201 KAR 12:120. School faculty.

      RELATES TO: KRS 317A.020(5), 317A.060(1), 317A.090, 317B.025(4)

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 317A.060(1), 317B.020

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 317A.060 and 317B.020 authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the activities and responsibilities of instructors and apprentice instructors. This administrative regulation establishes the standards that shall be met by instructors and apprentice instructors.

      Section 1. Any person employed by a school for the purpose of managing, teaching and instruction, shall be licensed as a cosmetologist instructor or esthetic instructor. Each licensed instructor or apprentice instructor shall keep a personal photograph posted with his or her license.

      Section 2. All students shall be under the immediate supervision of a licensed instructor during all classes and study hours and practical student work.

      Section 3. A licensed cosmetologist, nail technician or esthetician shall not render services in a school. Instructors and apprentice instructors shall render services only incidental to and for the purpose of instruction.

      Section 4. Every instructor and apprentice instructor employed in a school of cosmetology shall devote their entire time during the school hours to that of instructing the students and shall not apply his or her time to that of private or public practice for compensation during school hours or permit students to instruct or teach other students in the absence of a teacher.

      Section 5. Teaching by demonstrators shall be prohibited, except that properly qualified licensed individuals may demonstrate to the students new processes, new preparations, and new appliances in the presence of licensed instructors. A demonstration may only take place in a licensed school. Schools shall not permit more than one (1) demonstration in any calendar month.

      Section 6. All services rendered in a school on patrons shall be done by students only. Instructors shall be allowed to teach and aid the students in performing the various services.

      Section 7. Instructors and apprentice instructors in attendance shall, at all times, wear a clean, washable uniform, and an insignia or badge indicating they are an instructor or apprentice instructor in the school.

      Section 8. Each school of cosmetology shall, within five (5) days after the termination, employment or other change in faculty personnel, notify the board of that change.

      Section 9. Schools enrolling an apprentice instructor shall maintain the following ratio: one (1) apprentice instructor to one (1) instructor.

      Section 10. The following minimum faculty to student ratio shall be maintained at all times:

      (a) One (1) instructor for every twenty (20) cosmetology students enrolled, which includes nail technician students; and

      (b) One (1) instructor for every twenty (20) esthetician students enrolled. (KBHC:Sch.Lic.: 1-2; 2 Ky.R. 74; eff. 9-10-1975; Am. 5 Ky.R. 546; 801; eff. 4-4-79; 12 Ky.R. 1731; eff. 6-10-86; 13 Ky.R. 237; eff. 9-4-86; 16 Ky.R. 1955; eff. 5-13-90; 20 Ky.R. 1033; 1783; eff. 1-10-94; 30 Ky.R. 969; 1571; 1919; 2-16-2004.)