1. (a) Students are responsible for compliance with the sanitation requirements under §83.100.
2. (b) Students shall wear a uniform of washable material with armpits and chest covered as prescribed by the school. Tank tops, lingerie, see-through fabric, topless or bottomless uniforms, and bare feet are not allowed. Students must wear closed toe and heel shoes.
3. (c) Students shall not engage in any act that constitutes dishonesty or misrepresentation of or relating to a student's hours accrued under this chapter.

4. (d) Transfer students.

   1. (1) A student desiring to transfer from one school to another must withdraw from the first school prior to the transfer. Enrollment in two or more schools of cosmetology at the same time is prohibited.
   2. (2) A student transferring to a school who desires to claim hours and practical applications earned must inform the school transferred to prior to enrollment of his/her prior attendance and must furnish to that school and the Department a record of hours claimed and practical applications completed. This record may be in the form of a transcript from the prior school or an extract from records of the Department.
   3. (3) A student may not graduate until all previously accrued hours, upon re-entry to that school or transferring from another school, have been reported on any monthly hour report, but in any event, no later than the month prior to graduation.

5. (e) Withdrawal from school.

   1. (1) A student may withdraw from school at any time by notifying the school in writing.
   2. (2) Upon withdrawal, and provided that the agreed tuition and fees have been tendered, a student is entitled to an official transcript of hours taken and practical application performed at the school withdrawn from. The transcript and practical applications must be ready for pickup or, if mailed, postmarked within ten calendar days of the school's receipt of notice of withdrawal. A copy of the transcript and practical applications must be kept in the student's file for 48 months and the copy must be made available at the request of the Department.
   3. (3) A student who withdraws from a cosmetology school is entitled to a refund in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1602.
   4. (4) Withdrawal or termination during the first week shall be defined by scheduled clock hours. If scheduled clock hours are 40 hours per week, then the week is defined to be 40 clock hours; for part time students, the amount of scheduled clock hours per week defines the week.
   5. (5) Enrollment is defined as the time elapsed between the actual starting date and the date of the student's last day of attendance.

   6. (6) If a school closes or ceases operation before the class hours are completed, the student is entitled to a tuition refund in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1602.

      1. (A) Any student of an out-of-state private licensed cosmetology school may submit a request to the Department to transfer the completed hours of instruction to a Texas school. A transcript must be submitted on the prescribed form and certified by the school in which the instruction was given. Portions of the curriculum of the Department not taught in another state must be taken in an approved Texas school prior to taking the Texas examination.
      2. (B) A student enrolled for a specialty course may withdraw and transfer hours acquired to the operator course not to exceed the amount of hours of that subject in the operator curriculum. Students enrolled in the operator course may withdraw and transfer up to the maximum specialty hours within the operator curriculum for that course. Once a license is obtained, hours may not be transferred to another course.

Source Note:The provisions of this §83.73 adopted to be effective December 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 8082.