Rule 70-2-.03 - License to Operate a School, Ownership, or Relocation(1) A license to operate a school carries with it the approval of the Georgia State Board of Barbers and is valid only for the owner or owners specified on the application for school license. Any request for expansion, change of school's owner, or re-location must comply with statutory and regulatory provisions applicable to new schools.(2) Any person, firm, corporation or establishment which accepts, directly or indirectly, compensation for teaching more than one person will be classified as a school and will be required to comply with all the provisions of the Georgia law and Board rules.(3) Any person, firm, corporation or establishment licensed hereunder shall furnish to the Georgia State Board of Barbers a copy of the school policies and procedures at the time of application for a school license, and in the event any such policies and procedures are thereafter changed, a copy of same shall be filed with the Board.(4) Each school is required to notify the Board within ten (10) days in writing of any change in its supervising instructor or instructors.(5) Schools shall be required to supply each student with a basic kit containing sufficient implements for the learning of barbering, as listed below. Schools are required to comply with all sanitation rules adopted by this Board and shall instruct the students in the importance of complying with all sanitation/disinfection rules of this Board. (a) The basic kit for barber students shall contain 3. Shears and thinning shears;6. Mug and brush or shaving cream;7. Clippers, guards, trimmers;13. Blow dryer and styling brush;15. Fumigant for each kit; and (6) All schools of barbering shall maintain a library which includes at least one copy of each of the following: medical dictionary, book on first aid, history book on hair styles, book on basic nutrition and basic hormones, book on theory and practices of barbering, book on theory and practice of esthetics, book on personality and charm, book on primary art, sketching, etc. and at least one book on business management.(7) All schools must be properly lighted and well ventilated.(8) All schools must maintain a supply of clean sanitary drinking water, and must provide separate dressing rooms and toilet facilities for male and female students, and provide sufficient barber equipment for the number of students enrolled.(9) All schools must post the Georgia State Board of Barbers laws and rules in a public place in each school.(10) When and if the school's enrollment increases beyond the capacity of properly caring for the original sixteen (16) students as to classroom, lockers, equipment and floor space, the school shall, for the purpose of good student training, public protection and safety, enlarge such school and increase the number of instructors to meet the need of the number of students enrolled.(11) A weekly work sheet signed in black ink and/or electronic signature by the student and the instructor shall be kept for each student indicating the number of hours of training each subject and shall be subject to inspection by the Board at all times.(12) Progress Reports on students' attendance and grades shall be maintained on school premises by the school as part of the permanent record for each student for a period of five (5) years. Student progress and attendance reports shall be current at all times available for review by the Board and submitted by the school to the Georgia State Board of Barbers each January 1, April 1 and September 1. Upon a student's completion/termination of student training or withdrawal from school, the school shall provide to the student and the Board a notarized transcript of the total compilation of hours obtained to date.(13) When closing a barbering school, the Board shall be notified in writing of the closure and notarized transcripts of all student records shall be released to the Board and the student no later than 30 days prior to the closure date.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 70-2-.03
O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-1-25, 43-7-9, 43-7-13 to 43-7-15.
Original Rule entitled "License to Operate a School, Ownership or Relocation" adopted. F. Feb. 25, 1991; eff. Mar. 17, 1991.Amended: F. Sept. 7, 1993; eff. Sept. 27, 1993.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. July 13, 2009; eff. August 2, 2009.