§ 17-26-417 - Student work. - Arkansas Statutes

17-26-417. Student work.

(a) In each licensed school of cosmetology:

(1) A student for a license as a cosmetologist, after one hundred fifty (150) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of the branches of cosmetology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;

(2) A student for a license as a manicurist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with manicuring taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;

(3) A student for a license as an aesthetician, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with aesthetics taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; and

(4) A student for a license as an electrologist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with electrology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials.

(b) A student may not engage in any work upon a client who is paying for service or materials until he or she has had the required number of hours of instruction.

(c) A school shall not advertise student work to the public through any medium unless the work is designated as student work.

(d) (1) A school may allow a student to volunteer in charity or special events held outside the school if the following conditions are met:

(A) The student agrees to participate;

(B) The student has completed three-quarters (3/4) of the course of study;

(C) The student is accompanied by and acts under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor; and

(D) The student receives no credit hours toward the course of study.

(2) Documentation shall be maintained in the student's school file outlining the date, name, and location of the event and the number of hours volunteered.

(3) A school shall provide a thirty-day notice to the Department of Health, unless the special event involves a natural disaster as proclaimed by the Governor.

(4) A student shall not provide services to an elderly person who is confined to a hospital or nursing home.

(e) (1) A student providing services under this section shall apply for a student permit from the department.

(2) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules concerning the issuance of student permits.

(3) A student permit shall contain a photograph of the student.

(4) The student permit shall be:

(A) Maintained by the owner of the school attended by the student during the student's enrollment; and

(B) Returned to the department along with a copy of the student's Certificate of Training upon the conclusion of the student's enrollment in the school.