Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-13-330

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • school: means a place or part of a place in which cosmetology or any of its practices are taught. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
  • Student: means a person who is engaged in learning or acquiring the practices of cosmetology and, while learning, performs or assists in any of the practices of cosmetology in a school licensed under this chapter and under the instruction or immediate supervision of an instructor licensed under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
The owner, or an owner’s designee, of a school shall enter into a board-approved written contract with each student before permitting the student to attend classes. The original contract must be retained by the school and a copy given to the student. The contract shall contain certification that the student is at least sixteen years of age or will have attained that age before completing the course of instruction and that the student possesses at least a tenth grade education, as certified by the school last attended, or the equivalent as established by tests used in public schools or approved by the board.