Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences and providing transition provisions

The bill also provides that the current rules of both boards shall remain in effect until the board of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences amends, rescinds, or supplements the rules, or the rules expire by their own terms. The bill grants the board of barbering, the board of cosmetology arts and sciences, and the board of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides other transition provisions, including but not limited to the transitioning of current licenses held under Code chapter 158 to new licenses under Code chapter 157 upon the expiration of the current licenses. The bill changes the definition of “cosmetology” by removing arranging, braiding, and dressing of hair from the definition. The bill adds esthetics, hairstyling, nail technology, barbering, and shaving or trimming facial hair with a straight razor to the practices encompassed within the definition of “cosmetology” and removes from the definition of “cosmetology” treatments performed upon the hair or wig of a person, the removal of superfluous hair, the application of makeup or eyelashes, the tinting or lightening of facial or body hair, and certain nail treatments. The bill strikes from the definition of “cosmetologist” language relating to persons who claim by the persons’ occupation to have knowledge or skill particular to the practice of cosmetology. The bill changes the definition of “manicuring” by removing the exclusion of the application of sculpted nails or nail extensions and pedicuring from the definition. The bill also removes manicuring and pedicuring from the definition of “cosmetology arts and sciences”.” The bill excludes from the definition of the practice of cosmetology arts and sciences a person committed to the custody of the director of the department of corrections who cuts the hair or shaves the beard of another such person without receiving direct compensation from the person receiving the service. The bill removes a prohibition on licensed cosmetologists practicing the removal of skin using a razor-edged instrument. The bill requires the board to allow a person who has completed an approved barbering apprenticeship training program while in the custody of the director of the department of corrections to take the exam to practice barbering and hairstyling. The bill also sets the training requirements for a license to practice esthetics to 600 hours and the training requirements for a license to practice manicuring to 325 hours. The bill prohibits the board from requiring an applicant for licensure as an instructor of cosmetology arts and sciences to obtain any additional training hours beyond those required to receive a license to practice cosmetology arts and sciences to receive the license. The bill allows an existing school of barbering or cosmetology arts and sciences to seek and obtain a license to instruct any or all of the cosmetology arts and sciences. The bill sets the course of study for a license to practice cosmetology to 1,800 clock hours, or the equivalent, removes manicuring and pedicuring from the required curriculum, and adds razoring, shaving, and eyelash technology to the required curriculum. The bill removes the requirement that a school award at least half credit for each course successfully completed to a barber or a person enrolled in a barbering school who applies for a license to practice cosmetology but leaves to the discretion of the school whether full credit should be granted. The bill requires the board of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences to grant an Iowa license to practice a cosmetology art or science to a person who presents evidence of having had an equivalent license in another state for at least of the last months. The bill also directs the board of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences to adopt rules for the licensure of persons who practice barbering and hairstyling. Under current law, cosmetologists and barbers may both provide services that include hairstyling. The bill preserves the ability of cosmetologists to provide such services and instructs the board to create a new license permitting barbering and hairstyling licensees to provide only barbering and hairstyling services. The bill also provides for the development of a process for the licensure of persons who provide both hairstyling and barbering services but who do not practice any of the other cosmetology arts and sciences.