SECTIONS 7332-7336 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7332-7336

7332. An apprentice is any person who is licensed by the board to
engage in learning or acquiring a knowledge of barbering,
cosmetology, skin care, nail care, or electrology, in a licensed
establishment under the supervision of a licensee approved by the
board.

7333. The apprentice training program shall be conducted in
compliance with the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of
1939, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of the
Labor Code, according to apprenticeship standards approved by the
administrator of apprenticeship. A copy of the act shall be
maintained on file with the board.

7334. (a) The board may license as an apprentice in barbering,
cosmetology, skin care, or nail care any person who has made
application to the board upon the proper form, has paid the fee
required by this chapter, and who is qualified as follows:
(1) Is over 16 years of age.
(2) Has completed the 10th grade in the public schools of this
state or its equivalent.
(3) Is not subject to denial pursuant to Section 480.
(4) Has submitted evidence acceptable to the board that any
training the apprentice is required by law to obtain shall be
conducted in a licensed establishment and under the supervision of a
licensee approved by the board.
(b) The board may license as an apprentice in electrolysis any
person who has made application to the board upon the proper form,
has paid the fee required by this chapter, and who is qualified as
follows:
(1) Is not less than 17 years of age.
(2) Has completed the 12th grade or an accredited senior high
school course of study in schools of this state or its equivalent.
(3) Is not subject to denial pursuant to Section 480.
(4) Has submitted evidence acceptable to the board that any
training the apprentice is required by law to obtain shall be
conducted in a licensed establishment and under the supervision of a
licensee approved by the board.
(c) All persons making application as an apprentice in barbering
shall also complete a minimum of 39 hours of preapprentice training
in a facility approved by the board prior to serving the general
public.
(d) All persons making application as an apprentice in
cosmetology, skin care, nail care, or electrology shall also complete
minimum preapprentice training for the length of time established by
the board in a facility approved by the board prior to serving the
general public.
(e) Apprentices may only perform services on the general public
for which they have received technical training.
(f) Apprentices shall be required to obtain at least the minimum
hours of technical instruction and minimum number of practical
operations for each subject as specified in board regulations for
courses taught in schools approved by the board, in accordance with
Sections 3074 and 3078 of the Labor Code.

7335. (a) The license of an apprentice shall expire two years from
the date the license was issued, or on the date the apprentice is
issued a license following the license examination, or if the
apprentice fails the license examination twice, on the date the
results of the second examination are issued, whichever occurs first.
(b) No person holding a license as an apprentice shall work more
than three months after completing the required training without
applying for and taking the examination for licensure.
(c) The board may extend the two-year or three-month period
described in subdivisions (a) and (b) upon a showing of good cause
which shall include, but not be limited to, delays in applying for
and taking the examination caused by the illness of, or accident to,
the apprentice, or service in the armed forces of the United States.

7336. An apprentice may do any or all of the acts for which he or
she is licensed only in the licensed establishment and under the
supervision and employment of a licensee approved by the board.