Right to Set Course of Study for Students; Application for Examination; Apprenticeship

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  5. Right to Set Course of Study for Students; Application for Examination; Apprenticeship

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  1. The board shall have the right to set a course of study for all students of the schools of cosmetology, schools of hair design, schools of esthetics, schools of nail care, and schools of barbering within this state.
  2. Before a student shall be eligible to take the examination provided for in Code Section 43-10-9, he or she shall first file with his or her application for examination a transcript showing the number of hours and courses completed from the school or shop attended by the student.
  3. A barber apprentice and any other individual serving as an apprentice in a beauty shop, beauty salon, or barber shop shall take the theory portion of the examination provided for in Code Section 43-10-9 within the first 12 months of his or her apprenticeship.

(Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, § 5; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1327, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1420, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1057, § 11; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 904, § 9/SB 145; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2019, p. 462, § 3-2/SB 214.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "schools of esthetics, schools of nail care, and schools of barbering within" for "schools of esthetics, and schools of nail care within" in subsection (a).

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added subsection (c).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Board may require that applicants for master cosmetology examination complete prescribed course of study. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-14.

Board may refuse to give exam to one lacking required amount of study or apprenticeship.

- Under Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, § 10 (see now O.C.G.A. § 43-10-9) the board has the right and power to refuse to give an examination or license to a person unless that person has completed a 1,500 hour study course at an accredited school, as defined by the cosmetology provisions, or has served as an apprentice in a beauty salon for a period of at least 3,000 hours. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 289.

Board may not require courses or sanitary standards for public schools.

- Board, not having jurisdiction over the public school system of the state, is without authority to set minimum standards of sanitation and courses of study in tuition-free technical and vocational schools operated as a part of the public school system under either the State Board of Education or a local board of education. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 289.


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