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Article 6. Schools

Title 16, Division 9, California Code of Regulations

Board of Barbering and Cosmetology

940. Equipment for Schools of Cosmetology

The minimum equipment for a school of cosmetology shall be as follows:

(a) Sufficient electrical equipment and dermal lights for giving instruction in skin care and electrical facials.

Note: Equipment shall not be used to stimulate so as to contract, or for the purpose of contracting, the muscles of the body or face.

(b) Mannequins, with full head of hair

10

(c) Time clocks

1

(d) Shampoo bowls
5
(When the average daily attendance exceeds 50 students, additional shampoo bowls shall be added at the ratio of one for each 25 students in average daily attendance in excess of 50)
(e) Dryers
12
(When the average daily attendance exceeds 50 students, additional dryers shall be added at the ratio of one for each 10 students in average daily attendance in excess of 50)
(f) Facial chairs or facial couches
4
(When the average daily attendance exceeds 50 students, additional facial chairs or facial couches shall be added at the ratio of one for each 25 students in average daily attendance in excess of 50)
(g) Manicure stations
6
(When the average daily attendance exceeds 50 students, additional manicure tables shall be added at the ratio of one for each 10 students in average daily attendance in excess of 50)
(h) Electrical cap
1
(When the average daily attendance exceeds 50 students, additional electrical caps shall be added at the ratio of one for each 25 students in average daily attendance in excess of 50)
(i) Thermal hair straighteners
(1) Electric comb
1
(2) Non-electric comb
3
(3) Stove (for non-electric combs)
1
(4) Electric curling iron
1
(5) Non-electric curling iron (at least two sizes)
3
(6) Stove (for nonelectric curling irons)
1

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7312, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7362.1(a), Business and Professions Code.

941. Approval of Schools

(a) To obtain board approval, a private post secondary school shall submit to the board a request for approval that shall consist of the following:

(1) A document, signed by the owner or owners of the school and certified under penalty of perjury, stating that the school will provide a course of instruction approved by the board and, for cosmetology schools, that all requirements of section 7362.1 of the Business and Professions Code relative to school approval have been met.

(2) A copy of the valid, current Institutional Approval Certificate issued to the school by the Council for Private Post Secondary and Vocational Education.

(b) Within ten working days after receipt of the request for approval as specified in subdivision (a), the board shall notify the school in writing that either the approval is granted or that the request for approval is deficient and what information is required to make the request for approval complete.

(c) The provisions of subdivision (a) must be met for all new schools and schools that have changed ownership or location.

(d) If an approved school no longer meets the requirements of sections 7362 or 7362.1 of the Business and Professions Code, it must notify the board in writing within seven calendar days of what provisions it does not meet.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 7312, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7362 and 7362.1, Business and Professions Code.