38-10,104 Licensed school; additional operating requirements. - Nebraska Statutes

38-10,104. Licensed school; additional operating requirements.In order to maintain its license in good standing, each school of cosmetology or school of esthetics shall operate in accordance with the following requirements:(1) All persons accepted for enrollment as students shall meet the qualifications established in section 38-10,103;(2) The school shall, at all times the school is in operation, have at least one instructor in the school for each twenty students or fraction thereof enrolled in the school, except (a) that freshman and advanced students shall be taught by different instructors in separate classes and (b) as provided in section 38-10,100;(3) The school shall not permit any student to render clinical services on members of the public with or without fees until such student has satisfactorily completed the freshman curriculum, except that the board may establish guidelines by which it may approve such practices as part of the freshman curriculum;(4) No school shall pay direct compensation to any of its students. Student instructors may be paid as determined by the school;(5) All students and student instructors shall be under the supervision of an instructor at all times, except that students shall be under the direct supervision of an instructor or student instructor at all times when cosmetology or esthetics services are being taught or performed and student instructors may independently supervise students after successfully completing at least one-half of the required instructor program;(6) Students shall be classified for reporting purposes as follows:(a) A full-time student shall mean one who regularly trains at least eight hours a day during the normal school week, including normal excused absences as defined in the school rules; and(b) A part-time student shall mean any student not classified as a full-time student;(7) Students no longer attending the school shall be classified for reporting purposes as follows:(a) A graduate shall mean a student who has completed his or her hours and credits, has satisfied all school requirements, and has been granted a certificate or diploma by the school;(b) A transfer shall mean a student who has transferred to another school in Nebraska or in another state;(c) A temporary drop shall mean a student who has stopped attending school for a period of less than three months and has given no indication that he or she intends to drop permanently; and(d) A permanent drop shall mean a student who has stopped attending school for a period of three months or more or one who has stopped attending for a shorter time but has informed the school in writing of his or her intention to drop permanently;(8) Once a student has been classified as a permanent drop, the school shall keep a record of his or her hours and credits for a period of two years from the last date upon which the student attended school; (9) No student shall be permitted by the school to train or work in a school in any manner for more than ten hours a day; and(10) The school shall not credit a student or student instructor with hours and credits except when such hours and credits were earned in the study or practice of cosmetology or esthetics in accordance with the required curriculum. Hours and credits shall be credited on a daily basis. Once credited, hours or credits cannot be removed or disallowed except by the department upon a finding that the hours or credits have been wrongfully allowed. SourceLaws 1986, LB 318, § 102; Laws 1987, LB 543, § 21; Laws 1995, LB 83, § 43; Laws 2002, LB 241, § 39; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 34; R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-3,141; Laws 2007, LB463, § 366.