Sec.20-269-5. Professional education program approval

(a) In order for a professional education program to be utilized by an applicant for licensure, it must meet the following requirements:

(1) The curriculum shall consist of a minimum of six hundred hours of electrology instruction.

(2) The curriculum shall include the following:

(A) At least two hundred hours of classroom instruction in basic sciences applicable to electrology, including but not limited to: bacteriology, sanitation and hygiene, biology, dermatology, trichology, theory of electricity, electrolysis and principles of infection control.

(B) At least four hundred hours of practical instruction in epilation techniques, utilizing electrolysis (direct current/DC) and thermolysis (alternating current/AC) modalities.

(b) Programs shall be individually reviewed and approved by the Board with the consent of the Department. The program shall submit such materials as may be required to the Board and Department for the purpose of review and approval.

(Effective October 30, 1987; Amended March 8, 2001; Amended July 25, 2002)