Section 20-262 - Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership. Minimum curriculum requirements. Election to instruct in certain occupations(a) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology may be established in this state. All applicants for a license as a registered hairdresser shall have graduated from a school of hairdressing approved by the board with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health. All hairdressing schools may be inspected regarding their sanitary conditions by the Department of Public Health whenever the department deems it necessary and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect the school during usual business hours. If any school, upon inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner or his designee shall make written order that such school be placed in a sanitary condition.(b)(1) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology shall obtain approval pursuant to this section prior to commencing operation. In the event that an approved school undergoes a change of ownership or location, such approval shall become void and the school shall apply for a new approval pursuant to this section. Applications for such approval shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. In the event that a school fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection, no credit toward the fifteen hundred hours of study required pursuant to section 20-252 shall be granted to any student for instruction received prior to the effective date of school approval.(2) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, shall adopt a curriculum and procedures for the approval of hairdressing and cosmetology schools. The commissioner, in consultation with said board, shall amend such curriculum to include education and training in the provision of services to individuals with textured hair, including, but not limited to, working with various curl and wave patterns, hair strand thicknesses and volumes of hair. The commissioner shall post such curriculum on the Department of Public Health's Internet web site. As used in this subdivision, "textured hair" means hair that is coiled, curly or wavy.(c) Any approved school for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology may elect to provide instruction in the occupation of esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, as such terms are defined in section 20-265a, provided such school has notified the Department of Public Health of such election prior to commencing such instruction.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-262
(1949 Rev., S. 4589; February, 1965, P.A. 56; P.A. 80-484, S. 120, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 60, 71; P.A. 82-472, S. 84, 183; P.A. 93-296 , S. 6 , 10 ; 93-381 , S. 9 , 39 ; P.A. 95-257 , S. 12 , 21 , 58 ; P.A. 10-117 , S. 16 .)
Amended by P.A. 24-0053,S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.A. 19-0118, S. 18 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 19-0117, S. 205 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 10-0117, S. 16 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2011. Cited. 165 C. 516 .