Alabama Administrative Code › Title 250 - ALABAMA BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING › Chapter 250-X-4 - APPRENTICESHIP › Section 250-X-4-.01 - Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Apprentices
			 must apply for a permit and pay the applicable fee before beginning
			 work.
(2) Apprentices must train in
			 a shop licensed by the Board under a licensed sponsor in the appropriate field
			 whose name is designated on their application.
(3) The sponsor must be licensed during the
			 entire period of apprenticeship.
(4) No sponsor may train more than one
			 apprentice at a time, and the Board must be immediately notified of any change
			 in apprentice sponsorship.
(5)
			 Apprentices must pay an additional registration fee when changing
			 sponsor.
(6) Apprentices are
			 limited to three (3) changes in sponsor during training.
(7) Barber apprentices and manicure
			 apprentices are allowed two (2) years to complete training.
(8) Cosmetology and esthetic apprentices are
			 allowed three (3) years to complete training.
(9) Natural Hair Stylist apprentices are
			 allowed six (6) months to complete training.
(10) Apprentices must meet requirements
			 outlined in the
Code of Ala. 1975
, Section
			 34-7B-16.
			 In addition to practical training, sponsors must provide apprentices with a
			 copy of a Board approved textbook for theory study.
(11) Shops with apprentices or student
			 trainees must display a clear and legible sign not less than 8" X 10" in the
			 reception area or at work stations advising the public that services are
			 offered by apprentices or student trainees.
(12) Shops and sponsors are responsible for
			 keeping a daily, monthly and accumulated total of earned apprentice hours, and
			 sponsors must submit monthly and accumulated hours to the Board office by the
			 fifteenth (15th) day of the month after the month in which hours are
			 earned.
(13) Apprentice hours
			 received in the Board office with a postmark date later than the fifteenth
			 (15th) day of the month after the month in which hours are earned will not be
			 credited, and both shop and sponsoring licensee will be in violation of Board
			 regulations and subject to a fine as provided in the
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, Section
			 34-7B-10.
(14) Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetician and
			 Manicure apprentices must become licensed within two (2) years from record of
			 completion date of original training or complete 375 hours of school training
			 before applying or reapplying for examination.
(15) Natural Hair Stylist apprentices must
			 become licensed with two (2) years from record of completion date of original
			 training or complete 75 hours of school training before applying or reapplying
			 for examination.
(16) Apprentices
			 who have their apprenticeship interrupted by military service may reenroll in
			 an apprenticeship program within one year of completion of their tour of duty
			 and receive credit for previous hours earned.
(17) A person is allowed to hold an
			 apprentice permit only one time per an apprenticeship type.
Rule 250-X-4-.01.01,
Requirements
,
				  was previously renumbered 250-X-4-.01 after the original 250-X-4-.01,
Requirements For Apprentices
was repealed as per
				  certification filed July 1, 2002; effective August 5,
				  2002.
Author:
Jeanie G. Price, CPA
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-7A-3,
				  22.