Section 199.8 - ApprenticesA. Each person training as an apprentice shall be required to have the same qualifications as a student for admission into a cosmetology or barber school, and shall be registered with the State Board of Cosmetology 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 cosmetology or barber establishment approved by the Board for apprentice training.C. All apprentices shall wear a badge which designates them as an apprentice and is furnished by the Board with the apprentice registration receipt.D. Only two apprentices may be registered to receive training in any cosmetology or barber establishment at any one time. An apprentice registered to receive training in any cosmetology or barber establishment may receive compensation during his or her training.E. Completion of two thousand two hundred fifty (2,250) hours of apprentice training in a cosmetology or barber establishment is the equivalent of one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours' training in a cosmetology or barber school and shall entitle the apprentice to take the examination.F. The required curriculum for apprenticeships shall be created by an organization approved by the Board for each discipline. Practical and theory-related benchmarks shall be administered by either a master barber or master cosmetologist at the end of each chapter/unit of the curriculum. Benchmarks shall be established within the course outline and curriculum shall be provided to the Board upon request during the apprenticeship application process.Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 199.8
Amended by Laws 2024 , c. 282, s. 5, eff. 11/1/2024.Amended by Laws 2014 , c. 260, s. 6, eff. 11/1/2014.Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 229, s. 92, eff. 11/1/2013.Laws 1949, HB 129, p. 395, §8, emerg. eff. 6/6/1949; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1010, c. 135, §5, eff. 9/1/1994; Amended by Laws 2000 , SB 513, c. 355, §9, emerg. eff. 7/1/2000.