New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 34 - BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS › Part 8 - SCHOOLS › Section 16.34.8.13 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING STUDENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Student registration
(1) When a school receives an application
				from a prospective student, it shall promptly notify the student of the
				registration requirements of the board.
(2) It shall constitute a violation of the
				rules, within the meaning of the act, for a school to engage in failure to
				transmit student registration documents and fees in a timely fashion to the
				board pursuant to Subsection G of
				16.34.15.8 NMAC, wherein fines
				will be imposed.
(3) It shall be
				the responsibility of the prospective student to comply with the registration
				requirements by the first day the student attends class for credit. Failure to
				do so may result in loss of hours earned prior to proper
				registration.
(4) No school shall
				allow a student to attend class for credit until the student has complied with
				the registration requirements:
(a) Applicants
				for the barber, cosmetology, hairstylist, manicure/pedicure, esthetician,
				electrologist, and manicure/esthetician courses must be at least 16 years of
				age
(b) Applicants for the
				instructor course for barbers must be at least 17 years of age and have
				successfully completed four years of high school or the equivalent.
(5) Acceptable proof of age and
				education requirements as follows:
(a) Proof
				of age includes a copy of a birth certificate, a driver's license or a state
				issued identification card, or a baptismal certificate.
(b) Proof of two years of secondary education
				includes a high school diploma, a G.E.D. certificate or transcript of G.E.D.
				test scores, a sealed letter from the high school attended, a copy of the high
				school transcript showing all required grades have been passed, a letter from
				the G.E.D. testing facility stating that the G.E.D. test has been passed, or
				any other test approved by the United States department of education for the
				purpose of determining an applicant's ability to benefit, providing that
				documentation of grade equivalency is established by the test publisher and the
				required grade level for the course of study has been achieved.
(c) The board, or its executive director, may
				accept as proof of secondary education the applicant's notarized statement that
				the applicant has completed the required secondary education, but has been
				unable to obtain documentary proof of that from a foreign nation. A notarized
				statement will not be accepted for students who have completed the secondary
				education in the United States.
(6) Evidence of compliance with the foregoing
				requirements shall accompany the application for registration form provided by
				the board.
(7) Upon receipt of a
				complete student registration form and applicable fee, which shall be received
				in the board office within 15 days of the date of registration, the board
				office will then issue a student permit and a permit number. The student permit
				authorizes the holder to practice course related skills in an approved school
				on the public only after successful completion of fifteen percent of the
				program. In addition, the student permit also authorizes the student to
				participate in the student externship program pursuant to
				16.34.8.17 NMAC of these rules. A
				photograph of the student (front view, head only, at least one and one-half
				inches by one and one-half inches) shall be attached to the permit. The permit
				shall be displayed in a binder in the school in which the student is enrolled
				and open to review by the state inspector or other board designee. Student
				permits are the property of the board and must be returned to the board by the
				school upon termination of the student's enrollment.
(8) If inspection of the student permits and
				school records determines that students are attending class without being
				properly registered with the board, the student may be denied the hours
				previously accrued and the school will be reported to the board for
				disciplinary action.