Nebraska Statutes 38-10,104. Licensed school; additional operating requirements
In order to maintain its license in good standing, each school of cosmetology or school of esthetics shall operate in accordance with the following requirements:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-10,104
- Board: means the Board of Cosmetology, Electrology, Esthetics, Nail Technology, and Body Art. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1007
- Cosmetology: means the practice of performing for compensation any or all (1) of the acts of arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, bleaching, coloring, styling, or similar work upon the hair, wig, wiglet, or hairpiece of any person, by any means, with hands or a mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1016
- Esthetics: means the practice for compensation of using an electrical or mechanical apparatus or appliance or applying and using cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, chemicals, tonics, lotions, creams, or other similar products upon the skin for personal beauty care. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1026
- Instructor: means a person licensed under the Cosmetology, Electrology, Esthetics, Nail Technology, and Body Art Practice Act to teach any or all of the practices of cosmetology in a school of cosmetology or an apprentice salon. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1031
- Nail technology: means (1) attaching, applying, fitting, shaping, or adjusting artificial nails using acrylic, resin, fabric, or gel application systems, (2) sanitizing of the nail bed by brushing on or spraying material in preparation for attaching, fitting, shaping, or adjusting artificial nails using acrylic, resin, fabric, or gel application systems, (3) cutting, filing, buffing, shaping, trimming, polishing, coloring, tinting, cleansing, reshaping, or other cosmetic acts on the nails of a person when done in conjunction with the activities described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, (4) the ability to detect infection, fungus, or nail disorders that contraindicate the application of artificial nails, and (5) cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, or similar acts on the hands or feet of any person when done in conjunction with the activities described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1035
- Student: means a person engaged in the study of any or all of the practices of cosmetology or esthetics under the supervision of an instructor or esthetics instructor in a school of cosmetology or school of esthetics. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1050
- Student instructor: means a person engaged in instructor's or esthetics instructor's training in a school of cosmetology or school of esthetics and in teaching students in a school of cosmetology or school of esthetics under the supervision of an instructor. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1051
- Supervision: means direct day-to-day knowledge of and control over the actions of one individual by another. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1052
(1) All persons accepted for enrollment as students shall meet the qualifications established in section 38-10,103 ;
(2) The school shall, at all times the school is in operation, have at least one instructor in the school for each twenty students or fraction thereof enrolled in the school, except that freshman and advanced students shall be taught by different instructors in separate classes;
(3) The school shall not permit any student to render clinical services on members of the public with or without fees until such student has satisfactorily completed the freshman curriculum, except that the board may establish guidelines by which it may approve such practices as part of the freshman curriculum;
(4) No school shall pay direct compensation to any of its students. Student instructors may be paid as determined by the school;
(5) All students and student instructors shall be under the supervision of an instructor at all times, except that students shall be under the direct supervision of an instructor or student instructor at all times when cosmetology or esthetics services are being taught or performed and student instructors may independently supervise students after successfully completing at least one-half of the required instructor program;
(6) No student shall be permitted by the school to train or work in a school in any manner for more than ten hours a day; and
(7) The school shall not credit a student or student instructor with hours except when such hours were earned in the study or practice of cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, or barbering in accordance with the required curriculum. Hours shall be credited on a daily basis. Once credited, hours cannot be removed or disallowed except by the department upon a finding that the hours have been wrongfully allowed.