Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Cosmetologists › Chapter 60 - Licensure of Barbers and Cosmetologists, Electrologists, Estheticians, Nail Technologists, and Instructors of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences › Rule 645-60.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In addition to the definitions included in Iowa Code sections
				  157.1 and
				  84D.2 and 29 Code of Federal
				  Regulations (CFR) §29.5 as amended on December 19, 2016, the following
				  definitions apply to terms used in this chapter:
"Active license"
means a license that is
				  current and has not expired.
"Core curriculum"
means the basic core life
				  sciences curriculum that is required for completion of any course of study of
				  barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences except for manicuring.
"Examination"
means any of the tests used to
				  determine minimum competency prior to the issuance of a barbering and
				  cosmetology arts and sciences license.
"Grace period"
means the 30-day period
				  following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be
				  active. In order to renew a license during the grace period, a licensee is
				  required to pay a late fee.
"Inactive license"
means a license that has
				  expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period. The category
				  of "inactive license" may include licenses formerly known as lapsed, inactive,
				  delinquent, closed, or retired.
"Legacy curriculum"
means a course of study
				  and curriculum offered by barbering schools or cosmetology arts and sciences
				  schools that, as applicable, comply with the administrative rules issued by the
				  Iowa board of barbering or by the Iowa board of cosmetology arts and sciences
				  that were in effect on June 30, 2023.
"Licensee"
means any person or entity
				  licensed to perform practice disciplines governed by the board of barbering and
				  cosmetology arts and sciences pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 157 and
				  645-Chapters 60 through 65.
"Licensure by endorsement"
means the
				  issuance of an Iowa license to practice barbering and cosmetology arts and
				  sciences to an applicant who is or has been licensed in the District of
				  Columbia or in another state, territory, province or foreign country and who
				  has held an active license under the laws of such other jurisdiction for at
				  least 12 months during the past 24 months.
"Mentor"
means a licensee providing guidance
				  in a mentoring program.
"Mentoring"
means a program allowing
				  students to experience barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences in a
				  licensed establishment under the guidance of a mentor.
"NIC"
means the National-Interstate Council
				  of State Boards of Cosmetology, Inc.
"Pedicuring"
means the practice of cleaning,
				  shaping or polishing the toenails.
"Practice discipline"
means the practice of
				  electrology, esthetics, nail technology, or barbering and cosmetology as
				  recognized by the board of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences.
"Prescribed practice"
means an area of
				  specialty certified by the board within the scope of barbering and cosmetology
				  arts and sciences.
"Reactivate"
or
"reactivation"
means the process as outlined in rule
				  645-60.9 (17A,147,272C) by which
				  an inactive license is restored to active status.
"Reinstatement"
means the process as
				  outlined in rule 645-11.31 (272C) by which a
				  licensee who has had a license suspended or revoked or who has voluntarily
				  surrendered a license may apply to have the license reinstated, with or without
				  conditions. Once the license is reinstated, the licensee may apply for active
				  status.
"Shaving"
means the manual removal of hair
				  from the face, head or neck by cutting it close to the skin.
"Testing service"
means a national testing
				  service selected by the board.