New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - BODY ART AND EAR-PIERCING FACILITY STANDARDS › Subchapter 8 - PERMANENT COSMETICS › Section 8:27-8.2 - Minimum standards for permanent cosmetics apprenticeship programs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The operator of a
				permanent cosmetics establishment that elects to offer an apprenticeship program in
				permanent cosmetics shall ensure that the apprenticeship program meets, and adheres
				to, the following minimum standards:
1. An
				operator of a permanent cosmetics establishment shall not allow the conduct of a
				permanent cosmetics apprenticeship program, unless the operator's documentation on
				file with the health authority states that the establishment will provide an
				apprenticeship program, names the permanent cosmetics practitioners who are to serve
				as trainers or instructors, and states that the trainers or instructors are
				qualified;
2. The theoretical and
				practical components of the apprenticeship program curriculum shall meet or exceed
				the curriculum for the basic permanent cosmetics training program of the Society of
				Permanent Cosmetic Professionals, the American Academy of Micropigmentation, or
				SofTap(R), Inc.;
3. Upon successful
				completion of an apprenticeship program, an apprentice shall have performed under
				the direct supervision of one or more trainers or instructors at least five:
i. Eyebrow simulation procedures;
ii. Lip lining or shading procedures;
				and
iii. Eyeliner and/or eyelash
				enhancement procedures;
4.
				Subject to (a)6 below, no trainer or instructor shall serve as the supervising
				trainer or instructor of more than four apprentices who are physically present at
				the same time in an establishment to perform apprenticeship duties;
5. An operator shall not allow an apprentice to
				perform a permanent cosmetics procedure on a person unless, during the performance
				of the procedure, the apprentice's supervising trainer or instructor constantly is:
i. Present in person in the workstation and not
				performing procedures on another client at the same time; and
ii. Visually observing the apprentice and the
				person receiving the procedure;
6. A trainer or an instructor shall not supervise
				the performance of a permanent cosmetics procedure by more than one apprentice at a
				time;
7. An operator contemporaneously
				shall maintain, during each day of an apprentice's training, a log that identifies:
i. The dates and hours the apprentice trains each
				day;
ii. The persons serving as the
				apprentice's supervising trainers or instructors each day;
iii. The types of procedures performed, and
				training provided, each day in hours (or portions thereof); and
iv. The status of the apprentice's efforts to
				complete each of the minimum curriculum components at (a)3 above;
8. Regardless of whether an apprentice
				completes an apprenticeship program, an operator shall:
i. Retain the log that (a)7 above requires for
				five years from the commencement of the apprenticeship, provided the operator shall
				maintain the log onsite for at least the six months following an apprentice's
				completion or discontinuation of an apprenticeship; and
ii. Provide a copy of the apprentice's logged
				activity to the apprentice in accordance with (a)9 below;
9. An operator shall provide a copy of an
				apprentice's activity log to a current or former apprentice:
i. Within one business day of a request, if the
				operator maintains the log onsite of the establishment premises; and
ii. Within 10 business days of a request if the
				operator maintains the log other than onsite.