2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 37. Professions and Occupations › Chapter 31. Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrology, Esthetics, and Manicuring › Part 3. Licensing › 37-31-311. Schools -- license -- requirements -- bond -- curriculum

37-31-311. Schools -- license -- requirements -- bond -- curriculum.
(1) A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity may operate a school for compensation with a license issued by the department. Application for the license must be filed with the department on a form approved by the board by rule.
(2) A school may not be granted a license unless the school complies with or is able to comply with the following requirements:
(a) It has in its employ at least one teacher.
(b) It does not have more than 25 students for each teacher.
(c) The school's course of training and technical instruction comply with rules prescribed by the board.
(d) It possesses apparatus and equipment consistent with industry standards.
(e) It keeps a daily record of the attendance of each student, establishes grades, and holds examinations before issuing a diploma.
(f) It does not permit a person to sleep in, or use for residential purposes or for any other purpose, a room, wholly or in part, that could make the school unsanitary.
(3) A school for teaching barbering may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 1,100 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(4) A school for teaching barbering nonchemical may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 900 hours for barbering nonchemical and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(5) A school for teaching cosmetology may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 1,500 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(6) A school for teaching electrology may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 600 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(7) A school for teaching manicuring may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 400 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(8) A school for teaching esthetics may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 650 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(9) A school for teaching teachers may not be granted a license unless the school maintains a school term of not less than 650 hours and a course of practical training and technical instruction equal to the requirements for board examinations.
(10) Licenses for schools may be refused, revoked, or suspended as provided in 37-31-331.
(11) The board shall require the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity operating a school to furnish a bond or other similar security in the amount of $5,000 and in a form and manner prescribed by the board by rule.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 210, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-803(6) thru (8); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 88, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 15, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 260, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 544, L. 2021.