subsection of
this section and
18VAC41-20-220.
The school shall make the assessment based on a review of
the student's transcript and the successful completion of a board-approved
competency examination administered by the school. The school may also request
a copy of a catalog or bulletin giving the full course description when making
the evaluation. The number of credit hours awarded shall not exceed the actual
hours of instruction verified on the transcript or the number of hours
specified in the board-approved curriculum for a specific
topic.
Statutory Authority: §
54.1-201 of the Code of
Virginia.
