Instructors
Effective Oct 24, 2025Mass. Register #1559MGL c. 112, §§ 87V, 87BB and 87JJBoard of Registration of Cosmetology and Barbering
- (1) Every school shall at all times be in the charge of, and under the immediate supervision of, instructors currently licensed by the Board.
- (2) Instructors in schools shall be currently licensed cosmetology instructors, licensed manicuring instructors, or lecturers, and shall be competent to impart instructions in manicuring. Instructors shall not be permitted to perform any work on paying customers on school premises except incidentally to instruct a student.
- (3) Every school must regularly have in attendance during school hours at least one instructor for the first 15 students or fewer, and one additional instructor or assistant instructor for every additional 15 students or fewer. Use of demonstrators or lecturers shall not reduce the ratio of one instructor for every group of 15 students or fewer.