location where the licensee or registrant practices cosmetology or a specialty. (2) Any time that the current mailing address or place of practice of any licensee or registrant changes, written notification of the change shall be provided to the Department within ninety (90) days of the change. Written notice shall be sent to the following address: Florida Board of Cosmetology, Department of Business Chapter 61G5-29 Specialty Licensing 61G5-29.001 Definitions. (1) “Specialty Registration” means a registration to practice one or more of the following specialties: manicuring/pedicuring/ nail extension, facials (skin care and hair removal). (2) “Certificate of Completion” means a certificate from one of the following: (a) A school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1005, F.S., or the equivalent licensing authority of another state. (b) A specialty program within the public school system. (c) A specialty division within the Cosmetology Division of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, provided the training programs comply with minimum curriculum requirements established by the board. (3) “Facials” means: (a) The massaging or treating of the face, neck or scalp with or without the use of mechanical devices using oils, creams, lotions or other cosmetic products which are used to cleanse and condition the skin, to prevent or correct problems or conditions of the face, neck, and scalp and to color and beautify the face, neck and scalp or enhance their features; and, (b) Skin care services for the body as defined in Section 477.013(13), F.S.; and, Facials shall be performed only by individuals licensed pursuant to Sections 477.019 and 477.0201, F.S., and performed in schools licensed pursuant to Chapter 1005, F.S., or salons licensed pursuant to Section 477.025, F.S.; and, (c) Facial and skin care services consistent with those permitted to be performed by cosmetologists and full and facial specialists by Chapter 477, F.S., and the rules adopted by the board, and as further defined and set forth with specificity in Rule 61G5-18.00015, F.A.C. (4) “Cosmetic Demonstration” means the application or removal of cosmetic products for the purposes of demonstration of the cosmetic products as part of a sales or promotion program rendered without compensation for the service from the individual or individuals who are the recipients or audience of the demonstration. (5) “Cosmetic products” means any external preparation which is intended to cleanse, tone, color or beautify the face or neck, including but not limited to skin cleansers, astringents, skin fresheners, lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow, foundation, rouge or cheek color, mascara, face powder or corrective stick. (6) “Simple Adhesive” as used in Section 477.013(6)(a), F.S., means a substance by which artificial nails (such as “press on nails”) can be attached to and then easily detached from a patron with slight pressure only, without the application of any nail primer or solvents of any kind, and without removing the natural oils from or roughing of such patron’s nails. 61G5-29.004 Supervised Specialty Practice Exception. (1) Following the submission of a complete application for registration as a specialist which included proof of the successful completion of all educational requirements for the specialty applied for and the payment of all applicable application and registration fees, and pending the issuance by the Department of a registration as (1) ) The Board shall act in accordance with the following guidelines when it finds the enumerated violations in disciplinary cases. The Board shall impose a penalty within the range of each applicable disciplinary violation set forth below unless the Board finds one or more aggravating or mitigating circumstances, in which case the Board may deviate from the guideline penalty. A penalty shall be imposed for each separate violation and/or offense. The penalty Chapter 61G5-30 Disciplinary Guidelines 61G5-30.001 Disciplinary Guidelines.
and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0790. (3) It shall be a violation of this rule for a licensee or registrant to fail to advise the Department within ninety (90) days of a change of mailing address. It shall not be a violation of this rule to fail to advise the Department of a change of one’s place of practice within ninety (90) days. a specialist under Chapter 477, F.S., an applicant for registration as a specialist shall be eligible to perform specialty services in the specialty for which the applicant has applied for registration subject to the following conditions: (a) All specialty services to be performed by the applicant under this exception shall be performed under the supervision of a registered specialist. “Under the supervision of a registered specialist” shall mean that an individual who then holds a current, active Florida registration as a specialist in the same specialty for which the applicant has applied, or an individual who then holds a current, active Florida license as a cosmetologist shall be physically present at all times when the applicant is performing specialty services. (b) All specialty services performed by the applicant under this exception shall be performed in a licensed cosmetology or specialty salon. All times during which the applicant is performing specialty services in the salon, the license for the cosmetology or specialty salon shall be in a current and active status. (2) Prior to beginning the performance of specialty services under this exception, all applicants shall provide to the cosmetology or specialty salon license holder or his or her representative a copy of the completed application for registration as a specialist submitted to the Department by the applicant. (3) Upon being notified by the Department that his or her application is incomplete, or that he or she has been determined to be not qualified for registration as a specialist, an applicant shall immediately inform the cosmetology or specialty salon license holder or his or her representative of the notification; and shall immediately cease performing specialty services under this exception until the applicant shall have corrected any deficiencies in their earlier application as noted by the Department, or shall have submitted a new application which demonstrates that the applicant is qualified for registration as a specialist, and shall have paid all applicable application and registration fees. 61G5-29.013 Registration Renewal Procedures. (1) All specialty registrations shall be valid for a period of two years or until the end of the biennial licensure renewal cycle in which they are first issued, whichever occurs first. The biennial licensure renewal cycle for all specialty registrations shall coincide with the biennial licensure renewal cycle used for the renewal of cosmetology licenses. (2) At the time of registration renewal, all specialty registrants shall pay all applicable renewal fees and charges as provided in Chapter 61G5-24, F.A.C. Prior to the expiration of their specialty registration, all specialty registrants shall complete all continuing education requirements as set forth in Rule 61G5- 32.001, F.A.C., including a Board approved HIV/AIDS training course as provided in Section 455.2228, F.S. All HIV/AIDS training courses shall comply with the requirements as set forth in Rule 61G5-18.011, F.A.C. (3) Spouses of members of the Armed Forces of the United States are exempted from all registration renewal provisions, but only in cases of absence from the state because of their spouses’ duties with the Armed Forces.
range indicated is for a single offense. A second or subsequent offense refers to a violation in which prior action has been taken by the Department either in the form of a citation, as set forth in Section 455.224, F.S., and Rule 61G5-30.004, F.A.C., or as prior discipline before the Board. Refer to the statutory and rule citations for a full description of each violation.
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