(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 regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to prescribe minimum curriculum requirements for hairdressing and cosmetology schools. The commissioner, in consultation with said board, may adopt a curriculum and procedures for the approval of hairdressing and cosmetology schools, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations concerning the adoption of a curriculum and procedures for the approval of hairdressing and cosmetology schools in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than thirty days after the date of implementation of such curriculum and such procedures. The curriculum and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until such time final regulations are adopted.

(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.)

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.

Cited. 165 C. 516.