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AR Code § 17-26-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-410. Instructor qualifications

 (a)  (1)  (A) A person employed in a school to instruct students in the school shall be licensed as an instructor in the field in which he or she specializes.  (B) A licensed instructor in good standing is not required to renew his or her specialty license.    (2) A licensed instructor shall:  (A) Be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and have had six hundred (600) hours of teacher training in a school of cosmetology;  (B) Have passed an instructor's written examination given by the Department of Health, a practical examination administered by the school, and have received an instructor's license; and  (C) Have received not less than eight (8) hours of additional training in an instructor's training seminar or continuing education course certified by the department.      (b) A licensed instructor shall not teach outside the profession in which the license to practice allows.  (c) A cosmetology school shall offer an education in cosmetology regardless of whether the curriculum includes a specialty course.
AR Code § 17-26-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-411. Instructors — Duties — Number

 (a) All instructors shall be continuously engaged in teaching students in theoretical or practical work. Except when instructing a student, an instructor may not practice upon a client, and any instructor who does so is subject to disciplinary action by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee.  (b) The State Board of Health shall promulgate reasonable rules concerning the number of instructors necessary to properly conduct a school of cosmetology.
AR Code § 17-26-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-412. School term — Cosmetology curriculum

 (a) Each school shall maintain a school term of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours, instruction of which shall not be in excess of ten (10) hours per day and six (6) days per week during the course. The school shall maintain a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for examination for a license as a cosmetologist.  (b) It shall so arrange the courses devoted to each branch or practice of cosmetology as the Department of Health may from time to time adopt as the course to be followed by the schools.
AR Code § 17-26-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-413. Electrology course

 (a)  (1) An electrology course established by a school of cosmetology shall consist of three hundred fifty (350) hours or six hundred (600) hours of practical training and technical instruction that shall extend over a period of not less than two (2) months for a three-hundred-fifty-hour course and four (4) months for a six-hundred-hour course.  (2) In no event shall the training extend over a period of more than six (6) months from the date of initial enrollment.    (b) The course shall be in accordance with a curriculum established by the Department of Health.
AR Code § 17-26-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-414. Special programs

 (a) Instruction shall not exceed ten (10) hours per day and six (6) days per week during the program.  (b) When a student completes the required number of hours for a special program and reenrolls for a cosmetology program or when a student transfers from a special program to a cosmetology program before completion of the special program, he or she shall be given credit for the number of hours spent in connection with the special program, but not to exceed the maximum hours required thereof, toward the satisfaction of the time required for the cosmetology program as determined by rules of the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee.
AR Code § 17-26-415 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-415. Student registration — Reregistration on transfer

 (a)  (1) All students of cosmetology, manicuring, electrology, aesthetics, and instructor training shall be registered with the Department of Health before accredited hours can be obtained.  (2) The enrollment application shall be accompanied by a copy of a method of identification containing a photograph of the applicant.  (3) A student shall not earn hours before the date in which the department has issued a student permit.    (b) A student who has completed the registration process and whose information is on file with the department shall complete a reenrollment form without submitting additional documents other than the student permit fee and a method of identification containing a photograph of the student.
AR Code § 17-26-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-417. Student work

 (a) In each licensed school of cosmetology:  (1) A student for a license as a cosmetologist, after one hundred fifty (150) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of the branches of cosmetology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;  (2) A student for a license as a manicurist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with manicuring taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials;  (3) A student for a license as an aesthetician, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with aesthetics taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials; and  (4) A student for a license as an electrologist, after sixty (60) hours of instruction, may engage, in the school as a student, in work connected with electrology taught in the school upon a client who is paying for service or materials.    (b) A student may not engage in any work upon a client who is paying for service or materials until he or she has had the required number of hours of instruction.  (c) A school shall not advertise student work to the public through any medium unless the work is designated as student work.  (d)  (1) A school may allow a student to volunteer in charity or special events held outside the school if the following conditions are met:  (A) The student agrees to participate;  (B) The student is accompanied by and acts under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor; and  (C) The school maintains the required student-to-teacher ratios.    (2) Documentation shall be maintained in the student's school file outlining the date, name, and location of the event and the number of hours volunteered.    (e)  (1) A student providing services under this section shall apply for a student permit from the Department of Health.  (2) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules concerning the issuance of student permits.  (3) A student permit shall contain a photograph of the student.  (4) The student permit shall be:  (A) Maintained by the owner of the school attended by the student during the student's enrollment; and  (B) Returned to the department along with a copy of the student's Certificate of Training upon the conclusion of the student's enrollment in the school.
AR Code § 17-26-418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-418. Cosmetology courses in public schools

 (a)  (1) All public educational institutions operating cosmetological schools shall comply with the standards and rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.  (2)  (A) However, the responsibility for approval of cosmetological schools in public educational institutions shall be the sole responsibility of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  (B) In approving a cosmetological school in a public educational institution, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall use the same application process and requirements as the State Board of Health uses for approval of all other cosmetological schools.      (b) Such schools shall not be required to obtain a license as prescribed in this chapter.  (c) Each person who successfully completes the courses in cosmetology given in a school under the public school system of this state is eligible for a license under this chapter the same as though he or she had graduated from a licensed private school of cosmetology approved by the State Board of Health. For this purpose, successful completion of courses in cosmetology given in public schools equal to and the equivalent of the courses required to be given in licensed private schools of cosmetology approved by the State Board of Health shall be deemed to be the fulfillment of the requirements of this chapter in regard to completion of courses in licensed schools of cosmetology approved by the State Board of Health.
AR Code § 17-26-419 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-419. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training

 (a) A cosmetological school or establishment under this subchapter shall establish a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training course.  (b)  (1) A student enrolled in a cosmetological school or establishment shall complete a one-hour course in domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training as a part of his or her required training hours under § 17-26-304 in order to be eligible for an examination.  (2) A student under this chapter who is trained in domestic violence and sexual assault awareness shall not be civilly or criminally liable for acting in good faith or failing to act on information obtained during the course of employment concerning potential domestic violence or sexual assault.    (c)  (1) The training course under this section shall be approved by the Department of Health and provided by an instructor, school, institution, or other organization approved by the department.  (2) The department shall establish by rule a means for the verification of completion of the training course by the student.
AR Code § 17-26-420 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 4 - Cosmetological Schools and Establishments|§ 17-26-420. Mobile salons

 (a)  (1) Beginning September 1, 2017, the Department of Health may issue a license for the operation of a mobile salon to an applicant who submits an application on a form approved by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee, pays required fees as determined by the department with the advice of the committee, and is in compliance with this chapter.  (2) Requirements that apply to a cosmetological establishment under this chapter shall apply to mobile salons, except to the extent that the requirements conflict with rules adopted by the department under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.    (b)  (1) By September 1, 2017, the department shall adopt rules to implement this section.  (2) The rules as described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall include the establishment of minimum specifications for the facilities, technical equipment, environment, supplies, personnel, operation, ownership, and procedures for mobile salons.
AR Code § 17-26-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 5 - Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act|§ 17-26-501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act”.
AR Code § 17-26-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 5 - Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act|§ 17-26-502. Legislative findings

 The General Assembly finds that:   (1) Natural hair braiding is a traditional practice that is safe;  (2) Natural hair braiding presents no significant health and safety risks to customers or practitioners;  (3) Occupational regulation harms consumers by limiting their choices or by forcing consumers to forgo braiding services or enter the underground economy;  (4) Occupational regulation and occupational licenses cause unnecessary difficulties for natural hair braiders to earn an honest living through their practice, to provide for themselves and their families, to offer their services to and compete for customers, and to create new employment and business opportunities through their entrepreneurialism; and  (5) It is the public policy of this state to protect economic liberty.
AR Code § 17-26-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 5 - Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act|§ 17-26-503. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Mechanical device” means clips, combs, curlers, curling irons, hairpins, rollers, scissors, needles, thread, and hair binders; and  (2)  (A) “Natural hair braiding” means a service of twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding hair by hand or with a mechanical device that includes without limitation:  (i) The use of natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair fibers, decorative beads, and other hair accessories;  (ii) The minor trimming of natural hair or hair extensions incidental to twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding hair;  (iii) The use of topical agents such as conditioners, gels, moisturizers, oils, pomades, and shampoos; and  (iv) The making of wigs from natural hair, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, and hair extensions.    (B) Natural hair braiding does not include:  (i) The application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair;  (ii) The use of chemical hair joining agents such as synthetic tape, keratin bonds, or fusion bonds; or  (iii) Embellishing or beautifying hair by cutting or singeing except as needed in the braiding process.    (C) Natural hair braiding is commonly known as “African-style hair braiding” but is not limited to any particular cultural, ethnic, racial, or religious form of hairstyle.
AR Code § 17-26-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 5 - Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act|§ 17-26-504. Exemption

 The practice of natural hair braiding, except as provided by this subchapter, is exempt from regulation under this chapter and is exempt from the authority of the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee, the State Board of Health, and the Department of Health.
AR Code § 17-26-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 26 - Cosmetology and Related Occupations|Subchapter 5 - Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act|§ 17-26-505. Application of certification requirements

 (a) A person who has practiced natural hair braiding for two (2) consecutive years as of December 31, 2015, shall be granted a natural hair braiding certificate if he or she completes and files the following on or before December 31, 2015:  (1) An application for certification;  (2) Payment of the registration fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) every two (2) years;  (3) An affidavit signed by the applicant attesting that he or she has practiced hair braiding for two (2) consecutive years; and  (4) An affidavit signed by an employer or customer of the applicant attesting that he or she has witnessed the applicant practicing natural hair braiding in the past two (2) years.    (b)  (1) Except as provided under subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for natural hair braiding certification asserting reciprocity with another state shall:  (A) Provide a certificate, a license, or a registration from another state that shows that he or she was legally practicing natural hair styling, braiding, or natural hair cultivation in that state;  (B) Pass a written examination approved by the Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee;  (C) Submit an application for certification; and  (D) Pay a registration fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) every two (2) years.    (2) Except as provided under subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for natural hair braiding certification who is not asserting reciprocity with another state shall:  (A) Provide proof of completion of an eighty-hour health and safety course approved by the committee;  (B) Provide proof of completion of a forty-hour scalp care course approved by the committee;  (C) Pass a written examination approved and administered by the committee on health, safety, scalp care, and this subchapter;  (D) Submit an application for certification; and  (E) Pay a registration fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) every two (2) years.      (c) An individual may engage in natural hair braiding and operate an establishment where only natural hair braiding is practiced without obtaining natural hair braiding certification.
AR Code § 17-27-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-27-101. Policy — Purpose

 (a) It is declared to be the policy of this state that activities of those persons who render service to the public in the counseling area and use the title “licensed professional counselor”, “licensed associate counselor”, “licensed marriage and family therapist”, or “licensed associate marriage and family therapist” should be regulated for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare.  (b) It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to:  (1) Provide for the regulation of the practice of counseling in the State of Arkansas;  (2) Create a board of examiners in counseling and prescribe the duties and powers of the board;  (3) Provide for the examination and licensure of counselors;  (4) Fix penalties for the violation of this chapter;  (5) Impose reasonable fees for applications, licenses, examinations, and other administrative purposes that the board deems necessary and provide for the use of funds derived from the fees; and  (6) Provide for the regulation of the use of the titles “licensed professional counselor”, “licensed associate counselor”, “licensed marriage and family therapist”, and “licensed associate marriage and family therapist” for those who offer counseling services to the public.
AR Code § 17-27-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-27-103. Exemptions

 (a) This chapter shall not be applicable to persons engaged in counseling individuals or groups concerning weight loss, weight control, or nutrition education, nor to persons whose counseling activities are confined to the area of alcohol and drug abuse.  (b) Nothing in § 17-27-104 shall be construed to preclude the advertising of services or to limit:  (1) The professional pursuits of administrators, teachers, and school counselors certified by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education within the scope of their duties in recognized public and private schools;  (2) Nonresident persons engaged in consulting or research activities in counseling for a period not greater than thirty (30) days in a calendar year;  (3) Clergymen insofar as their activities and services are a part of the official duties in salaried positions;  (4) Practitioners of medicine;  (5) Psychologists;  (6) Social workers;  (7) Listed Christian Science practitioners insofar as their activities and services are a part of the official duties;  (8) Individuals offering volunteer services who are approved by the organization or agency for whom the service is rendered;  (9) Persons in the employ of the federal, state, or local government or accredited institutions of higher education, insofar as their activities and services are a part of the official duties in salaried positions; or  (10) Other professionals, provided that:  (A) Such persons hold valid licenses, certificates, or registrations in the State of Arkansas and are operating within the scope of their professional duties; and  (B) The title “licensed professional counselor”, “licensed associate counselor”, “licensed marriage and family therapist”, or “licensed associate marriage and family therapist” is not used.      (c) Students engaged in counselor training programs and other persons preparing for the profession of licensed counselor may perform as part of their training the functions specified in § 17-27-102, provided that such functions are performed under supervision of a licensed professional counselor.