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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2514 By: Pittman of the House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
[ professions and occupations - Oklahoma Cosmetology
and Barbering Act – curriculum hours - eligibility to
provide instruction - student apprentices -
compensation for work - State Board of Cosmetology
and Barbering - rules - examination for licensure -
effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 199.7, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 199.7 A. Each cosmetology and barber school shall be
licensed annually by the State Board of Cosmet ology and Barbering.
Application for the first year's license for a cosmetology and
barber school shall be a ccompanied by a fee of Four Hundred Dollars
($400.00), which sha ll be retained by the Board if the applic ation
is approved and a license is issued. The annual renewal license f ee
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for cosmetology or barber schools s hall be One Hundred Twenty -five
Dollars ($125.00).
B. 1. No license or renewal thereof for a cosmetolog y or
barber school shall be issued unless the owner thereof furnishes to
the Board a good and sufficient surety b ond in the principal sum of
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the first inst ructor and an
additional One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for ea ch additional
instructor, executed by a s urety company authorized to do business
in this state, and conditioned o n the faithful performance of the
terms and conditions of all contracts entered into between the owner
of the cosmetology or barber school and all persons enrolling
therein.
2. The surety bond shall be in a form approved by t he Attorney
General and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Suit may
be brought on the bond by an y person injured by reason of the breach
of the conditions there of.
C. It shall be the duty of the owner or manager of a
cosmetology or barber sch ool to enter into a written co ntract with
all students before permit ting students to attend any classes.
Contracts shall be made out in triplicate, the original copy to be
retained by the school, the duplicate to be given to the student,
and the triplicate to be filed with the executi ve director of the
Board.
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D. A school licensed or applying for licensure shall maintain
recognition as an institution of postsecondary study b y meeting the
following conditions:
1. The school shall admit as a regular student only an
individual who has ea rned a recognized high school diploma, or who
is beyond the age of compulsory h igh school attendance;
2. The school shall be licensed by name, or in the case of an
applicant, shall apply for licensure by name, to offer one or more
training programs beyond the secondary level.
E. No license for a cosmetology or barber school shall b e
issued unless the owner thereof presents evidence satisfactory to
the Board that the school has satisfa ctory facilities and equipment
and has instructors qualified to give a c ourse of study as provided
in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act.
F. There shall be included in the curriculum for cosmetology
and barber schools, courses of study in the theo ry of cosmetology
and barbering related th eory, studies in manipulative practices,
sterilization and sanitatio n, shop management, and such other
related subjects as may be approved by the Board.
G. 1. The Board sh all adopt a curriculum of required course s
of instruction in theory and training of either one thousand five
hundred (1,500) clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours
as recognized by the United States Department of Education or a
regional or national accreditation entity recognized by the United
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States Department of Education in a basic course to be taught in all
cosmetology or barbering schoo ls in the state. The basic
cosmetology or barbering course shall be designed to qualify
students completing the course to take the examination fo r a
license.
2. Cosmetology and barber students in vocational, trade, and
industrial cosmetology and barbering classes in public schools,
parochial, private schools or home schools shall qualify by
completing one thousand (1,000) hours in a basic course of
cosmetology or barbering and five hundred (500) hours of approved
related subjects to be selected from, but no t limited to, the
following high school courses in a public school, parochial, private
or home school: psychology, biology, general science, American
history, art, typing I, typing II , business arithmetic,
salesmanship, bookkeeping I, bookkeeping II, rela ted mathematics,
English II, English III and English IV.
H. 1. No person shall be eligible t o give instruction in
cosmetology or barbering u nless the person is the holder of a
current unrevoked instructor's license issued by the Board.
2. Each cosmetology or barber school shall employ at l east one
instructor for the first fifteen students registered therein, and at
least one additional instru ctor shall be employed for each
additional group of fifteen students, or major fraction thereof.
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3. Students utilizing hybrid learning programs are in cluded in
the total student number as referenced in the ratio in paragraph 2
of subsection G H of this section.
I. A cosmetology or barbering scho ol may be operated in and as
part of an accredited high school.
J. No cosmetology or barber school owner or an establishment
owner shall charge students or apprentices for cosmetic materials,
supplies, apparatus, or machines used by them in practice work. A
reasonable charge may be made by a cosmetology or barber school for
clinical work performed by students u pon persons who are not
students therein. No instructor shall be permitted to do
professional or clinica l work in a cosmetology or barber school a t
any time.
K. No cosmetology or barber establishment shall ever be
operated in or as a part of a cosmetolog y school.
L. 1. Students shall:
a. have an eighth-grade education or the equivalent
thereof, and
b. be at least sixteen (16) years of age unless they are
public or private school students who will be sixteen
(16) years of age by November 1 of the year in which
cosmetology or barbering instruction begins.
2. Credit shall not be given to any person by the Bo ard or by a
cosmetology or barber school f or hours spent in attending a
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cosmetology or barber school unless the person has registered with
the Board as a student prior to the attendance, except that a
student who has attended a cosmetology or barber school out of state
may receive credit for such attendance for transfer upon proper
certification as provided by rule of the Board.
3. No student shall be c redited with more than eight (8) hours'
attendance in a cosmetology or barber school in any one (1) day.
4. No person shall be eligible to take th e Board-issued
examination for a license unless such person is at least seventeen
(17) years of age or a high school graduate.
M. 1. No student shall be eligible to take the examination for
a Board-issued license without furnishing to the Board the affid avit
of the owner of the cosmetology or barber school that the student
has satisfactorily completed the requi rements specified in paragraph
1 of subsection F G of this section, except public and private
school students who will complete the requirements sp ecified in
paragraph 2 of subsection F G of this section by the close of the
current school year may take the examination next preceding the end
of the school year.
2. Students who are eligible to take the examina tion shall be
given an oral examination if requested by their instructor and proof
of qualifying disability is proven.
N. No person shall be eligible to register for the examination
for an instructor's license unless such person is a high school
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graduate, or has obtained a General Equivalency Dip loma (GED) as to
which the applicant shall qualify by tests to be prescribed by the
Board and conducted by qu alified examiners selected by the Board,
and has:
1. Satisfactorily completed all hours required for the
appropriate specialty course and an addit ional one thousand (1,000)
instructor training hours or equivalent number of credit hours as
recognized by the United States Department of Education or as
recognized by a national accreditation entity prescribed by the
Board in a cosmetology school in this state; or
2. Completed all hours required for the appropriate specialty
course, three hundred (300) instruc tor training hours, prescribed by
the Board in a cosmetology school in this state and has been engaged
in the practice of cosmetology for at least the preceding two (2)
years.
O. The Board shall have the power to conduct examinations
around the state at p ublic locations including, but not limited to,
technology center schools.
P. Each cosmetology or barber school shall prominently display
in a conspicuous place above or to the side of the entrance thereto
a sign identifying it as an institute of learning. Wording on sign
shall be in plain letters at least three (3) inches high and at
least one (1) inch wide .
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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 199.8, is
amended to read as follow s:
Section 199.8 A. Each person training a s an apprentice shall
be required to have the same qualif ications as a student for
admission into a cosme tology or barber school, and shall be
registered with the State Board of Cosmeto logy and Barbering before
commencing the training.
B. No apprentice shall engage in any of the practices of
cosmetology or barbering except under the immediate supervision of a
licensed instructor in a cosmetolog y or barber establishment
approved by the Board for apprentice training.
C. All apprentices must wear a badge whi ch designates them as
an apprentice and is furnished by t he Board with the apprentice
registration receipt.
D. Only one apprentice may be reg istered to receive training in
any cosmetology or barber establishment at any one time.
E. Completion of three th ousand (3,000) hours of apprentice
training in a cosmetol ogy or barber establishment is the equivalent
of one thousand five hundred (1,500) ho urs' training in a
cosmetology or barber sc hool and shall entitle the apprentice to
take the examination.
F. 1. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a student
who has completed one thousand (1,000) hours of instruction in a
cosmetology or barber scho ol or vocational, trade, and industrial
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cosmetology and barbering classes in public schools, parochial
schools, private schools, or home schools shall be eligible to work
as a student apprentice in a cosmetology or barber establishment
under the supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or barber who has
at least five (5) years ' experience practicing in a licensed
establishment.
2. Individuals with an active cosmetology or barbering license
who have practiced under an active license for at least five (5)
years in a licensed establishment shall have the authority to
supervise and instruct student apprentices in acco rdance with this
subsection.
3. A student apprentice shall be entitled to receive fair
compensation for the work performed under the direction of the
licensed cosmetologist or barber . Fair compensation means fair
market value for the cosmet ology and barbering services rendered
based on the establishmen t wherein the services are performed. The
Board shall promulgate rules outlining compensation details for
student apprentice work performed in accordance with this section .
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Sena te