North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 06 - BARBER AND ELECTROLYSIS EXAMINERS › Subchapter F - BARBER SCHOOL › Section .0100 - BARBER SCHOOL › Section 06F .0101 - PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) For the purpose
				  of this Rule, "practical area" means the area of the school where barbering
				  services are provided.
(b) The
				  physical structure of barber schools in North Carolina shall conform to the
				  following criteria:
(1) be a minimum of 14
				  linear feet wide;
(2) be equipped
				  with a minimum of five barber chairs for barber schools within jail or prison
				  facilities or 10 barber chairs for all other schools, and these chairs shall
				  meet the sanitary conditions required by
				  G.S.
				  86A-15(a)(2);
(3) have a minimum of 896 square feet in the
				  practical area;
(4) have an
				  additional 70 square feet in the practical area for each additional barber
				  chair over 10 chairs;
(5) have at
				  least five linear feet of space between each chair, center to center;
(6) have no more than two students enrolled
				  per barber chair;
(7) be equipped
				  with toilet facilities with hand-washing sink or basin;
(8) have concrete or wood floors covered with
				  smooth, nonporous materials;
(9)
				  have instructional materials, such as blackboard space or slide
				  programs;
(10) have a workstand,
				  with a mounted mirror with minimum dimensions of 36 inches tall and 20 inches
				  wide, for each barber chair in the practical area, constructed of material that
				  can be washed and cleansed;
(11)
				  have the solutions and containers required by
				  G.S.
				  86A-15(a)(2)(a) located at
				  the workstand identified in Subparagraph (b)(10) of this Rule;
(12) have a tool cabinet for each barber
				  chair, with a door to limit exposure of the tools to the open air;
(13) have a towel cabinet, or other method of
				  storage, so that clean towels are stored separate from used towels;
(14) have at least one functional sink or
				  lavatory, with hot and cold water, for each two barber chairs, located within
				  seven unobstructed linear feet of each barber chair. This sink distance
				  requirement does not apply to schools permitted on or before September 1,
				  2009;
(15) have the school separate
				  from any other place or type of business, except for a business allowed by
				  G.S.
				  86A-15(a)(1)(b), by a wall
				  of ceiling height;
(16) have a
				  classroom area, separate from the practical area, with desk chairs sufficient
				  to serve the number of students enrolled, and a desk and chair for the
				  instructors;
(17) have a means for
				  electronic recordation of student hours;
(18) have a sign displayed in each practical
				  area of the school stating that all barbering services are performed by
				  students; and
(19) have a bulletin
				  board hanging in each classroom area with a posting of the rules in this
				  Subchapter and the minimum school curricula as set forth in
				  21 NCAC
				  06F .0120.
This Paragraph applies to barber schools permitted on or
					 after December 1, 1994 or which undergo structural renovations after that date,
					 except as specified in Paragraph (b)(14) of this Rule.