Recognition of curriculum

1. The department will recognize an applicant for a license as eligible for a license when the applicant has graduated from a school which has provided at a minimum two hundred hours of training in the following curriculum areas taught by instructors: a. Practical training in the following branches of electrolysis: Sanitation and sterilization as applied to electrology Patron protection Universal precautions Use of the electrical currents Use of equipment and instruments Precautionary measures to observe before and after treatment Immediate aftercare Home care (patron instruction in home care) Destruction of the papilla Observation (demonstration and result of work) Note: At least two-thirds of the hours in this subject shall be in actual performance of services on another person. b. Theoretical and practical training in the following: Ethics, professional conduct Optional and unassigned hours c. Theory covering the following subjects: Sanitation and sterilization as applied to electrology Universal precautions Electricity Dermatology Trichology Bacteriology Study of the peripheral vascular system (capillaries) Study of the sensory nervous system (nerve endings) Hygiene Provisions of the electrolysis law and regulations pertinent to the practice of electrology. 2. Students enrolled in North Dakota are prohibited to do practical work on patrons outside of school premises. Practical work may be done by students within the school premises and under the direct supervision of an instructor. 3. Cosmetology schools in North Dakota teaching the theory of electrolysis to their cosmetology students as part of the cosmetology curriculum are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. However, such instructions on electrolysis in a cosmetology school will not be credited toward the number of hours required in an electrolysis school for licensure purposes.