Oklahoma § 59-199.21 - Nonprofit 501(c)(3) school within correctional facility

§ 59-199.21. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) school within correctional facility

— Requirements.

A. Any nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt school located within a

correctional facility licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and

Barbering to provide cosmetology or barbering training courses

designed to qualify persons for licensure to practice cosmetology or

barbering shall adhere to the following:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

1. Schools located within a correctional facility shall not

provide:

a.

individual student lockers, vending machines, or

cosmetic or wig displays,

b.

a private facial and skin care room. All facial and

skin care education shall take place where everyone

may be seen,

c.

a break area. Restrooms shall be gender-specific to

the institution housing the programs,

d.

a drinking fountain or water cooler,

e.

hand sanitizer; provided, that dry sanitizer may be

permitted provided it is located in a dispensary area.

Individual containers are not permitted per Department

of Corrections policy, or

f.

individual containers for soiled items. The soiled

items shall be cleaned and disinfected immediately

after service is completed; and

2. Schools located within a correctional facility shall:

a.

hold all supplies required by the school. Supplies

shall be checked out and checked in by students and

master instructors, except for metal implements, which

shall be held in a secured area and checked out and

checked in by a designated clerk,

b.

only be required to have one facial chair,

c.

provide the facial supply cabinet located inside the

dispensary area,

d.

provide a container to store hair pins and clips that

shall be located in the dispensary area. Students

shall check out and check in these items as needed,

e.

provide a secure location for all metal implements,

which shall include, but not be limited to, shears,

thinning shears, razors, nail clippers, nail and

cuticle trimmers, and metal cuticle pushers. A log

shall be available to document the administration of

all tools and implements by a designated clerk, and

f.

store all supplies, other than instructional books, in

the dispensary area or, as required by this section,

in a secure area.

If an inspector by the Board provides evidence of the need for

additional equipment not specified in this section for the

appropriate and safe instruction of the enrolled students, the

school located within a correctional facility shall provide the

additional equipment.

B. In the event of a lockdown at a correctional facility where

a school is housed, the school shall remain closed until the

lockdown is lifted. School may resume upon confirmation of the

ended lockdown. Students may only be exempt from the weekly time

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

requirements due to lockdown or outside medical appointments;

provided, that the Department of Corrections has found reasonable

cause to make such exception.

C. Nothing in this section shall allow schools providing

instruction within the correctional facilities to operate

inconsistently with Department rules.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 199.20 of this title to avoid

duplication in numbering.