Senator J. Stuart Adams proposes the following substitute bill:


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PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AMENDMENTS

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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House Sponsor: Brad R. Wilson

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends the Barber, Cosmetologist/Barber, Esthetician, Electrologist, and Nail
10     Technician Licensing Act.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     permits an esthetics school to provide a certain percent of its curriculum online; and
14          ▸     amends unprofessional conduct provisions.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     AMENDS:
21          58-11a-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 130
22     ENACTS:
23          58-11a-302.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

26          Section 1. Section 58-11a-302.5 is enacted to read:
27          58-11a-302.5. Qualification for licensure as esthetics school -- Online curriculum.
28          (1) An applicant for licensure as an esthetics school under Subsection 58-11a-302(13)
29     and an esthetics school licensed under this chapter may offer up to 30% of its total curriculum
30     online:
31          (a) for instruction in theory; and
32          (b) in accordance with standards adopted by nationally recognized accrediting
33     organizations.
34          (2) The provisions of this section do not:
35          (a) require the board to allow other schools licensed under this chapter to offer
36     curriculum online; or
37          (b) limit the authority of the board to allow other schools licensed under this chapter to
38     offer curriculum online.
39          Section 2. Section 58-11a-501 is amended to read:
40          58-11a-501. Unprofessional conduct.
41          Unprofessional conduct includes:
42          (1) failing as a licensed school to obtain or maintain accreditation as required by rule;
43          (2) failing as a licensed school to comply with the standards of accreditation applicable
44     to such schools;
45          (3) failing as a licensed school to provide adequate instruction to enrolled students;
46          (4) failing as an apprentice supervisor to provide direct supervision to the apprentice;
47          (5) failing as an instructor to provide direct supervision to students who are providing
48     services to an individual under [their instruction] the instructor's supervision;
49          (6) failing as an apprentice supervisor to comply with division rules relating to
50     apprenticeship programs under this chapter;
51          (7) keeping a salon or school, its furnishing, tools, utensils, linen, or appliances in an
52     unsanitary condition;
53          (8) failing to comply with Title 26, Utah Health Code;
54          (9) failing to display licenses or certificates as required under Section 58-11a-305;
55          (10) failing to comply with physical facility requirements established by rule;
56          (11) failing to maintain mechanical or electrical equipment in safe operating condition;

57          (12) failing to adequately monitor patrons using steam rooms, dry heat rooms, baths,
58     showers, or saunas;
59          (13) prescribing or administering prescription drugs;
60          (14) failing to comply with all applicable state and local health or sanitation laws;
61          (15) engaging in any act or practice in a professional capacity that is outside the
62     applicable scope of practice;
63          (16) engaging in any act or practice in a professional capacity which the licensee is not
64     competent to perform through education or training;
65          (17) in connection with the use of a chemical exfoliant, unless under the supervision of
66     a licensed health care practitioner acting within the scope of his or her license:
67          (a) using any acid, concentration of an acid, or combination of treatments which
68     violates the standards established by rule;
69          (b) removing any layer of skin deeper than the stratum corneum of the epidermis; or
70          (c) using an exfoliant that contains phenol, TCA acid of over 15%, or BCA acid;
71          (18) in connection with the sanding of the skin, unless under the supervision of a
72     licensed health care practitioner acting within the scope of his or her license, removing any
73     layer of skin deeper than the stratum corneum of the epidermis; or
74          (19) using as a barber, cosmetologist/barber, or nail technician any laser procedure or
75     intense, pulsed light source, except that nothing in this chapter precludes an individual licensed
76     under this chapter from using a nonprescriptive laser device.