Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 17 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESSES (§§ 17-1-101 — 17-107-311) › Subtitle 2 - NONMEDICAL PROFESSIONS (§§ 17-10-101 — 17-56-202) › Chapter 26 - COSMETOLOGY AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS (§§ 17-26-101 — 17-26-713) › Subchapter 6 - BODY ART (§§ 17-26-601 — 17-26-613) › Section 17-26-607 - Education of student artist

(a)
An artist instructor shall be a registered instructor in an institution licensed by the Department of Health.
(b)
The maximum number of student artists in training in a training facility at any time shall be at a ratio of no more than eight (8) students to one (1) artist instructor per instruction hour.
(c)
(1)
(A)
(i)
During the student artist training in the fields of body art, each student artist shall complete not less than four hundred (400) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under §
17-26-603
and §
6-51-601
et seq.
(ii)
The hours required under subdivision (c)(1)(A)(i) of this section shall include no more than twenty percent (20%) to be unsupervised online instruction hours and eighty percent (80%) in-person practical instruction hours.
(B)
During the student artist training in the field of branding, each student artist shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under §
17-26-603
and §
6-51-601
et seq.
(C)
A licensed artist wanting to study additional fields of body art training may have licensure in the additional fields of body art added by completing not less than two hundred fifty (250) clock hours of technical and procedural training in each of the other fields of body art in which a student artist is to be licensed in no less than an additional four (4) months after completion and licensure for the initial field of study.
(D)
(i)
A student artist studying multiple fields of body art at the same time shall complete the total clock hours in each specific field in not less than ten (10) months for two (2) fields of study and not less than twelve (12) months for three (3) or more fields of study.
(ii)
A student artist may receive the initial licensure for the first field of study after the first six (6) months, provided the student artist has completed the required hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction, and the remaining licensure of the additional fields of study upon completion of the requirements in this section.
(2)
(A)
The artist instructor shall maintain a training log of the clock hours completed by the student artist on forms approved by the department.
(B)
The training log shall include without limitation a record of:
(i)
Hours of both theory and practical education;
(ii)
The procedures observed and completed; and
(iii)
A list of resources used for training.
(C)
The student artist shall keep available for inspection a bound record book that is separate from the record book of another artist or student artist.
(D)
The completed training log shall be submitted to the department at the time of the practical examination under §
17-26-608
.
(d)
An artist instructor may offer training only in the area in which the artist instructor holds a current license from the department.
(e)
The department shall adopt a minimum curriculum for each area of body art training that shall be followed by all artist instructors, student artists, and body art training facilities.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 688,§ 14, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2021, No. 900,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.