Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2714
         
By Representatives P. Long, Aurand, Cox, Freeborn, Holmes, Huff,
         
O'Connor, Osborne, Powers and Toplikar
         
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          10             AN ACT concerning the state board of cosmetology; continuing education
11             and inspections; amending K.S.A. 65-1904a and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-
12             1903, 65-1904, 65-1907 and 65-1908 and repealing the existing
13             sections.
14            
15       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-1903 is hereby amended to read as
17       follows: 65-1903. (a) Licensed schools may be established and maintained
18       in this state where the profession of cosmetology may be taught or ac-
19       quired, under the following conditions and regulations:
20           (1) Any person may apply to the board for a license for conducting a
21       school for the teaching of the profession of cosmetology. The license shall
22       be granted by the board upon proper and sufficient showing of compe-
23       tency of the applicant and assurance of compliance by the applicant with
24       the requirements of this act, all reasonable rules and regulations adopted
25       by the board for the proper conduct of the school and all applicable
26       sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment
27       pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and amendments thereto. Prior to issuance
28       of the license, the applicant shall pay to the board the license fee estab-
29       lished under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto. School licenses
30       shall be renewed before July 1 of each year by submitting an application
31       and payment of the fee established under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amend-
32       ments thereto. No license fee shall be required of schools operating under
33       the state board of regents or any tax-supported school. Nothing in this
34       act shall prohibit any person who is a licensed electrologist, while acting
35       as owner and manager of the person's clinic or establishment, from teach-
36       ing electrology in the regular course of the person's business, but at no
37       time shall any clinic or establishment have more than one apprentice or
38       charge tuition for its teaching services.
39           (2) Each school licensed under this subsection (a) shall remain under
40       the constant supervision of the board. Each licensed school at all times
41       shall employ and maintain a sufficient number of instructors, duly li-
42       censed in the practices they teach, to provide at least one instructor for
43       every 25 students. Each licensed school shall provide a course of training

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  1       requiring not less than 1,500 clock hours of instruction and practice in
  2       preparation for the profession of cosmetology covering a period of not
  3       less than nine nor more than 12 months of training for full-time students.
  4       In addition, the school may provide a course of training of 350 clock hours
  5       of instruction and practice in the profession of manicuring, and a course
  6       of training of 650 clock hours of instruction and practice in the profession
  7       of esthetics. Such course of training shall include the practices of cos-
  8       metology for all major ethnic groups residing in the state, and the board
  9       shall require by rules and regulations that each school shall provide in-
10       struction for part-time students who are unable to attend a full schedule
11       of classes each week because of part-time employment; enrollment in an
12       accredited public or private school of secondary education by a student
13       who is pursuing a course of study leading to a diploma from such school;
14       enrollment in a cooperative industrial training program, approved by the
15       division of vocational education of the state department of education, by
16       a student who is working toward an occupational objective; or the prin-
17       ciples or tenets of the student's religion preventing full-time attendance.
18       Instruction of a part-time student shall be completed by the student
19       within 18 months after the student's enrollment in the school.
20           (b) Any person who teaches the profession of cosmetology in a li-
21       censed school of cosmetology shall be required to obtain a cosmetology
22       instructor's license from the board. To qualify for a cosmetology instruc-
23       tor's license, the applicant must (1) be licensed as a cosmetologist under
24       this act, (2) have practiced as a cosmetologist for one year prior to licen-
25       sure, with 300 hours of instructor training, or have obtained 600 hours of
26       instructor training, (3) pass a cosmetology instructor exam, administered
27       by the board, and (4) (3) pay the application fee established by K.S.A. 65-
28       1904 and amendments thereto. A cosmetology instructor license shall be
29       renewed every two years by furnishing satisfactory evidence that the ap-
30       plicant has completed an additional 20 clock hours of continuing educa-
31       tion approved by the board in the practice and teaching of cosmetology,
32       and by paying the renewal fee established by K.S.A. 65-1904 and amend-
33       ments thereto.
34           (c) Licensed schools may be established and maintained in this state
35       where nail technology may be taught or acquired, under the following
36       conditions and regulations:
37           (1) Any person may apply to the board for a license for conducting a
38       school for the teaching of nail technology. The license shall be granted
39       by the board upon proper and sufficient showing of competency of the
40       applicant and assurance of compliance by the applicant with the require-
41       ments of this act, all reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the
42       board for the proper conduct of the school and all applicable sanitation
43       standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant

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  1       to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and amendments thereto. Prior to issuance of the
  2       license, the applicant shall pay to the board the license fee established
  3       under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto. School licenses shall be
  4       renewed before July 1 of each year by submitting an application and
  5       payment of the fee established under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments
  6       thereto. No license fee shall be required of schools operating under the
  7       state board of regents or any tax-supported school.
  8           (2) Each school licensed under this subsection (c) shall remain under
  9       the constant supervision of the board and shall have a minimum of 3,500
10       square feet of space to provide adequate space for training. Each licensed
11       school at all times shall employ and maintain a sufficient number of in-
12       structors, duly licensed in the practices they teach, to provide at least one
13       instructor for every 25 students. Each licensed school shall provide a
14       course of training requiring not less than 350 clock hours of instruction
15       and practice in preparation for the profession of manicurist. The board
16       shall require by rules and regulations that each school shall provide in-
17       struction for part-time students who are unable to attend a full schedule
18       of classes each week because of part-time employment; enrollment in an
19       accredited public or private school of secondary education by a student
20       who is pursuing a course of study leading to a diploma from such school;
21       enrollment in a cooperative industrial training program, approved by the
22       division of vocational education of the state department of education, by
23       a student who is working toward an occupational objective; or the prin-
24       ciples or tenets of the student's religion preventing full-time attendance.
25       Instruction of a part-time student shall be completed by the student
26       within six months after the student's enrollment in the school.
27           (d) Any person who teaches nail technology in a licensed school of
28       cosmetology or nail technology shall be required to obtain a manicuring
29       instructor's license from the board, unless the person holds a valid cos-
30       metology instructor's license issued under subsection (b). To qualify for
31       a manicuring instructor's license, the applicant must (1) be licensed as a
32       cosmetologist or manicurist under this act, (2) have practiced as a mani-
33       curist or cosmetologist for one year prior to licensure, with 300 hours of
34       instructor training, or have obtained 600 hours of instructor training, (3)
35       pass a manicuring instructor exam, administered by the board and (4) (3)
36       pay an application fee established by K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments
37       thereto. A manicuring instructor license shall expire every two years and
38       shall be renewed by furnishing satisfactory evidence that the applicant
39       has completed an additional 20 clock hours of continuing education, ap-
40       proved by the board, in the practice and teaching of manicuring and
41       paying upon payment of the renewal fee established by K.S.A. 65-1904
42       and amendments thereto.
43           (e) Licensed schools may be established and maintained in this state

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  1       where the profession of esthetics may be taught or acquired, under the
  2       following conditions and regulations:
  3           (1) Any person may apply to the board for a license for conducting a
  4       school for the teaching of the profession of esthetics. The license shall be
  5       granted by the board upon proper and sufficient showing of competency
  6       of the applicant and assurance of compliance by the applicant with the
  7       requirements of this act, all reasonable rules and regulations adopted by
  8       the board for proper conduct of the school and all applicable sanitation
  9       standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant
10       to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and amendments thereto. Prior to issuance of the
11       license, the applicant shall pay to the board the license fee established
12       under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto. School licenses shall be
13       renewed before July 1 of each year by submitting an application and
14       payment of the fee established under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments
15       thereto. No license fee shall be required of schools operating under the
16       state board of regents or any tax-supported school.
17           (2) Each school licensed under this subsection (e) shall remain under
18       the constant supervision of the board. Each licensed school at all times
19       shall employ and maintain a sufficient number of instructors, duly li-
20       censed in the practices they teach, to provide at least one full-time in-
21       structor for every 25 students. Each licensed school shall provide a course
22       of training requiring not less than 650 clock hours of instruction and
23       practice in esthetics.
24           (f) Any person who teaches esthetics in a licensed school of cosme-
25       tology or esthetics shall be required to obtain an esthetics instructor's
26       license from the board, unless the person holds a valid cosmetology in-
27       structor's license issued under subsection (b). To qualify for an esthetics
28       instructor's license, the applicant must (1) be licensed as a cosmetologist
29       or esthetician under this act, (2) have practiced as an esthetician or cos-
30       metologist for one year prior to licensure, with 300 hours of instructor
31       training, or have obtained 600 hours of instructor training, (3) pass an
32       esthetician instructor exam, administered by the board and (4) (3) pay an
33       application fee established by K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto.
34       An esthetics instructor license shall expire every two years and shall be
35       renewed by furnishing satisfactory evidence that the applicant has com-
36       pleted an additional 20 clock hours of continuing education, approved by
37       the board, in the practice and teaching of esthetics and by paying the
38       renewal fee established by K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto.
39           (g) Licensed schools may be established and maintained in this state
40       where the profession of electrology may be taught or acquired, under the
41       following conditions and regulations:
42           (1) Any person may apply to the board for a license for conducting a
43       school for the teaching of the profession of electrology. The license shall

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  1       be granted by the board upon proper and sufficient showing of compe-
  2       tency of the applicant and assurance of compliance by the applicant with
  3       the requirements of this act, all reasonable rules and regulations adopted
  4       by the board for the proper conduct of the school and all applicable
  5       sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment
  6       pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and amendments thereto. Prior to issuance
  7       of the license, the applicant shall pay to the board the license fee estab-
  8       lished under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amendments thereto. School licenses
  9       shall be renewed before July 1 of each year by submitting an application
10       and payment of the fee established under K.S.A. 65-1904 and amend-
11       ments thereto. No license fee shall be required of schools operating under
12       the state board of regents or any tax-supported school. Nothing in this
13       act shall prohibit any person who is a licensed instructor of electrology or
14       who is and has been for at least three years a licensed electrologist, while
15       acting as owner and manager of the person's salon, clinic or establishment,
16       from teaching electrology in the regular course of the person's business,
17       but at no time shall any salon, clinic or establishment have more than one
18       apprentice or charge tuition for its teaching services.
19           (2) Each school licensed under this subsection (e) shall remain under
20       the constant supervision of the board. Each licensed school at all times
21       shall employ and maintain a sufficient number of instructors, duly li-
22       censed in the practices they teach, to provide at least one full-time in-
23       structor for every four students. Each licensed school shall provide a
24       course of training requiring not less than 500 clock hours of instruction
25       and practice in electrology covering a period of not less than four months
26       of training for full-time students and not less than eight months of training
27       for part-time students.
28           (h) Any person who teaches electrology in a licensed school of cos-
29       metology or electrology shall be required to obtain an electrology instruc-
30       tor's license from the board. To qualify for an electrology instructor's
31       license, the applicant must (1) be licensed as an electrologist under this
32       act, (2) have practiced as an electrologist for one year prior to licensure,
33       with 300 hours of instructor training, or have obtained 600 hours of in-
34       structor training, (3) pass an electrology instructor exam, administered by
35       the board and (4) (3) pay an application fee established under K.S.A.
36       65-1904 and amendments thereto. Electrology instructor licenses shall
37       expire every two years and may be renewed by furnishing satisfactory
38       evidence that the applicant has completed an additional 20 clock hours
39       of continuing education, approved by the board, in the practice and teach-
40       ing of electrology and paying the renewal fee established under K.S.A.
41       65-1904 and amendments thereto. To teach in a licensed salon, the elec-
42       trologist is issued a license for the period of training for the student. To
43       qualify they must: (1) Be a licensed practicing electrologist for a three-

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  1       year period and (2) pay an application fee established under K.S.A. 65-
  2       1904 and amendments thereto.
  3           (i) All instructors holding a valid instructor's license on December 31,
  4       1995, upon expiration of their instructor's license, shall have their instruc-
  5       tor's license renewed, without examination, by paying the renewal fee for
  6       that renewal period and furnishing satisfactory evidence that the applicant
  7       has completed an additional 100 clock hours of continuing education,
  8       approved by the board, in the practice and teaching of cosmetology, man-
  9       icuring or electrology as appropriate for the instructor's license held by
10       the applicant.
11           (j) The board may adopt through rules and regulations a curriculum
12       for cosmetology, manicuring, esthetics and electrology instructor training
13       to be provided in a licensed school of cosmetology.
14           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-1904 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 65-1904. (a) Unless revoked for cause, all licenses of cosmetol-
16       ogists, cosmetology technicians, electrologists and manicurists issued or
17       renewed by the board shall expire on the expiration dates established by
18       rules and regulations adopted by the board under this section. Subject to
19       the other provisions of this subsection, each such license, other than the
20       three-year senior cosmetologist license, shall be renewable on a biennial
21       basis upon the filing of a renewal application prior to the expiration of
22       the license, and payment of the renewal fee established under this section
23       and, except for an apprentice license, the electrologist license and the
24       senior cosmetologist license, for licenses renewed on and after July 1,
25       1997, furnishing evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion of
26       a minimum of five clock hours annually of continuing education on health
27       and safety related issues in the practice of cosmetology approved by the
28       board in the license category in which the licensee holds a license or if
29       the licensee holds a license in more than one category, in the category
30       specified by rules and regulations of the board for licensees holding more
31       than one license. Applicants for renewal of an electrologist license shall
32       furnish with the biennial renewal application evidence satisfactory to the
33       board of the completion of 10 clock hours annually of continuing edu-
34       cation on health and safety related issues in electrologist practice ap-
35       proved by the board. In order to provide for the establishment of a system
36       of biennial renewal of licenses issued by the board, the board may provide
37       by rules and regulations that licenses issued or renewed may expire less
38       than two years from the date of issuance or renewal. In each case in which
39       a license is issued or renewed for a period of time of less than two years,
40       the board shall prorate to the nearest whole month the license or renewal
41       fee established under this section.
42           (b) Any cosmetologist's, cosmetology technician's, esthetician's, elec-
43       trologist's or manicurist's license may be renewed by the applicant within

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  1       90 days after the date of expiration of the applicant's last license upon
  2       submission of proof, satisfactory to the board, of the applicant's qualifi-
  3       cations to renew practice as a cosmetologist, cosmetology technician, elec-
  4       trologist or manicurist, including the completion of any applicable con-
  5       tinuing education requirements and payment of the applicable renewal
  6       fee and delinquent fee prescribed pursuant to this section. Any applicant
  7       whose license as a cosmetologist, cosmetology technician, electrologist or
  8       manicurist has expired for more than one year two years prior to appli-
  9       cation for renewal may obtain a license in the same manner and on pay-
10       ment of the same fees as provided for an applicant for an original license
11       on and after July 1, 1996, and upon proof that such applicant has satis-
12       factorily completed a program of continuing education required by the
13       board for applicants whose licenses have expired.
14           (c) At the time of application for license renewal, a cosmetologist
15       licensed in this state may apply to the board and qualify for a three-year
16       senior cosmetologist license by:
17           (1) Paying the fee required by this section;
18           (2) showing evidence satisfactory to the board of having been actually
19       employed in a licensed salon or licensed school for not less than 120 days
20       during the preceding three years; and
21           (3) on and after July 1, 1996, furnishing evidence satisfactory to the
22       board of the completion of a minimum of 15 clock hours triennially of
23       continuing education on health and safety related issues in the practice
24       of cosmetology approved by the board; and
25           (4) furnishing evidence satisfactory to the board of attendance of 40
26       clock hours of courses of instruction in cosmetology approved by the
27       board.
28           (d) Any applicant for a license other than a renewal license shall make
29       a verified application to the board on such forms as the board may require
30       and, upon payment of the examination fee shall be examined by the board
31       or their appointees and shall be issued a license, if found to be duly
32       qualified to practice the profession of cosmetologist, esthetician, elec-
33       trologist or manicurist.
34           (e) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board shall
35       require every licensee in the active practice of cosmetology within the
36       state to submit evidence of satisfactory completion of a program of con-
37       tinuing education required under this section. Such evidence shall be
38       made in writing in a form required by the board. The board shall require
39       every licensee in the active practice of cosmetology within the state to
40       remit a continuing education fee to the board in an amount fixed by the
41       board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the pro-
42       gram of continuing education in accordance with this section as soon as
43       possible after the effective date of this act. In establishing such require-

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  1       ments the board shall consider any existing programs of continuing ed-
  2       ucation currently being offered to licensees of the board.
  3           (2) To qualify as an approved provider of continuing education of-
  4       ferings, persons, organizations or institutions proposing to provide such
  5       continuing education offerings shall apply to the board for approval and
  6       submit evidence that the applicant is prepared to meet the standards and
  7       requirements established by the rules and regulations of the board for
  8       such continuing education offerings. Initial applications shall be made in
  9       writing on forms supplied by the board and shall be submitted to the
10       board together with the application fee fixed by the board. Qualification
11       as an approved provider of continuing education offerings shall expire
12       five years after the granting of such approval by the board. An approved
13       provider of continuing education offerings shall submit annually to the
14       board the continuing education program approval fee established by rules
15       and regulations, along with an annual report of its educational programs
16       for the previous fiscal year. Applications for renewal as an approved pro-
17       vider of continuing education offerings and annual reports shall be made
18       in writing on forms supplied by the board and shall be submitted to the
19       board together with the application fee fixed by the board.
20           (3) The board shall establish an inactive license category and may
21       waive the continuing education requirements for the renewal of a license
22       and place a licensee on inactive status if a licensee is not engaged in or
23       has retired from practice or has become temporarily or permanently dis-
24       abled and the licensee files with the board a certificate stating either of
25       the following:
26           (A) (1) A retiring licensee certifies to the board that the licensee:
27           (i) (A) Has retired from the active practice of cosmetology service; or
28           (ii) (B) is not engaged in the provision of any cosmetology service as
29       defined by the statutes of the state of Kansas; or
30           (B) (2) a disabled licensee certifies to the board that such licensee is
31       no longer engaged in the provision of any cosmetology service as defined
32       by the statutes of the state of Kansas by reason of any physical disability,
33       whether permanent or temporary, and shall describe the nature of such
34       disability. The waiver of continuing education under this subsection shall
35       continue so long as the retirement or physical disability exists. Prior to
36       returning to active practice for which a person holds an inactive license,
37       such person shall complete 20 clock hours of continuing education ap-
38       proved by the board in the license category in which the licensee holds
39       a license or if the licensee holds a license in more than one category, in
40       the category specified by rules and regulations of the board for licensees
41       holding more than one license. The board shall establish by rules and
42       regulations a procedure to activate an inactive license.
43           (f) The board is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations

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  1       fixing the amount of fees for the following items and to charge and collect
  2       the amounts so fixed, subject to the following limitations:
  3       \tb\Active cosmetologist license or renewal, for two years--not more than[cm$60[cm
  4       Inactive cosmetologist license or renewal, for two years --not more
  5       than[cm30[cm
  6       Delinquent cosmetologist license[cm4[cm
  7       Cosmetology technician renewal, for two years--not more than[cm30[cm
  8       Electrologist license or renewal, for two years--not more than[cm30[cm
  9       Delinquent electrologist license[cm4[cm
10       Senior cosmetologist license or renewal, for three years --not more
11       than[cm45[cm
12       Manicurist license renewal [*] or renewal, for two years--not more
13       than[cm24[cm
14       Delinquent manicurist license[cm4[cm
15       Esthetician license or renewal, for two years--not more than[cm30[cm
16       Delinquent esthetician license[cm4[cm
17       Any apprentice license--not more than[cm12[cm
18       Additional training license--not more than[cm12[cm
19       New school license[cm100[cm
20       School license renewal--not more than[cm50[cm
21       Delinquent school license--not more than[cm10[cm
22       New salon or electrology clinic license--not more than[cm30[cm
23       Salon or electrology clinic license renewal--not more than[cm20[cm
24       Delinquent salon or electrology clinic license[cm6[cm
25       Transfer of salon or electrology clinic license--not more than[cm15[cm
26       Cosmetologist's examination--not more than[cm25[cm
27       Cosmetology technician's examination--not more than[cm25[cm
28       Electrologist's examination--not more than[cm25[cm
29       Manicurist's examination--not more than[cm25[cm
30       Esthetician examination--not more than[cm25[cm
31       Instructor's examination--not more than[cm50[cm
32       Out-of-state examinations--not more than[cm35[cm
33       Out-of-state affidavits[cm2[cm
34       Any duplicate license[cm2[cm
35       Instructor's license or renewal, for two years--not more than[cm50[cm
36       Delinquent instructor's license--not more than[cm50[cm
37       Cosmetologist continuing education registration fee[cm40[cm
38       Continuing education program application fee[cm100[cm
39      
Continuing education program approval fee[cm100[et

40           (g) Whenever the board determines that the total amount of revenue
41       derived from the fees collected pursuant to this section is insufficient to
42       carry out the purposes for which the fees are collected, the board may
43       amend its rules and regulations to increase the amount of the fee, except

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  1       that the amount of the fee for any item shall not exceed the maximum
  2       amount authorized by this subsection. Whenever the amount of fees col-
  3       lected pursuant to this section provides revenue in excess of the amount
  4       necessary to carry out the purposes for which such fees are collected, it
  5       shall be the duty of the board to decrease the amount of the fee for one
  6       or more of the items listed in this subsection by amending the rules and
  7       regulations which fix the fees.
  8           (h) Any person who failed to obtain a renewal license while in the
  9       armed forces of the United States or who gave up licensure due to con-
10       tinuing education requirements shall be entitled to a renewal license upon
11       filing application and paying the renewal fee for the current year during
12       which the person has been discharged on and after July 1, 1996, and upon
13       proof that such applicant has satisfactorily completed a program of con-
14       tinuing education required by the board for applicants under this sub-
15       section.
16           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 65-1904a is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
17       1904a. (a) Any licensed cosmetologist, electrologist, manicurist, or person
18       desiring to establish a salon or clinic shall make application, on a form
19       provided, to the Kansas state board of cosmetology, accompanied by the
20       new salon or clinic license fee established under K.S.A. 65-1904 and
21       amendments thereto. Upon filing of the application and paying the new
22       salon or clinic license fee, the salon or clinic may operate until an inspec-
23       tion is made by an inspector. Upon filing of the application, ;(tri-stars)e board an
24       inspector shall inspect the equipment as to safety and sanitary condition
25       of the premises and if the equipment and premises are found to comply
26       with the rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment
27       and the rules and regulations of the Kansas state board of cosmetology,
28       the board shall issue. Upon passing the inspection and complying with
29       the applicable laws and rules and regulations, the salon or clinic shall be
30       issued a new salon or clinic license.
31           (b) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing any
32       licensed person from practicing cosmetology or electrology in a private
33       home or residence or in conjunction with another business if the home
34       or, residence or business complies with rules and regulations of the sec-
35       retary and the state board. If a room used for residential purposes or
36       another business is the same room or adjacent to a room used as a salon
37       or clinic, then a solid partition shall separate the premises used for resi-
38       dential or business purposes from the salon or clinic area. The partition
39       may contain a door so long as it remains closed during the time the salon
40       or clinic is open. A separate outside entrance shall be provided for the
41       salon or clinic. In another business, the separate outside entrance may
42       open to a public walkway area. A salon or clinic shall contain a minimum
43       of 150 square feet as measured from the inside wall to inside wall.

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  1           (c) The license shall expire on June 30 following its issuance. Any
  2       such license may be renewed upon application accompanied by the salon
  3       or clinic license renewal fee made to the board before July 1 of the year
  4       in which the license expires. Any certificate may be renewed by the ap-
  5       plicant within 60 days after the date of expiration of the last certificate
  6       upon payment of a delinquent renewal fee.
  7           Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-1907 is hereby amended to read as
  8       follows: 65-1907. (a) The chairperson, with the approval of the board,
  9       shall employ inspectors to inspect schools, salons and, clinics, tanning
10       facilities, tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments and the inspec-
11       tors shall perform all of the inspection duties and investigation duties of
12       the board, as required by this act, rules and regulations of the board and
13       sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment
14       pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and amendments thereto. Inspectors shall
15       hold education classes for licensees in the region of the state served by the
16       inspectors on not less than six separate occasions during any one year.
17       Inspectors of licensed salons, clinics, establishments, tanning facilities, tat-
18       too facility and body piercing facility shall be made at least every two
19       years and schools shall be inspected at least three times a year.
20           (b) It shall be the duty of the board to determine the number of hours
21       and practice work required of students in each subject of cosmetology,
22       nail technology, esthetics and electrology taught in a licensed school.
23           Sec. 5. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-1908 is hereby amended to read as
24       follows: 65-1908. (a) The state board of cosmetology may revoke any
25       license provided for by this act, may censure, limit or condition any license
26       or may refuse to issue, renew or suspend any license for any of the fol-
27       lowing reasons:
28           (1) Failure to comply with the sanitary requirements prescribed by
29       the secretary of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148 and
30       amendments thereto;
31           (2) failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the board of
32       cosmetology;
33           (3) habitual drunkenness or drug addiction;
34           (4) conviction of a felony, but such conviction shall not automatically
35       operate as a bar to licensure;
36           (5) the obtaining of, or the attempt to obtain, a license by fraudulent
37       misrepresentation or bribery;
38           (6) advertising by means of false or knowingly deceptive matter or
39       statement;
40           (7) failure to display the annual license or inspection report as pro-
41       vided for in this act;
42           (8) failure, after July 1, 1996, to comply with applicable continuing
43       education requirements while actively engaging in the practice of cos-

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  1       metology; or
  2           (9) (8) being found guilty of gross negligence or unprofessional con-
  3       duct as defined by rules and regulations of the board.
  4           (b) The board may order the remedying of any violations of rules and
  5       regulations of the board or any statutes pertaining to it.
  6           (c) Inspectors employed by the board shall have such powers as ;(tri-stars)e
  7       board may ;'escribe prescribed by rules and regulations to make inspec-
  8       tions, investigations, and inquiries, except that a permanent order for
  9       closing any establishment licensed by the board shall be issued only by
10       the board.
11           (d) All proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accor-
12       dance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
13           Sec. 6. K.S.A. 65-1904a and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-1903, 65-1904, 65-
14       1907 and 65-1908 are hereby repealed.
15           Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
16       publication in the statute book.
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