20:42:08:03.  Instructor education for initial licensure. To receive an instructor license, the applicant shall successfully complete:

 

          (1)  Twelve hours of new instructor training;

          (2)  Successfully pass the South Dakota Instructor Cosmetology Laws and Administrative Rules examination;

          (3)  A written theory examination approved by the commission and administered by the commission or its representatives.

 

          The instructor applicant may be issued a conditional instructor license upon completion of twelve hours of new instructor training and successfully passing the South Dakota Instructor Cosmetology Laws and Administrative Rules examination. The instructor must pass the written theory examination within 90 days of being issued a conditional instructor license or the conditional license becomes invalid. Failure to successfully pass the instructor theory examination immediately invalidates the conditional instructor license and the instructor cannot continue to instruct students until successfully passing the theory examination and being issued an instructor license.

 

          Source: 29 SDR 176, effective July 1, 2003; 31 SDR 62, effective November 4, 2004; 33 SDR 226, effective July 1, 2007; 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017; 45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-15-25, 36-15-26.2.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-25, 36-15-26.2.

 

          20:42:08:03.01.  Senior instructor education exception. Repealed.

 

          Source: 39 SDR 129, effective January 28, 2013; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017.

 

          20:42:08:03.02.  Substitute instructors. A cosmetology school licensed by the commission may hire a substitute instructor under the following conditions:

 

          (1)  Individual must be a licensed cosmetologist, esthetician or nail technician in the State of South Dakota. A cosmetologist may instruct in all of the education areas; an esthetician may only instruct in the area of esthetics; and a nail technician may only instructor in the area of nail technology;

 

          (2)  A substitute instructor can instruct 80 hours or less during a calendar year;

 

          (3)  The cosmetology school must notify the commission office as soon as the emergency need arises with the name of the substitute instructor and the hours the licensee will be instructing.

 

          A substitute instructor cannot be otherwise employed by the school.

 

          Source: 45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-15-25.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-15-25.