Section 644A.618 - Instruction of students by licensed instructors; requirement for students to wear badges; limitation on practice by students1. A school of cosmetology:(a) Shall maintain a staff of licensed instructors who are competent to give instruction in all subjects of its curriculum, including, without limitation, the subjects required by regulation of the Board.(b) Shall not use a licensed student instructor as a student operator on the clinic floor where services are provided to the public.2. Each student in cosmetology, esthetics, advanced esthetics, nail technology, electrology or hair designing shall wear a badge with the word "student" inscribed on it. This badge must be worn at all times when the student is in attendance at the school. The student may not work on the public until the student has completed a preliminary training period of 300 hours for students in cosmetology, advanced esthetics or hair design, 150 hours for students in esthetics or electrology and 100 hours for students in nail technology.3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, students shall not practice at home, in a cosmetological establishment or at any other location and shall not give demonstrations other than those required of them by the school of cosmetology at the location of the school or while on a field trip supervised by the instructors of the school.4. During a state of emergency or declaration of disaster proclaimed by the Governor or by resolution of the Legislature pursuant to NRS 414.070, the Board may, by affirmative vote, authorize students to complete practical training at home. Such practical training must be limited to practice on a mannequin.5. No instructor in a licensed school of cosmetology may, during the hours in which he or she is on duty as an instructor, devote his or her time to the public or to the private practice of cosmetology for compensation. Each instructor shall devote the instructor's full time during the hours he or she is on duty as an instructor to instructing students.6. In each week, a school of cosmetology shall provide students with a minimum of 5 hours of instruction in theory per 40 hours of instruction. A student who fails to attend the minimum 5 hours of instruction in theory in a week may: (a) Continue to attend the school of cosmetology for the remainder of that week; and(b) If the student has completed the number of hours required by subsection 2, complete practical training.7. A program for training students to be advanced estheticians must have not fewer than one instructor present for every five students who are performing services on the public. For the purposes of this subsection, a person who holds a provisional license as an instructor granted pursuant to NRS 644A.415 shall be deemed to be an instructor.Nev. Admin. Code § 644A.618
[Bd. of Cosmetology, No. 20.4, eff. 12-3-80; A 10-15-81] - (NAC A 3-26-82; 11-18-82; R099-97, 2-25-98; R092-06, 9-18-2006; R030-08, 9-18-2008; R064-15, 12-21-2015) - (Substituted in revision for NAC 644.105); A by R020-21A, eff. 6/13/2022; A by R182-22A, eff. 1/5/2024NRS 644A.275, as amended by section 18 of Senate Bill No. 249, chapter 165, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 878, NRS 644A.735 and 644A.745