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 75TH CONG. , 3o SESS.-OII. 321 -JUNE 7, 193S or osteopathy and surgery and employ and maintain a sufficient number of competent instructors, registered as such, and shall possess apparatus and equipment sufficient for the proper and full teaching of all subjects of its curriculum which shall be as prescribed by the Board; shall keep a daily record of the attendance of each student, maintain regular class and instruction hours, establish grades, and hold examinations before issuance of diplomas; and shall require a school term of training of not less than one thousand five hundred hours within a period of not less than eight months for a complete course comprising all or the majority of the practices of cosmetology t s provided in this Act; and to include practical demonstrations and theoretical studies and study in sanitation, sterilization, and the use of antiseptics, cosmetics, and electrical appliances consistent with the practical and theoretical requirements as applicable to cosmetology or any practice thereof, as provided in this Act. In no case shall there be less than one instructor to each twenty-five pupils. Any person, firm, or corporation teaching any or all practices of cosme- tology shall be required to comply with all provisions applying to schools of cosmetology within the meaning of this Act. STUDENT PRACTICE UPON THE PUBIIC FOR PAY PROHIBITED SEC. 11. It shall be unlawful for any school of cosmetology to per- mit its students to practice cosmetology upon the public under any circumstances except by way of clinical work upon persons willing to submit themselves to such practice after having first been properly informed that operator is a student. No school of cosmetology shall, directly or indirectly, charge any money whatsoever for treatment by its students or for materials used in such treatment, until such student shall have at least five hundred hours of training. PRACTICE IN BEAUTY SHOPS ONLY SEC. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice cosme- tology for pay in any place other than a registered beauty shop: Provided, That a registered operator may in an emergency furnish cosmetological treatments to persons in the permanent or temporary residences of such persons by appointment. Every beauty shop shall have a manager, who shall have immediate charge and supervision over the operators practicing cosmetology. Equipment. Student regulations. Demonstrations, studies, etc. Compliance with provisions required. Student practice up- on the public for pay prohibited; exception. Charges. Practice in beauty shops only. Proviso. Emergencies. Supervision. EXCEPTIONS TO EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS; PRESENT STUDENTS AND P'resent students APENTICES nd apprentices. APPRENTICES SEC. 13. The Board may issue the certificate of registration required by this Act without an examination or compliance with the other requirements as to age or education to any person who has practiced or taught cosmetology or acted as a manager of a beauty shop or school of cosmetology in the District of Columbia for at least six nmonths immediately prior to the passage of this Act: Provided, That such person shall make application to the Board for a certifi- cate of registration within ninety days after the effective date of this Act. Such application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of a registered licensed physician that the applicant was examined and is free from all contagious and infectious diseases and the regis- tration fee required by this Act. Any person studying cosmetology in a school of cosmetology or as an apprentice in a beauty shop in the District of Columbia at any time this Act goes into effect shall receive credit for such time and studies without complying with the requirements of this Act as to age and preliminary education: Pro- vided, That such person shall make application to the Board for registration as a student or apprentice within three months after Exceptions to exam- ination requirements Prorisos. Applications for cer- tificates. Credits for time and studies to be given. Time limitation. 52 STAT.1 615

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