Crossover Instructors

PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for obtaining a crossover instructor license. (1) New Applicants. Any person or entity may apply for a crossover license to instruct in both barbering and cosmetology. Except as provided by this rule, applicants for a crossover instructor license shall comply with all training, application and licensure requirements applicable to both the barber instructor and the cosmetology instructor license requested. An applicant shall only be eligible for a crossover instructor license if the applicant is licensed by the board as a barber and is licensed by the board as a cosmetologist for the classified occupation of cosmetology that the applicant will be instructing. Applicants for a crossover instructor license pursuant to this section shall be eligible for a crossover instructor license upon successfully completing all education and training requirements required for cosmetology instructors and successfully passing the licensure instructor examination. (2) Currently Licensed Barber Instructors. Applicants who are licensed by the board as a barber instructor shall be eligible for a crossover instructor license to also teach cosmetology upon successful completion of the required instructor education or training required by section 329.080, RSMo without further examination. The education or training hours required by law may be reduced as provided by section 329.080, RSMo. A barber instructor eligible for licensure under this rule shall apply to the board for a crossover instructor license as required by 20 CSR 2085-13.070 and pay the applicable fee. (3) Currently Licensed Cosmetology Instructors. Any person that is licensed as a cosmetology instructor by this board shall be eligible to teach barbering without further examination or instruction, provided the instructor’s license is active, in good standing and not subject to any disciplinary or probationary terms at the time application is made. AND INSURANCE Division 2085—Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners A cosmetology instructor eligible for a barber instructor license under this rule shall apply to the board for a barber instructor license as required by 20 CSR 2085-6.010 and pay the applicable fee. (4) All applications for a crossover instructor license shall be submitted to the board on a form designated by the board with the applicable license fee. AUTHORITY: Chapters 328 and 329, RSMo 2000 and Supp. 2007 and sections 329.010.7 and 329.025.1, RSMo Supp. 2007.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. *Original authority: Chapters 328 and 329, see Missouri Revised Statutes; 329.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1979, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005; and 329.025, RSMo 2005.