65-1907. Inspectors, duties and training; student requirements; dual-licensed salon and barber shops. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the chairperson, with the approval of the board, shall employ inspectors to inspect schools, salons and clinics and the inspectors shall perform all of the inspection duties of the board, as required by this act, rules and regulations of the board and sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148, and amendments thereto. The board shall provide training to the inspectors to enable the inspectors to provide current information to school, salon and clinic personnel regarding requirements of applicable statutes and rules and regulations. It shall be the duty of the board to determine the number of hours and practice work required of students in each subject of cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics and electrology taught in a licensed school.

(b) The chairperson of the board of cosmetology, with the approval of the board, may enter into an agreement with the chairperson of the board of barbering as to which board's inspectors shall inspect a dual-licensed salon and barber shop. Such designated inspectors shall perform all of the inspection duties of both boards, as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards and the sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148, and amendments thereto. Such designated inspectors shall be trained by both boards as required by the applicable statutes and rules and regulations of both boards.

History: L. 1927, ch. 245, § 10; L. 1961, ch. 385, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 94; L. 1987, ch. 238, § 7; L. 1989, ch. 195, § 6; L. 1995, ch. 120, § 5; L. 1998, ch. 160, § 9; L. 2014, ch. 63, § 1; July 1.