Minnesota Administrative Rules

2110.0670 STUDENT RECORDS.

Student records shall be maintained as follows:

A.

All records relating to students shall be maintained and up-to-date, in a secure and orderly fashion and shall be kept on the school premises. All student records shall be legible and shall be available for inspection by a representative of the board during normal business hours of the school or by mail upon the written request of the board.

B.

The school shall maintain complete, accurate, and detailed records of all payments from and financial transactions with students, showing the date, amount, and source of income or disbursement.

C.

The school shall maintain daily and monthly records of student hours, work progress, examination assessments, and daily clinical experience records for each student enrolled.

D.

All student records shall be maintained by the school, or a custodian if the school ceases operation, for at least five years from the date of the student's termination or completion of training; or a transcript of the course work of each student may be kept, the transcript to contain the student's name, the date student enrolled, the date of termination of enrollment and the circumstances of termination, the total number of hours completed, and the school owner or manager's notarized signature verifying the contents of the transcript. When requested by a student or former student, copies must be provided at the cost of duplication.

E.

The school shall maintain the following reports for each student:

(1)

a student registration form containing the student's full and correct name, course of training for which enrolled, and start date. The status of the student shall be stated as full-time or part-time, day or night classes;

(2)

certification of completion of preclinical courses. Documentation signed by the school owner or manager shall indicate that the student has successfully completed the required hours of preclinical work. A student shall not be allowed to perform any service or portion thereof in the school clinic on a client until this certification has been completed;

(3)

a progress evaluation report. Upon completion of one-half of the total required hours, the school shall give the student a written progress evaluation assessing the student's progress towards successful fulfillment of the license requirements;

(4)

certification of readiness to take the written examination. Documentation signed by school owner or manager, shall indicate that the student has successfully completed 1,350, 500, and 315 hours, for cosmetologist, esthetician, and nail technician respectively, of preclinical and clinical training, and is prepared to take the written state licensing examinations;

(5)

documentation signed by school owner or manager, shall indicate that the student has successfully completed the course of training for which he or she enrolled, including documentation of the student's completion of the practical exercises, as required by parts 2110.0510, item D, 2110.0520, item D, subitem (1), and 2110.0530, item D, subitem (1), and documentation of the student's successful completion of the skills certification review, on a form acceptable to the board;

(6)

a certification shall be written and maintained by the school if a student withdraws, is suspended, or expelled from the student's course of training. The certification shall be signed by the school owner or manager, shall indicate the last day on which the student was enrolled, the total number of hours the student has successfully completed as of that date, a transcript detailing the nature of those hours, and the reason for the withdrawal, suspension, or revocation. A copy of a student's termination certification and/or completion of course of training certification must be provided to the student within ten days of the termination from or completion of the cosmetology training.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 45.023; 154.45; 154.47; 154.48; 155A.05; 155A.08; 155A.09; 155A.26; 155A.29; 155A.30

History:

11 SR 389; 13 SR 1056; 22 SR 594; L 2005 c 27 s 9; L 2009 c 78 art 6 s 26; L 2013 c 85 art 5 s 49

Published Electronically:

December 9, 2013