R156-11a-802. Approved Basic Esthetician Apprenticeship Requirements

  In accordance with Subsection 58-11a-102(2), the requirements for an approved basic esthetician apprenticeship include:

  (1) In accordance with Subsection 58-11a-306(3)(b)(ii), an instructor is required to provide one-on-one direct supervision of their apprentice during the apprenticeship program. This does not preclude an instructor from having more than one apprentice; however, if an instructor has more than one apprentice, the instructor may not simultaneously supervise the apprentice, and the same hour or hours of instruction may not be credited toward more than one apprentice.

  (2) The apprentice shall be registered with the Division by submitting a form prescribed by the Division.

  (3) The instructor must be approved by the Division for the apprenticeship.

  (4) There shall be a conspicuous sign near the workstation of the apprentice stating, "Apprentice in Training".

  (5) The instructor and apprentice shall keep a daily record, which shall include the hours of theory instruction, the hours of practical instruction, the number and type of client services performed, and other services, which will document the total number of hours of training. The record shall be available to the Division upon request.

  (6) A complete set of esthetics texts shall be available to the apprentice.

  (7) An apprentice may be compensated for services performed.

  (8) The instructor shall provide training and technical instruction of 800 hours using the curriculum defined in Section R156-11a-702.

  (9) The instructor shall limit the training of the apprentice to not more than 40 hours per week and not more than five days out of every seven consecutive days.

  (10) An apprentice shall not perform work on the public until the apprentice has received at least 10% of the hours required in technical training, with at least a portion of that time devoted to each of the subjects specified in Section R156-11a-702.

  (11) Hours obtained while enrolled in an esthetics school or a cosmetology/barber school shall not be used to satisfy the required 800 hours of apprentice training.

  (12) If an apprentice completes the apprenticeship and fails the NIC Esthetics Theory Examination or NIC Esthetics Practical Examination three times, the apprentice and instructor must:

  (a) meet with the Board at the next appropriate Board meeting;

  (b) explain to the Board why the apprentice is not able to pass the examination; and

  (c) provide to the Board a plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to assist the apprentice in passing the examination.