20 CSR 2085-12.030
Curriculum Prescribed for Barber Schools/Colleges
PURPOSE: This rule establishes general requirements for barber
school curriculum and teaching (instructor) requirements.
(1) Missouri barber schools shall provide a minimum of one
thousand (1,000) hours of training over a period of not less
than six (6) months. Apprenticeship training in Missouri shall
provide a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of training
for a period not to exceed five (5) years. The subjects and the
minimum hours in each are listed in Columns A and B in this
section.
Column A
Column B
Minimum Hours
Minimum Hours
Subject
Student
Apprentice
(A) History
5
10
(B) Professional Image
5
10
(C) Bacteriology
5
10
(D) Sterilization,
Sanitation, and Safe
Work Practices
20
40
(E) Implements, Tools,
and Equipment
15
30
(F) Properties and
Disorders of the Skin,
Scalp, and Hair
15
30
(G) Treatment of Hair
and Scalp
20
40
(H) Facial Massage
and Treatments
5
10
(I) Shaving
35
70
(J) Haircutting
425
850
(K) Hairstyling
325
650
(L) Mustache and
Beard Design
5
10
(M) Permanent Waving
30
60
(N) Chemical Hair Relaxing
and Soft Curl
Permanents
30
60
(O) Hair Coloring
30
60
(P) Hairpieces
5
10
(Q) Chemistry
5
10
(R) Anatomy and
Physiology
5
10
(S) Salesmanship and
Establishment
Management
5
10
(T) State Law
10
20
(2) All barber students shall receive not less than one (1) hour
of combined lectures and demonstrations each business day,
excluding Saturday.
AUTHORITY: sections 328.090, 328.120 and 329.025(1), RSMo Supp.
2006.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008.
*Original authority: 328.090, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1949, 1951, 1981, 2005;
328.120, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1951, 1959, 1981, 1993, 1995, 2005; and 329.025,
RSMo 2005.