Series 4

TITLE 3

LEGISLATIVE RULES

BOARD OF BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS

SERIES 4

OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS OF

BARBERING AND BEAUTY CULTURE

§ 3-4-1. General

1.1. Scope - This legislative rule establishes the

operational standards for schools of beauty culture and barbering

which operate in the State of West Virginia as adopted by the Board

of Barbers and Cosmetologists (hereinafter Board).

1.2. Authority - W. Va. Code § 30-27-1. Related - W. Va.

Code § 30-27-1 et seq.

1.3. Filing Date - May 11, 1992

1.4. Effective Date - July 1, 1992

1.5. Repeal and Replace Former Regulations - This rule

repeals and replaces the former rule titled "Minimum Curriculum for

Schools of Barbering", 3 CSR 6, filed December 7, 1990, and

effective July 1, 1991.

§ 3-4-2. Operation of Schools of Barbering and Beauty Culture

2.1. Record and Posting Requirements

2.1.2. The school shall prepare an accurate record of the

number of hours devoted to the prescribed subjects during the

previous month and the cumulative total of hours completed since

the student's enrollment for each student by permit number. This

record is to be posted on the schools bulletin board at all times

and be made available to all students.

2.1.3. The school must post a copy of this rule on a bulletin

board and make the rule available to all students in each school.

§ 3-4-3. Classroom and Equipment Standards for Schools of Beauty

Culture

3.1. Classrooms, Equipment - Each school of beauty culture

shall have a minimum of two (2) rooms in use at all times. The

school shall utilize a classroom for the teaching of theory,

illustrations and lectures. The school shall also utilize a

clinical room for clinical or demonstrative work. A school shall

have the following equipment for the accommodation of up to twenty

(20) students. A school shall install additional equipment in

proportion to any increase in enrollment.

(a) One (1) blackboard, not less than 4 x 8 feet in size.

(b) Twenty (20) dresserettes and twenty (20) mirrors, or

twenty (20) combination work tables. There must be a

work station table and chair for each student enrolled

in school at all times.

(d) Ten (10) hair dryers.

(e) Three (3) facial chairs.

(f) Two (2) facial supply trays.

(g) Two (2) hydraulic haircutting chairs.

(h) Two (2) vibrators.

(i) Two (2) therapeutic lamps.

(j) Four (4) manicure tables.

(k) Sufficient clean linen cabinet space.

(l) One (1) dip (wet) sterilizer for each booth and work

table.

(m) Dry sterilization sufficient to accommodate as many

students as are engaged in clinical work at any one

time.

(n) Sufficient training aids.

(o) Twenty (20) hairdressing chairs.

(p) Head manikins to be furnished by the school for each

student, as part of kit for practical hairdressing.

(q) Twenty (20) classroom chairs.

(r) At least ten (10) waste containers.

(s) One (1) large bulletin board conspicuously located for

student permits, rules, regulations, notices, etc.

(t) One (1) set of books used solely for the records

required by Section 7 of this rule.

3.2. General requirements for Schools of Beauty Culture

(a) All schools shall provide and maintain adequate

rest room facilities.

(b) A school shall not permit any student to enter any

class for study, or give credit for any work done in

school, prior to the time his or her permit has been

received from the Board.

reference books approved annually by the Board.

(d) Each school shall hold regular classes for the teaching

of both the theory and the practice of all branches of

beauty culture.

(e) Schools shall not guarantee positions to students, nor

guarantee financial aid to students for help in

adequately equipping a beauty shop.

(f) Schools are not limited to any particular system of

teaching beauty culture. Students should be familiar

with the various methods and practices in their

profession and the different supplies and equipment

used in the beauty industry.

(g) Each school must have an admission office, properly

equipped with a filing cabinet, etc., and maintain

duplicate copies of records sent to the Board.

(h) Each school shall advertise only under the designation

of a "beauty school" and shall display conspicuously

at the entrance to the school a sign in plain block,

display lettering at least one (1) inch in height, to

read as follows: "All Work Done By Students Only."

(i) The school must display all service prices in the

clinic area. The prices must be followed by the words,

"Student Work", in lettering at least one half (1/2)

the size of the lettering used to display the price.

(j) During school hours instructors, as well as students,

shall wear washable uniforms which must be kept clean

and neat at all times. Instructors shall wear

different uniforms from those worn by the students so

they may be easily recognized.

(k) All bottles and containers in use must be distinctly

and correctly labeled, showing the use for which the

contents are intended.

(l) The school shall furnish the Board with a copy of the

current school catalog and copies of all student

contracts. At any time when changes are made in the

catalog, the school shall furnish the Board with a copy

of the catalog as revised within thirty (30) days of

the change or revision.

§ 3-4-4. Classrooms and Equipment Standards for Schools of

Barbering

4.1. Classrooms, Equipment - Each school of barbering shall

have a minimum of two (2) clinic rooms in use at all times, one (1)

to be known as the junior department and the other as the senior

department. All beginners will receive instruction in the junior

department and will advance to the senior department when they have

completed the minimum number of hours specified by the Board. Both

rooms shall be fully equipped and arranged in a manner to comply

with the rules promulgated by the Board. There shall be a third

room in every school of barbering where class study, examinations

and lectures are held. A school shall have the following minimum

equipment before being permitted to operate:

(a) Ten (10) complete chair units consisting of one (1)

chair, lavatory, and complete backstand and providing a

proper cabinet for immediate linen supply and individual

wet and dry sterilizers.

(b) One (1) recognized textbook on barbering for each

student, approved by the Board.

(d) One (1) standard vibrator for each four (4) students

enrolled.

(e) One (1) therapeutic lamp - infra-red, white and blue

for every four (4) students enrolled.

(f) One (1) three-objective compound microscope with low,

high and oil immersion objective (Bausch and Lomb, or

Spencer and Zeiss, brand suggested); and microscope

slides on related sciences dealing with bacteria and

human anatomy as specified in this rule or as the Board

may approve and publish in a list from time to time.

(g) One (1) S.V.E. slide projector, model AK300 watt for

2 x 2 slides.

(h) One (1) radiant hy-flect glass beaded screen, model

D.L., size 60" x 60"; and such 2 x 2 Kodachrome and

lantern slides on bacteriology, diseases of the skin

and scalp, and anatomy, as the Board may approve and

publish. A partial list of Kodachrome slides, 2 x 2,

35 mm., prescribed for use in schools of barbering in

West Virginia is shown in Table 3-4A found at the end

of this rule.

(i) Sufficient clean linen cabinet space.

(j) One (1) blackboard, not less than 5' x 8' in size.

(k) One (1) large bulletin board, conspicuously located,

for the posting of rules and regulations, notices,

etc.

(l) One (1) file for duplicate copies of reports sent to

the office of the West Virginia Board of Barbers and

Cosmetologists.

(m) One (1) set of books used solely for the records

required by Section 7 of this rule.

4.2. The school shall equip the study and lecture room with

the required blackboard from subsection (j) above and charts showing

illustrations of the skin, circulation of the blood, muscles and

bones of the face, scalp, neck, arms and hands. The school shall

use this room for the sole purpose of giving scientific

instructions to students.

4.3. Each school of barbering shall maintain a library of

suitable reference books, including those books as may be approved

and published in a list by the Board.

4.4. Each school of barbering shall hold regular classes for

the teaching of both the theory and practice of all phases of

barbering.

4.5. No one in any way connected with any school of barbering

shall guarantee positions to students nor guarantee financial aid to

help a student in equipping a barber shop.

4.6. Schools are urged not to advocate the use of any

particular equipment. Students should be familiar with the

different supplies and equipment used in barber shops.

4.7. Each school shall advertise only under the designation

of a barber school, and shall display conspicuously at the entrance

to the school a sign in plain, block, display lettering at least

one (1) inch in height, as follows: "All Work In This School Done

By Students Only."

4.8. When service prices are displayed, or in any manner

advertised by a school of barbering, they must be followed by the

words "STUDENT WORK" in lettering at least one half (1/2) the size

of the lettering used to display the price.

4.9. During school hours, Instructors, as well as students,

shall wear washable coats which must be kept clean and neat at all

times.

4.10. All bottles and containers in use must be distinctly

and correctly labeled, showing the intended use of the contents.

4.11. A school shall not permit a student enrolled in a school

of barbering to work on a patron who is paying for the service or

materials, until such student has attended the school for a period

of three hundred (300) hours.

4.12. Each student in his senior year, before graduation, must

act in the capacity of manager of the school for at least one (1)

week; two (2) weeks if possible. He or she shall be in full charge

of the clinical division of the school, under the supervision of the

manager of the school.

4.13. Each school of barbering shall furnish the Board with a

copy of the class schedule being used in the school, and copies of

all advertising material and student contracts. At any time, if any

changes are made in class schedules, advertising material or student

contracts, the school shall furnish the Board with such revised

materials.

§ 3-4-5. Enrollment

5.1. The enrollment in a school of barbering shall not, at

any time, exceed one and one half (1-1/2) students per chair.

§ 3-4-6. Attendance at Schools of Barbering and Beauty Culture

6.1. All schools of barbering and beauty culture must

establish regular school hours. For the purpose of this rule, hour means full clock hours.

6.2. All schools shall require that all students attend

classes at least eighty percent (80%) of the time that they are

enrolled in school. Schools shall not require attendance to exceed

eight (8) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period, exclusive of

the lunch period.

6.3. The student must account for any absence for more than

twenty percent (20%) of the time after enrollment by a written

excuse from a doctor, dentist, or someone who can verify to the

Board the necessity of the student's absence.

6.3. The school shall provide a minimum of five (5)

classroom theory instructions per week, of three (3) hours each,

to all students. These classroom periods shall include lectures,

class study and written examinations. All examinations and other

written papers shall be carefully graded and returned to the

students.

§ 3-4-7. Records

7.1. Daily Records - Each school shall keep a daily class

record of each student, showing the number of hours devoted to the

respective subjects, the number of clinical operations performed,

the total number of hours the student is in attendance and the days

each student is absent.

7.2. Monthly Records - Schools shall keep a monthly record

of the student's entire enrollment and send this record to the

Board on forms furnished to the schools for that purpose, showing

the permit number of each student; the number of months addressed

by the report; the number of, and the days that each student is

absent or present; the hours devoted to each subject, and the

number of clinical operations performed by the student to date.

7.3. Permanent Records - The school's manager shall compile

a permanent record, including the information described in

subsections 7.1. and 7.2., of each school from the daily class

records. The manager shall keep this compilation up-to-date in a

permanent file, subject to inspection at any time by any member of

the Board or any authorized representative.

7.4. Final - The manager of each school shall compile from

the school's records a summary of each student's subjects, clinical

operations, grades, hours and attendance. The school shall present

this record to the student upon graduation and this record shall

also be made a part of the student's application to the Board for

licensure by examination. The manager must sign each copy of the

required records and must certify that the record is correct and

that the student has received a diploma from the school.

§ 3-4-8. Teaching Staff

8.1. No school may open or operate with less than three (3)

licensed master instructors: Provided, that schools having a valid

license as of the effective date of this rule shall employ a

minimum of two (2) master instructors. There must be one (1) master

instructor for every twenty (20) students or reasonable average

thereof. An instructor shall be in the classrooms of the school at

all hours and supervise all practice student work.