Cosmetologist’s apprentice: Display of certificate of registration; conditions and limitations on employment and training; records; status and duties of licensees involved in training; regulations.
1. A cosmetologist’s apprentice shall display the certificate of registration issued to him by the Board in plain view of the public at the position where he is being trained. The cosmetologist’s apprentice, the licensed cosmetologist supervising and training the cosmetologist’s apprentice, and the owner of the cosmetological establishment where the cosmetologist’s apprentice is being trained shall not advertise or hold the cosmetologist’s apprentice out as being a licensed cosmetologist, or use any title or abbreviation that would indicate that the cosmetologist’s apprentice is a licensed cosmetologist.
2. To receive credit for his apprenticeship, a cosmetologist’s apprentice must be regularly employed during his training by:
(a) The cosmetological establishment where he is being trained; or
(b) If the cosmetologist’s apprentice is being supervised and trained by a licensed cosmetologist who is leasing space in a cosmetological establishment, the licensed cosmetologist.
3. Not more than one cosmetologist’s apprentice may be employed at any time at a licensed cosmetological establishment.
4. A licensed cosmetologist who is supervising and training a cosmetologist’s apprentice shall:
(a) Supervise all work done by the cosmetologist’s apprentice; and
(b) Be in attendance at all times that the cosmetologist’s apprentice is engaged in the practice of cosmetology.
5. A licensed cosmetologist who is supervising and training a cosmetologist’s apprentice shall keep a daily record of the training that is provided to the cosmetologist’s apprentice. The licensed cosmetologist shall:
(a) Keep the daily records at the cosmetological establishment where the cosmetologist’s apprentice is being trained and, upon the request of the Board, make the daily records available to the Board; and
(b) Submit a copy of the records to the Board at such regular intervals as the Board may require by regulation.
6. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) A licensed cosmetologist is not required to obtain a license from the Board as an instructor to train a cosmetologist’s apprentice pursuant to this section and NRS 644.217, and the licensed cosmetologist is not subject to regulation as an instructor because he provides such training.
(b) A licensed cosmetological establishment which employs a cosmetologist’s apprentice or at which a cosmetologist’s apprentice is being trained is not subject to regulation as a school of cosmetology because the cosmetologist’s apprentice is being trained at the cosmetological establishment.
7. The Board may adopt:
(a) Regulations relating to the qualifications of a licensed cosmetologist to supervise and train a cosmetologist’s apprentice;
(b) Regulations relating to the procedures and subject matter that must be included in the training of a cosmetologist’s apprentice;
(c) Regulations relating to the training of a cosmetologist’s apprentice to verify the number of hours of training received by the cosmetologist’s apprentice; and
(d) Such other regulations as the Board determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 644.217.
Last modified: February 27, 2006