Section 7364 - Skin care course(a) A course in skin care course established by a school shall consist of not less than 600 hours of practical and technical instruction.(b) The curriculum for a skin care course shall, at a minimum, include technical and practical instruction in the following areas: (1) One hundred hours in health and safety, which includes hazardous substances, chemical safety, safety data sheets, protection from hazardous chemicals, preventing chemical injuries, health and safety laws and regulations, and preventing communicable diseases.(2) One hundred hours in disinfection and sanitation, which includes disinfection procedures to protect the health and safety of consumers as well as the technician and proper disinfection procedures for equipment used in establishments.(3) Three hundred fifty hours in skin care, which includes chemical and manual facials and massaging, stimulating, exfoliating, cleansing, or beautifying the face, scalp, neck, or body by the use of hands, esthetic devices, cosmetic products, antiseptics, lotions, tonics, or creams that do not result in the ablation or destruction of the live tissue.(4) Fifty hours in hair removal and lash and brow beautification, which includes tinting and perming eyelashes and brows and applying eyelashes to any person and includes removing superfluous hair from the body of any person by use of depilatories, tweezers, sugaring, nonprescription chemicals, or waxing, or by the use of devices and appliances of any kind or description, except by the use of lasers or light waves, which are commonly known as rays.Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 7364
Amended by Stats 2021 ch 648 (SB 803),s 22, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by Stats 2003 ch 788 (SB 362), s 45, eff. 1/1/2004.Amended by Stats 2000 ch 568 (AB 2888), s 61, eff. 1/1/2001.Chapter 648, s. 1 (2021) provides "It is the intent of the Legislature to provide safe harbor from the changes made by this act to Sections 7334, 7362, 7362.5, 7364, and 7365 of the Business and Professions Code to persons who have commenced preapprentice training pursuant to Section 7334 of the Business and Professions Code and to students who are currently enrolled in board-approved courses and schools."