Okla. Admin. Code § 175:10-3-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 175:10-3-1 - Application for initial and renewal of school license

In order to be in compliance with current Cosmetology and Barbering Act as pertains to public and privately owned cosmetology and barber school and license issuance to cosmetology and barber schools, the application procedures for an initial (new) cosmetology and barber school are as follows:

(1)Privately owned schools. Any person, corporation or company, who proposes to provide cosmetology or barber training courses designed to qualify persons who complete courses for a professional license to practice cosmetology or barbering, shall be required to obtain a license for the private post secondary school from the Board.

(A)Letter of intent. The applicant shall first submit a letter of intent to the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering and shall request Cosmetology or Barber School license application forms from the Board. The letter of intent shall state at least the full name, address and phone number of the applicant and the city where the proposed school is to be located. If the applicant proposes to assume ownership of an existing school, the letter of intent shall specify the name and address of the existing school.

(B)Application form. The license application form shall be completed in full making note whether the school intends to operate as a secondary/post secondary establishment and returned to the Board and shall contain the following information:

(i) Proposed name and location (city, street and number), and a brief description of the building.

(ii) Name, address and phone number of the proposed owner(s). If a corporation, the name, address and phone number(s) of the officers and principal stockholders are required to be submitted.

(iii) Names of Oklahoma license held and the file numbers of the persons to be the instructors of the proposed school and that of the manager, if other the owner.

(C)Initial license fee; expiration date. Each initial public and privately owned cosmetology or barber school shall be required to pay to the Board, the initial license fee of $400.00. Each public and privately owned school shall also pay the annual license renewal fee of $125.00. Each school license shall expire annually on June 30th. No provision is made for pro rata of any license fee. A school must be inspected at least once each year in order to be eligible for renewal.

(D)Surety bond. A surety bond in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for the first instructor and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each additional instructor is required to be submitted for cosmetology or barber school license. The bond shall be in an amount sufficient to meet bonding requirements for all staff.

(E)Financial statement. A current financial statement of the license applicant, prepared by a Public Accountant or a Certified Public Accountant, is required to be submitted to the Board. The financial statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall reflect the applicant's total property inventory, assets and liabilities which shall show a net worth of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for each school owned. Intangible assets will not be considered in net worth.

(F)Proof of building lease or ownership. Applicant must obtain a lease of at least one year or be owner of building in which school is proposed to operate. Month to Month lease is not acceptable. Applicant must submit a copy of lease agreement.

(2)Public schools. Any public school wherein administrator or other authorized person proposed to provided course(s) in training and education designed to qualify a person who shall complete the public post secondary course(s) for examination and licensure, shall follow instructions for license application procedures in (1) of this Section as may be applicable in requesting school license application and approval from the Board.

(A) Names, address and phone number(s) of Public School Administrator and other supervisory person (Principal, Assistant Principal, Coordinator or Counselor), of school/department and of each instructor proposed to teach in the school shall be submitted to the Board. File number of the instructor(s) shall be submitted.

(B) Applicant shall provide to the Board a notarized affidavit stating source of sufficient bond coverage and that building wherein the school is proposed to be conducted is publicly owned.

(C) Applicant shall provide phone numbers of public school main campus and school facility and a brief general description of the facility location within campus and other building training sections and parking areas.

(3)Privately owned school license renewal. A privately owned school license shall expire annually on June 30th. Renewal must be received by June 30th each year.

(A) Private school license renewal application, forms and instructions are mailed annually to schools by the Board. Forms include a surety bond renewal form, power- of-attorney and verification form.

(4)Public school license renewal. A public school license shall expire annually on June 30th. Renewal must be received by June 30th each year.

(A) Public school license renewal application and invoice is mailed annually to schools.

(B) Fee of $125.00 is required for school license renewal.

(5) Any advertisement for recruitment of students must state school is proposed to be open and shall not contain deceptive or misleading language and shall state that school has applied for licensure.

Okla. Admin. Code § 175:10-3-1

Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2679, eff 7-1-93; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1002, eff 7-1-04

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 11/1/2014

Amended by Oklahome Register, Volume 33, Issue 23, August 15, 2016, eff. 9/1/2016

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020