Section 54-5815 - SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS(1) Every barber school or cosmetology school located in this state must: (a) Be licensed under the provisions of this chapter;(b) Employ and maintain at least one (1) licensed barber instructor or barber-stylist instructor if a barber school and one (1) licensed cosmetology instructor if a cosmetology school. A school must employ and maintain a licensed instructor for every twenty (20) students or fraction thereof, with an instructor trainee counting as an instructor for purposes of the student-instructor ratio as long as there is a licensed instructor on the premises who is available during all school hours. An instructor at a licensed school must be licensed in the state of Idaho as an instructor;(c) Possess sufficient apparatus and equipment for the proper and full teaching of all subjects of its curriculum;(d) Keep a daily attendance record for each student;(e) Maintain regular class and instruction hours, establish grades and hold monthly examinations;(f) Prescribe a school term for training in all aspects of the practice of barbering, barber-styling, cosmetology or electrology;(g) Provide applicable curricula on hygiene, bacteriology, and elementary chemistry relating to disinfection and antiseptics;(h) If a school of cosmetology, provide applicable curricula on subjects relating to cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, electrology, instruction and haircutting as follows:(i) The curriculum for cosmetology shall include histology of the hair, skin, muscles, nails and nerves; structure of the head, face and neck; diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the body; permanent waving, haircutting and arranging, dressing, coloring, bleaching and tinting of the hair; a study of electricity as applied to cosmetology; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of cosmetology;(ii) The curriculum for nail technology shall include histology of the hands and feet, skin, muscles, nails and nerves; structure of the hands and feet; diseases of the skin, glands and nails; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the hands and feet; a study of electricity as applied to nail technology; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of nail technology; (iii) The curriculum for esthetics shall include histology of the skin, muscles and nerves; structure of the head, face and neck; diseases of the skin, glands and nails; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the body; a study of electricity as applied to esthetics; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of esthetics;(iv) The curriculum for electrology shall include histology of the hair, skin, muscles, nails and nerves; structure of the body; diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails; hypertrichosis; permanent removal of unwanted hair; a study of electricity as applied to electrology, including the use and study of galvanic current and the use and study of both automatic and manual high-frequency current; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of electrology; and(v) The curriculum for instructors shall include fundamentals of adult education; communication; preparation of lesson plans; practical and theoretical presentation and demonstration; use of teaching aids; measurement and evaluation; and the Idaho laws and rules governing cosmetology and electrology, in addition to teaching the occupations defined in section 54-5802, Idaho Code; (i) If a school of barbering, provide applicable curricula on subjects relating to barbering and barber-styling as follows:(i) The curriculum for barbers shall include histology of the hair, skin, nails, muscles and nerves; structure of the head, face and neck; diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the upper body; haircutting; shaving; arranging and dressing the hair; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of barbering; and(ii) The curriculum for barber-stylists shall include histology of the hair, skin, nails, muscles and nerves; structure of the head, face and neck; diseases of the skin, hair, glands and nails; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the upper body; haircutting; shaving; arranging, dressing, curling, waving, straightening, coloring, bleaching and tinting of the hair; and the Idaho laws and rules governing the practice of barber-styling;(j) Denote with clarity that the establishment is a school and that work is done by students. Such facts shall be made clear to patrons of the school by signs conspicuously posted in the school and the adjoining shop, if any. Students shall not be permitted to render any chemical service to a live human until such student has completed at least five percent (5%) of the required instruction;(k) Employ instructors who are licensed instructors in this state;(l) Not permit any student or apprentice to receive instruction unless the school is licensed under the provisions of this chapter;(m) Require instructors to devote their time during school or class hours to instructing students rather than to engaging in occupational practice; and(n) Offer school hours for the purpose of instruction on at least five (5) days per week.(2) Training received in electrology, esthetics, or nail technology in a school shall not be recognized unless the school has been approved for such training by the board and the school meets and maintains the requirements to train electrologists, estheticians, and nail technicians as established by board rule.(3) Every school approved by the board shall deliver to the board a bond to the state of Idaho in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and shall renew the same bond annually, conditioned that such school shall continue to give its courses of instruction in accordance with the provisions of this chapter until it has completed all such courses for which students have enrolled and further conditioned that such school shall fully comply with all promises or representations made to enrolled students as an inducement to such students to enroll. The bond must be in a form approved by the board and must be executed by a corporate surety company duly authorized to do business in this state. Any student so enrolled who may be damaged by reason of the failure of such school to comply with such conditions shall have a right of action in the student's own name on such bonds for such damage.[54-5815, added 2018, ch. 228, sec. 3, p. 530; am. 2020, ch. 182, sec. 12, p. 569.]Amended by 2020 Session Laws, ch. 182,sec. 12, eff. 7/1/2020.Added by 2018 Session Laws, ch. 228,sec. 3, eff. 7/1/2018.