Apprentices

PURPOSE: This rule establishes qualifications and requirements for barber and cosmetology apprentices. (1) Apprentice Registration. (A) Any person desiring to enter into an apprenticeship training program shall contact the establishment of intended enrollment and obtain an enrollment form supplied by the board. At least two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of any program of instruction, the person seeking registration as an apprentice shall return the completed enrollment form to the barber or cosmetology establishment of intended enrollment and that establishment, if the student is accepted, shall approve it and submit it to the board. The form shall be accompanied by the proper fee(s) and include the following information: 1. The applicant’s name and address; 2. The name and address of the establishment of enrollment; 3. Proof of age—birth certificate or driver’s license (applicant must be seventeen (17) years of age by the time application is made for examination); 4. Two (2) or more character references; 5. Two (2) United States passport photographs measuring two inches by two inches (2" × 2") which have been taken within the last five (5) years; 6. Signature of the applicant; 7. Signature of the proposed apprentice supervisor; 8. For applicants for a barber apprenticeship, a medical examination form pursuant to section 328.030, RSMo; and 9. For applicants for a cosmetology apprenticeship, proof of successful completion of the tenth grade (completion of at least ten (10) high school credits)—diploma, general educational development (GED) certification or official school transcript indicating student’s name, grade level, and number of credits completed. All foreign documents or documents not in the English language must be certified by a board approved credential evaluating service. (B) No person shall be given credit for any training received as an apprentice until a properly completed apprentice enrollment form has been received and approved by the board and an apprentice license is returned to the establishment. The apprentice license shall expire on the expiration date. A new application shall be submitted should the apprentice wish to continue training beyond the expiration date. (C) Change of Status. Any apprentice desiring to change his/her course or location (not supervisors) must apply to the board for a change of status. Any other alteration (such as a change of apprentice supervisors) will require a termination. An application for change of status shall be made to the board on a form supplied by the board. The form shall be accompanied by the apprentice license and the enrollment application fee and shall be postmarked no later than three (3) days from the effective date of the change of status. The change of status application shall include an interim certificate which shall be valid for twenty (20) days from the date of application and shall be retained by the applicable barber or cosmetology establishment to serve as the training license for the apprentice until the amended license is received from the board. (D) The apprentice license is not transferable. (2) Enrollment for Apprentice Training. (A) Except as otherwise provided by the rules of the board, all persons desiring to enter a program of apprenticeship training in Missouri shall satisfy all general student requirements that are applicable to the license sought. (B) In order for an apprentice to be enrolled for training by a qualified supervisor, the applicant must: 1. Complete an apprentice enrollment application; and 2. Have an apprentice enrollment application submitted to the board on his/her behalf at least fourteen (14) days prior to the anticipated commencement of the apprentice’s training. No apprentice shall receive credit for training received at a barber or cosmetology establishment until the apprentice enrollment application is approved and received by the board and both the apprentice license and the apprentice supervisor certificate are received and conspicuously posted in the establishment where the apprentice training will be conducted. (C) Apprentice applicants must comply with 20 CSR 2085-12.060. (3) Minimum Requirements for Apprentice Training. (A) Barber 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. Subjects of apprenticeship study shall conform to Column B in 20 CSR 2085-12.030(1). (B) Cosmetology apprenticeship training in Missouri shall provide a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of training for cosmetology, a minimum of fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of training for estheticians or a minimum of eight hundred (800) hours for manicuring. Subjects of apprenticeship study shall conform to the applicable requirements of Columns B, C, and D in 20 CSR 208512.050(1)(A). (C) For the purposes of meeting the minimum requirements for examination, training completed by an apprentice who has transferred between establishments or has had a lapse of time between enrollments in the same establishment shall be recognized by the board for a period of no more than five (5) years from the date it was received. (D) All apprentices shall be under the supervision of the approved apprentice supervisor or an acting supervisor as provided by the rules of the board. (E) Apprentices shall receive no less than one (1) hour of combined lectures and demonstrations each business day, excluding Saturday. (4) Application for Examination. (A) Upon a successfully completed course of apprentice training, provided the board is in receipt of a completed apprentice transcript and apprentice registration, the apprentice may apply for the state examination. In order to be scheduled for examination, all training hours must be completed and a properly completed application on a form supplied by the board must be received by the board within five (5) years from the date the board issued his/her student or apprentice license. The Application for Examination/Temporary Permit must be received in the test administrator’s office, along with the required fee, no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the scheduled examination the applicant desires to take. Applications received after this cut-off date and all applications received after every available space for the examination has been filled, whether that application was received prior to or after this cut-off date, shall be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled examination. (B) The minimum passing examination scores required for licensure as an operator are seventy-five (75) for the practical examination and seventy-five (75) for the written examination. (C) Upon completion of apprentice training, the apprentice registration to work in a current licensed establishment under the supervision of a licensed barber or, for cosmetology apprentices, a licensed cosmetologist, may be extended by the board to ten (10) days following the date of the first available examination for licensure. Extended apprentice registrations shall be posted in front of the working chair. Extended apprentice registrations must be returned to the board upon expiration. (5) Failure of any apprentice barber or cosmetology establishment, apprentice supervisor, or apprentice licensed by the board to comply with these rules and curriculum shall be considered grounds for suspension or revocation of a license to operate an apprentice barber or cosmetology establishment in this state. (6) Apprentice Attire. All apprentices shall wear washable clothing while in attendance. (7) Posting of Apprentice License. Each apprentice shall ensure the apprentice license is conspicuously posted with a two inch square (2" × 2") photograph attached which has been taken within the last five (5) years. The apprentice license is not transferable. AUTHORITY: sections 328.075, 328.080, 329.025.1, 329.060, 329.070, and 329.090, RSMo Supp. 2008.* Original rule filed Aug. 1, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed April 3, 2009, effective Sept. 30, 2009. *Original authority: 328.075, RSMo 2004, amended 2005; 328.080, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1981, 2004, 2005; 329.025, RSMo 2005, amended 2008; 329.060, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2005; 329.070, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1979, 1981, 1989, 2005; 329.090, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1995, 2005.