Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 41 - BOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY › Chapter 70 - ESTHETICS REGULATIONS › Part I - General › Section 18VAC41-70-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise. All terms defined in Chapter 7 (§ 54.1-700 et seq.) of Title
					 54.1 of the Code of Virginia are incorporated in this chapter.
"Business entity" means a sole proprietorship, partnership,
					 corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or any
					 other form of organization permitted by law.
"Credit hour" means a combination of the number of hours in
					 class each week and the number of hours per week in a laboratory by which a
					 school may measure its course work. One unit of credit equals one hour of
					 classroom study, two hours of laboratory experience or three hours of
					 internship or practicum or a combination of the three times the number of weeks
					 in the term. Emerging delivery methodologies may necessitate a unit of
					 undergraduate credit to be measured in nontime base methods. These courses
					 shall use the demonstration of competency, proficiency, or fulfillment of
					 learning outcomes to ensure these courses are equivalent to traditionally
					 delivered courses.
"Direct supervision" means that a Virginia licensed
					 esthetician or master esthetician shall be present in the esthetics spa or
					 esthetics school at all times when services are being performed by a temporary
					 license holder or student.
"Endorsement" means a method of obtaining a license by a
					 person who is currently licensed in another state or jurisdiction.
"Firm" means any business entity recognized under the laws
					 of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Licensee" means any sole proprietorship, partnership,
					 corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or any
					 other form of organization permitted by law holding a license issued by the
					 Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, as defined in § 54.1-700 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
"Post-secondary educational level" means an accredited
					 college or university that is approved or accredited by the Southern
					 Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges or by an accrediting
					 agency that is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
"Reinstatement" means having a license restored to
					 effectiveness after the expiration date has passed.
"Renewal" means continuing the effectiveness of a license
					 for another period of time.
"Responsible management" means the following
					 individuals:
1. The sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship;
2. The partners of a general partnership;
3. The managing partners of a limited partnership;
4. The officers of a corporation;
5. The managers of a limited liability company;
6. The officers or directors of an association or both;
					 and
7. Individuals in other business entities recognized under
					 the laws of the Commonwealth as having a fiduciary responsibility to the
					 firm.
"Sole proprietor" means any individual, not a corporation,
					 who is trading under his own name or under an assumed or fictitious name
					 pursuant to the provisions of §§ 59.1-69 through 59.1-76 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
"Virginia state institution" for the purposes of this
					 chapter means any institution approved by the Virginia Department of
					 Education.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-201 of the Code of
						Virginia.