(225 ILCS 410/3E-4)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
Sec. 3E-4. Internship program.
(a) An internship program may be part of the curriculum for hair braiding and shall be an organized, pre-planned training program designed to allow a student to learn hair braiding under the direct supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or licensed hair braider in a registered salon. A licensed cosmetology or hair braiding school may establish an internship program as part of its curriculum subject to the following conditions:
(1) Students may only participate in the internship
program after completing 150 hours of training and must maintain a minimum average grade of 80 out of 100. A school may set the minimum grade average higher and establish additional standards for participation in an internship program.
(2) Students may not spend more than 30 hours in the
internship program.
(3) Students may not be paid for participating in the
internship program that is part of the hair braiding curriculum of the school.
(4) Students may not work more than 8 hours per day
in the internship program and must spend at least one day per week at the school.
(5) Students shall be under the direct supervision of
an on-site licensed cosmetologist or licensed hair braider, and the supervising cosmetologist or hair braider may only supervise one hair braiding student at a time.
(6) The hair braiding school shall state clearly in
its student contract that the school offers an internship program as part of its hair braiding curriculum.
(7) The hair braiding school shall enter into a
written internship contract with the student, the registered salon, and the licensed cosmetologist or licensed hair braider that contains all of the provisions set forth in this Section and Section 3E-2. The contract shall be signed by the student, an authorized representative of the school, and the licensed cosmetologist or licensed hair braider who will supervise the student. The internship contract may be terminated by any of the parties at any time.
(b) If an internship program meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, a maximum of 30 hours spent under the internship program may be credited toward meeting the 300 hours of instruction required by Section 3E-2.
(c) A hair braiding student shall not be permitted to practice on the public until he or she has successfully completed the 35 hours of general theory, practical application, and technical application instruction as specified in Section 3E-2.
(Source: P.A. 96-1246, eff. 1-1-11.)
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