Section Bar 301.04 - Instructors of Apprentices(a) Each apprentice shall receive his or her instruction from a cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, manicurist, or master barber who is a licensed instructor in accordance with Bar 301.08 or Bar 301.01(f).(b) An instructor license shall expire in accordance with RSA 313-A:20.(c) A shop instructor shall keep a monthly record of the apprentice's attendance on a sheet provided by the board, including:(1) The name of the apprentice;(2) The name and address of the shop;(3) The apprentice licensure date;(4) The month and year for which the record is being submitted;(5) The total number of hours completed during the apprenticeship;(6) The signature of the shop instructor; and(7) The signature of the shop apprentice.(d) The shop instructor shall submit the monthly record of attendance to the board no later than the 15th of the next following month.(e) Instructors shall administer written, oral, or practical tests pertaining to Bar 301.03(c). The tests shall be graded and reviewed with the students promptly. Each apprentice shall be tested at least once a month. Shop instructors shall send a copy of each completed and corrected test to the board along with the monthly record of attendance in accordance with Bar 301.04(e).(f) Shop instructors shall prohibit a shop apprentice being instructed in master barbering or cosmetology from practicing on a paying customer until the apprentice has completed at least 3 months and 400 hours of the apprenticeship. A licensed barber apprenticing to obtain a cosmetology license, or a cosmetologist apprenticing to obtain a barber license, may practice on a client immediately.(g) Shop instructors shall prohibit a shop apprentice being instructed in barbering or esthetics, unless the apprentice is a licensed cosmetologist, from practicing barbering or esthetics on a paying customer until the apprentice has completed at least 150 hours of the apprenticeship.(h) Shop instructors shall ensure that a shop apprentice being instructed in manicuring does not practice manicuring on a paying customer until the apprentice has completed at least 50 hours.(i) All shops with an apprentice practicing on paying customers shall have the apprentice wear a name tag. The name tag shall state "Apprentice".(j) Except as prohibited by RSA 313-A and these rules, the instructor shall assign paying customer services to the apprentice.(k) The instructor shall provide each apprentice with at least 2 written progress reports during each course. The reports shall evaluate the apprentice's theory and practical work, and attendance. Instructors shall be available to discuss the reports and the apprentice's progress in the course.(l) Related theory and practice shall precede clinic activities, and apprentices shall have demonstrated competence in both theory and practice before being allowed to participate in such activities. Instruction in theory and practice shall not be replaced by the clinic or working on paying customers, and apprentices shall not be excused from scheduled classes to work in the clinic or on paying customers.(m) A shop instructor shall be readily accessible, in the shop, to the shop apprentice at all times during professional services on a client within the first 50% of hours required by Bar 301.03(b).(n) Once the shop apprentice has completed over 50% of the hours required by Bar 301.03(b) and is in compliance with Bar 301.04(m), the shop apprentice shall have direct access to a licensee when providing professional services on a client.(o) An esthetician apprentice shall have completed at least 400 hours prior to the application of any cosmetic exfoliation chemical.(p) The shop instructor shall be with the esthetician apprentice at all times during the application of any cosmetic exfoliation chemical.N.H. Admin. Code § Bar 301.04
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Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 14, Filed April 7, 2016, Proposed by #11055, Effective 3/18/2016, Expires 3/18/2026.The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 37, Number 06, eff. 1/14/2017 is not yet available.