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S.F. No. 1106 - Cosmetology Board Licensing Requirements Modifications (First Engrossment)
 
Author: Senator James P. Metzen
 
Prepared By: Stephanie James, Senate Counsel (651/296-0103)
 
Date: April 1, 2013



 

S.F. No. 1106 modifies and adds statutes that govern the Board of Cosmetology and the practices of cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists  (now nail technicians), managers of cosmetology schools and salons, salons, and schools and instructors of cosmetology.

Section 1 [Cosmetology] amends the definition of cosmetology to include specified services performed to body surfaces on the trunk of the body.

Section 2 [Licensing] requires a school manager to maintain an active salon manager’s license and requires an instructor in a school to maintain an active operator or manager’s license in the area in which the instructor holds an instructor’s license.

Section 3 [Schedule] adds penalties for certain violations.

Section 4 [License Expiration Date] specifies when school licenses expire.

Section 5 [Testing] requires that specified testing must be done by a board-approved provider.

Section 6 [Nonresident Licenses] adds an acceptable test that would qualify a nonresident for a license in Minnesota, provided certain other criteria are met, including a specified number of school hours.  This section also adds a path to licensing for nonresidents who have not had the specified number of school hours. 

Section 7 [Requirements] eliminates a requirement that a salon be inspected and licensed prior to commencing business.

Section 8 [Limit on Hours of Instruction] limits hours of instruction to ten hours per day per student.

Section 9 [Instruction Location] requires that a school give instruction within a licensed school building.  Online instruction is permitted for board-approved theory-based classes.  Practice-based classes may not be given online.

Section 10 [Prohibited Uses]

Subdivision 1 [Single-use equipment and materials] prohibits specified equipment and materials from being used more than once.  The presence of used articles in the work area is prima facie evidence of reuse.  Failure to dispose of single-use materials and equipment is punishable as specified.

Subdivision 2 [Skin-cutting equipment] prohibits the use of specified equipment intended to cut growths of skin.  The presence of these  articles in the work area is prima facie evidence of use and is punishable as specified.

Subdivision 3 [Substances] prohibits the use of methyl methacrylate liquid monomers and fumigants in performing cosmetology services.

Section 11 [Good Cause Exemption] permits the Board of Cosmetology to amend rules to bring them into compliance with the changes in this bill and permits the board to use the good cause exemption from full rule-making.

Section 12 [Appropriation] appropriates $300,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the Board of Cosmetology.

Section 13 [Revisor’s Instruction] directs the Revisor of Statutes to replace every occurrence of “manicurist” with “nail technician.”

Section 14 [Repealer] repeals expired fees.

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