Guam § 18128 - Schools; License.

§ 18128. Schools; License.

(a) The Board shall issue a license for a school during a

Board meeting duly held for the purpose of issuing licenses for

schools for applicants who have made the proper applications for

such license and who have qualified as follows:

(1) pay the required fee as approved by the Board;

(2) public and private post-secondary schools are

accredited by the Western Association of Schools and

Colleges, or the National Accrediting Commission of Career

Arts and Sciences or its successor; the school license shall be

renewed annually after inspection.

(A) The Board may issue an interim school license

to schools without accreditation. Within two (2) years

after being issued an interim school license by the

Board, the school shall submit to the Board proof that it

has applied for accreditation with the Western

Association of Schools and Colleges, or the National

Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences or

its successor. If a school fails to provide documentation

that it has applied for accreditation, the interim license

shall be rescinded. Within five (5) years after being

issued an interim school license by the Board, a school

shall submit to the Board proof that it has achieved

accreditation. The interim school license shall be

renewed annually after inspection.

(i) All documents submitted to the Western

Association of Schools and Colleges, or the

National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts

and Sciences or its successor for the purposes of

accreditation must also be submitted to the Board.

The Board may rescind an interim school license if

a school fails to provide these documents.

(ii) A school can only hold an interim school

license for a total of five (5) consecutive years.

(B) If a school loses accreditation, the school has

two (2) years to regain accreditation before their school

license is rescinded.

(b) No school of cosmetology shall be granted a certificate

of license, unless the school provides for health-related

instructions or injuries, and employs and maintains a:

(1) sufficient number of licensed instructors and

requires courses of instruction in cosmetology of not less

than one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours extending over

a period of not less than nine (9) months, and maintains such

courses in both practical and technical instruction, including

instruction in sanitary sterilization and the use of antiseptics,

necessary to meet the requirements for examination for

certificate, registration and license as a cosmetologist; and

(2) procedure to consult with a Guam licensed

physician.

(c) No school of electrology shall be granted a certificate of

registration and license, unless it provides for health-related

instructions or injuries, and employs and maintains a:

(1) sufficient number of licensed instructors and

requires courses of instruction in electrology of not less than

five hundred (500) hours extending over a period of not less

than four (4) months and maintains such courses in both

practical and technical instruction, including instruction in

sanitary sterilization and the use of antiseptics, necessary to

meet the requirements for examination for certificate,

registration and license as an electrologist. Any school of

cosmetology providing a course in electrology shall meet the

requirements of this Subsection; and

(2) procedure to consult with a Guam licensed

physician.

(d) Persons receiving instructor training in a cosmetology,

esthetician, electrology, barbering or nail technology school shall

spend all of their training time under the direct supervision of a

licensed instructor and shall not be left in charge of students or

school at any time during their six hundred (600) hours of training

without the direct supervision of a licensed instructor in the

classroom or in the clinic area where patrons are serviced.

Instructor trainees may instruct only in the presence of a licensed

instructor.

(e) Persons receiving instructor training are not permitted to

perform clinical services on a patron for compensation, either by

appointment or otherwise.

(f) Persons receiving instructor training shall be furnished

an instructor training manual.

(g) Students seeking an instructor certificate of completion

from an accredited school of cosmetology, nail technology,

esthetics, electrology or barbering must complete Vocational

Education I and Vocational Education II (classes typical of the

program often includes some variation of Instructor Concepts,

Instructor Practicum, Laboratory and Clinical Supervision,

Classroom Management, Testing and Evaluation and Teaching

Methods and Lesson Planning) courses from an accredited college

or university designed to prepare them for a career in cosmetology

instruction. Students must also acquire the skills in lesson

planning, grading, student counseling, communication, record-

keeping and student supervision and safety procedures.

(h) No school shall employ, hire or in any manner allow any

individual to teach cosmetology, barbering, manicuring or nail

technology, esthetics, electrology or hair styling unless that

individual has a current license to teach the applicable specific

practice of cosmetology, barbering, manicuring or nail

technology, esthetics, electrology or hair styling.

(i) Any person who practices or teaches cosmetology,

barbering, manicuring or nail technology, esthetics, electrology or

hair styling for compensation, or who carries on any business,

practice or operation governed by this Chapter, without the

applicable license when a license is required, is guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more

than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00).

(j) At least one (1) licensed instructor must be present on

the school premises at all times students are present.

(k) If a school offers, in addition to the full cosmetology

course, separate manicuring/nail technology and/or esthetics or

electrology courses, one (1) additional instructor shall be required

for each separate course offered.

(l) There shall be no more than twenty (20) students present

for each instructor. Of the twenty (20) students permitted per

instructor, no more than three (3) shall be student instructors.

(m) All students and student instructors shall be under the

supervision of a licensed instructor throughout the entire course

of instruction.

(n) If an instructor who is necessary to maintain minimum

school requirements transfers or is terminated, the school must

replace that instructor within thirty (30) days of the date such

transfer or termination occurs. A properly licensed instructor must

be present at all times a school is operating.

(o) Students having training interrupted by service in the

United States military may re-enroll within one (1) year after

completion of their tour of duty and get credit for previous hours

earned.

(p) No student may be enrolled in more than one (1) school

at the same time.