California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 9 - Board of Barbering and Cosmetology › Article 4 - Examinations › Section 931 - Interpreter and Interpreter/Model

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An applicant for the barber,
				cosmetologist, esthetician, manicurist, or electrologist examination may use an
				Interpreter or an Interpreter/Model during examination if the applicant is
				unable to speak, read, or write in the English language at a 10th grade
				level.
(b) The applicant shall file
				with the application for examination, or not later than thirty (30) days prior
				to the date of the examination, a notice of permission to use an Interpreter or
				Interpreter/Model on a form prescribed by the board (Form #03B-125, Form G,
				Request for Use of an Interpreter or Interpreter/Model, Rev. 8/94) and executed
				by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(c) The person designated by the applicant to
				act as an Interpreter or an Interpreter/Model shall file with the board, not
				later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the examination and on a form
				prescribed by the board (Form #03A-126, Form H, Rev 8/94) and executed by the
				person under oath or penalty of perjury, a request to act as an interpreter or
				an interpreter/model, along with two 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch signed photographs of
				himself or herself.
(d) The
				Interpreter or Interpreter/Model shall be a person who is fluent both in
				English and in the native language of the applicant and must certify to this
				fact in writing under penalty of perjury.
(e) An Interpreter may interpret only for the
				written portion of the examination.
(f) An Interpreter/Model may interpret for
				the written and practical portions of the examination and shall serve as the
				model for the practical examination.
(g) A person shall be allowed to act as an
				Interpreter or Interpreter/Model only once in two (2) years in any
				examination.
(h) An Interpreter
				shall not be used in the barber or cosmetology instructor
				examinations.
(i) Disabled persons
				are entitled to access to examination activities in a manner that is equal to
				that offered non-disabled persons and reasonable accommodation will be provided
				all such persons with medically-certified documentation.
(j) The following persons are prohibited from
				acting as Interpreter or Interpreter/Models:
(1) Persons less than 15 years of
				age.
(2) Persons who are current or
				former students in barbering or any of the branches of cosmetology.
(3) Persons who are currently or have been
				formerly licensed as an operator or an instructor by this state or any other
				state in barbering or any of the branches of cosmetology.
(4) Persons who are currently or have been
				formerly enrolled in a barber apprentice training program.
(5) Persons who are currently or have been
				formerly enrolled in a cosmetologist apprentice training program.
(6) Persons who have been formerly Junior
				Operators or Junior Electrologists.
(7) Persons who are currently or have been
				formerly owners or employees of any school of barbering, cosmetology or
				electrology.