Minimum requirements for space and accommodations.

1. Each school of cosmetology must: (a) Have, if the school provides instruction to prepare students for the examination for: (1) Cosmetologists, for each 25 such students in attendance, at least 5,000 square feet of floor space; (2) Hair designers, for each 20 such students in attendance, at least 3,500 square feet of floor space; (3) Estheticians, for each 20 such students in attendance, at least 3,500 square feet of floor space; (4) Nail technologists, for each 20 such students in attendance, at least 2,500 square feet of floor space; (5) Advanced estheticians, for each 20 such students in attendance, at least 3,500 square feet of floor space; and (6) Electrologists, for each 10 such students in attendance, at least 1,000 square feet of floor space; (b) Provide properly equipped lecture rooms of sufficient size to accommodate all students; (c) Provide separate lockers with sufficient space to store the student’s equipment; and (d) Provide a document signed by the fire marshal who has jurisdiction over the location of the school stating that the placement of the equipment and the square footage provided for the maximum number of proposed students complies with all applicable laws, regulations and codes relating to protection from fire. 2. If a school of cosmetology applies for approval to provide instruction to prepare students for the examination for an additional branch of cosmetology, the school must have the additional square feet of floor space required pursuant to subsection 1 for that branch of cosmetology. 3. If a school of cosmetology which provides instruction to prepare students for the examination for electrologists is located within another school of cosmetology that provides instruction to prepare students for the examination for cosmetologists, the structure in which the two schools are located must have: (a) For each 25 students in attendance at the school that provides instruction to prepare students for the examination for cosmetologists, at least 5,000 square feet of floor space; and (b) For each student in attendance at the school that provides instruction to prepare students for the examination for electrologists, 100 square feet of partitioned space. 4. In order to determine the total number of square feet of a school of cosmetology, the floor space must be measured from the interior walls.