Connecticut § 20-262 - Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership. Minimum curriculum requirements. Election to instruct in certain occupations.

§ 20-262. Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership. Minimum curriculum requirements. Election to instruct in certain occupations.

Sec. 20-262. Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership. Minimum curriculum requirements. Election to instruct in certain occupations. (a) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology may be established in this state. All applicants for a license as a registered hairdresser shall have graduated from a school of hairdressing approved by the board with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health. All hairdressing schools may be inspected regarding their sanitary conditions by the Department of Public Health whenever the department deems it necessary and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect the school during usual business hours. If any school, upon inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner or his designee shall make written order that such school be placed in a sanitary condition.

(b) (1) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology shall obtain approval pursuant to this section prior to commencing operation. In the event that an approved school undergoes a change of ownership or location, such approval shall become void and the school shall apply for a new approval pursuant to this section. Applications for such approval shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. In the event that a school fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection, no credit toward the fifteen hundred hours of study required pursuant to section 20-252 shall be granted to any student for instruction received prior to the effective date of school approval.

(2) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, shall adopt a curriculum and procedures for the approval of hairdressing and cosmetology schools. The commissioner, in consultation with said board, shall amend such curriculum to include education and training in the provision of services to individuals with textured hair, including, but not limited to, working with various curl and wave patterns, hair strand thicknesses and volumes of hair. The commissioner shall post such curriculum on the Department of Public Health's Internet web site. As used in this subdivision, “textured hair” means hair that is coiled, curly or wavy.

(c) Any approved school for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology may elect to provide instruction in the occupation of esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, as such terms are defined in section 20-265a, provided such school has notified the Department of Public Health of such election prior to commencing such instruction.

(1949 Rev., S. 4589; February, 1965, P.A. 56; P.A. 80-484, S. 120, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 60, 71; P.A. 82-472, S. 84, 183; P.A. 93-296, S. 6, 10; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 10-117, S. 16; P.A. 19-117, S. 205; 19-118, S. 18; P.A. 24-53, S. 2.)

History: 1965 act increased registration fee from $25 and added Subdivs. (2) and (3); P.A. 80-484 deleted Subdiv. (2) requiring evidence that applicant is of good moral character, renumbering Subdiv. (3) accordingly and replaced December thirty-first expiration date with provision for expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 replaced previous provisions re licensure of hairdressing schools with provisions requiring that applicants for licensure as registered hairdressers be graduates of approved schools and authorizing inspections of schools; P.A. 82-472 made a technical change to previous provisions which were superseded; P.A. 93-296 added new Subsec. (b) re approval of schools and change of ownership or location, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 10-117 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re regulations to prescribe minimum curriculum requirements for hairdressing and cosmetology schools and re curriculum and procedures for hairdressing and cosmetology school approval, effective October 1, 2011; P.A. 19-117 added Subsec. (c) re election to provide instruction in occupation of esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by eliminating requirement re adopting regulations and adding provision requiring commissioner to post curriculum on department's web site, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 24-53 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by requiring commissioner to amend the curriculum to include education and training in provision of services to individuals with textured hair and adding definition of textured hair, effective July 1, 2024.

Cited. 165 C. 516.