820 IAC 4-4-4 Specific curriculum for cosmetologists

Sec. 4. (a) The following are the requirements for cosmetologist training: Subject Theory and Demonstration Sanitation and Actual Practice Total Hours Hair cutting 165 250 415 Sanitation 50 50 Statutes and rules 10 10 Sales 15 15 Business management 10 10 Manicuring 5 10 15 Pedicuring 5 10 15 Hair removal (superfluous hair) 20 40 60 Tweezing, waxing, and depilitories Eyebrow arching Lip, chin, and face areas Anatomy and physiology 5 5 Skin 10 10 Hair 10 10 Electricity 5 5 Chemistry 10 10 Shampoo and massage 15 15 Scalp treatments 10 10 20 Facials and makeup 20 25 45 Hair coloring 155 75 230 Texture services 60 50 110 Hair styling 60 220 280 (includes wet and thermal sets, hair waving, hair pressing, hair braiding, and finger waves) Equipment care 10 10 Personal hygiene and professional ethics 10 10 Discretionary hours 150 150 Total 810 690 1,500 (b) Students are required to complete not fewer than the number of actual practice performances provided for in the progress report required by section 10 of this rule. (c) All: (1) manicures; (2) pedicures; (3) facials; (4) scalp treatments; (5) shampoo and massage; and (6) sales; must be done on live models. At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the other services must be done on live models. (d) The actual practice not described in subsection (c) may be on actual customers of the beauty culture school. However, students may not work on customers of the beauty culture school until they have completed a total of two hundred (200) hours. Customers shall be rotated according to the students' needs for practice on live models.