New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 16 / August 29, 2023
This is an
amendment to 16.34.9 NMAC Sections 6,8,9,10 effective 08/29/2023.
16.34.9.6 OBJECTIVE:
Pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act this part establishes
continuing education requirements for licensees [licensed to engage or teach
any course authorized under this act] and to set guidelines for continuing
education providers.
[16.34.9.6 NMAC - Rp
16 NMAC 34.9.6, 6/16/2001; A, 08/29/2023]
16.34.9.8 CONTINUING EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS:
[A. Instructors
licensed to teach any course authorized under this act shall provide proof of
attendance at a seminar of twelve contact hours or more per year for
professional development or improvement of professional proficiency. Instructor licenses are renewed every March
thirty first. Therefore, each instructor
must obtain twelve contact hours of continuing education between April first
and March thirty first of the following year in order to
renew the license. Continuing education
hours do not carry over and must be completed each year. For initial instructor licenses, the
continuing education requirement will not apply until after the first full year
of licensure. B.]
A. [Entities
that are automatically recognized as providers] Providers of
continuing education are listed below. [These
entities do not have to obtain formal provider approval in
order to offer recognized continuing education for instructors. These entities do not have to meet the
approval, recordkeeping, and certificate of attendance requirements. However, the] The licensee must
provide proof of attendance with license renewal. Educational programs provided for the purpose of
continuing or advanced education must be specific to the field of licensure.
(1) cosmetology
educators of America (CEA) seminars and workshops conducted in any state;
(2) adult
continuing education association programs in professional development,
education, counseling, instructing or related programs;
(3) continuing
education units (CEU’s) recognized by four year institutions in any state in
professional development, education, counseling, teaching or related programs;
(4) all
schools licensed by the New Mexico state board of barbers and cosmetologists;
(5) credits
recognized for teacher certification in any state according to the following
conversion table:
(a) theory
(cognitive/lecture): 1 credit hour = 30
clock hours;
(b) practice/demonstration: 1 credit hour = 45 clock hours.
(6) attendance
at accreditation and team training workshops and instructor continuing
education programs offered by nationally recognized accrediting agencies;
(7) certification
of completion of Dale Carnegie professional development and business courses;
(8) the
pivot point instructor symposium classes;
(9) educational
classes or conferences sponsored by the Aveda institute;
(10) conferences
sponsored by the American aesthetics education association;
(11) classes
sponsored by Milady/Thomson learning’s career institute;
(12) classes
sponsored by Vidal Sassoon; or
(13) local,
state, regional, or national industry trade shows with credit not to exceed
fifty percent of the annual requirement for continuing education, or six hours;
in addition, no more than fifty percent of the hours scheduled at such a trade
show can contribute to the six hour maximum; the licensee must provide
verifiable proof of attendance including an agenda of the event, a receipt for
payment of attendance, or other such reasonable evidence of attendance;
(14) online
faculty and professional development programs.
[C.] B. Licensee may also submit, subsequent to
their attendance, copies of other programs and seminars that are not
automatically approved. The board will
consider such programs at the next regularly scheduled meeting and determine if
credit is approved or denied. Detailed
documentation of the program length and content must be submitted for the board
to make a determination. Notification of
approval or denial will be sent to the licensee within 30 days after the board
meeting.
[16.34.9.8 NMAC - Rp
16 NMAC 34.9.8, 6/16/2001; A, 10/4/2007; A, 12/17/2015; A, 08/29/2023]
16.34.9.9 [CONTINUING EDUCATION
PROVIDERS:
A. Continuing education
provider standards
(1) In
order for a continuing education provider to be considered for approval by the
board, the provider must demonstrate his/her/its qualifications to conduct such
programs on an application provided by the board. Educational programs provided for the purpose
of continuing or advanced education must be specific to the field of licensure
(2) Continuing
education programs may be conducted in segments of not less than two contact
hours.
B. Provider
approval for conducting continuing education programs
(1) All
continuing education programs shall be directed and supervised by approved
providers. If the provider is an
institution or corporation, the entity must designate an individual to
supervise all sponsored events and must notify the board of that designee. To obtain approval, the applicant must
complete an application furnished by the board and pay the required provider
fee. The application must provide
evidence of expertise, competency, and qualifications of the provider to
present continuing education programs.
Qualifications can be demonstrated by means of a resume, education and
work history or other appropriate documentation. The applicant must also provide a SAMPLE DETAILED
OUTLINE OF ONE TWELVE-HOUR PROGRAM for the board’s consideration and provide
evidence that the organization has access to appropriate facilities and
resources to implement the required programs.
(2) The
board, at a regular scheduled meeting, shall verify that the application
complies with these rules and determine whether approval is granted.
(3) Provider
approval shall be granted for a period of two years and must be renewed in order to continue providing continuing education
programs. Provider approval is subject
to periodic review and may be withdrawn if the board determines that adherence
to the standards of the board is not maintained, or if information submitted to
the board by the provider is found to be material misrepresentation of
fact. Disapproval does not prohibit
resubmission of the application with evidence the deficiencies have been
corrected. Approval is granted for a
period of two years.
(4) A
list of approved providers is available from the board office upon request and
receipt of an administrative fee.
(5) Applicants
receiving approval will be assigned a provider number by the board. The number will be used on all the programs
and correspondence to the board.
(6) The
provider will be notified within fifteen days after the next regularly
scheduled meeting as to the status of application. Approval, if granted, is for a period of two
years.
(7) All
provider licenses will be renewed on March thirty first every two years. Requests for renewal must be submitted every
two years and may be renewed administratively.
(8) Timely
renewal of license(s) is the full and complete responsibility of the
LICENSEE. Failure to renew the license
by the expiration date will result in late fees as set forth in the act.
(9) If
the provider application is not approved after the evaluation by the board, the
application will be returned with an itemized list of deficiencies within
fifteen days of the board’s evaluation.
(10) An
incomplete application will be returned to the applicant by the board office
within thirty days, with an explanation for the return.
C. Record keeping
(1) Records
of approved provider shall be maintained by the board office.
(2) Records
shall include provider qualifications and hours and rosters of participants
receiving certificates of attendance.
(3) Records
will be maintained by the board office for a period of two years.
(4) The
provider shall send a roster of all participants to the board within thirty
days of completion of the program to be entered as an official part of the
participant’s files for the purpose of license renewal.
D. The program
provider shall develop a certificate of attendance that includes the following
data:
(1) provider
name, number and program name;
(2) name
of participant;
(3) date
program began and ended and number of hours offered;
and
(4) number
of contact hours to be credited to the participant.
E. The program
provider shall develop a participant roster that includes the following data:
(1) provider
name and number;
(2) program
name and brief outline of contents;
(3) location
of offering;
(4) name
and license number of each participant receiving a certificate of attendance
and how many hours were earned; and
(5) date
program began and ended and number contact hours
offered.] [RESERVED]
[16.34.9.9 NMAC - Rp
16 NMAC 34.9.9, 6/16/2001; A, 12/17/2015;
Repealed, 08/29/2023]
16.34.9.10 [ADVANCED TRAINING:
Educational programs provided for the purpose of continuing or advanced
education in a specific field of licensure that are more than one hundred fifty
hours in length must be conducted in a licensed school and supervised by a
licensed instructor whether or not the program leads
to licensure. Programs for advanced or
continuing education of one hundred fifty hours or less will be considered
seminars or workshops. They may or may
not be conducted in a licensed establishment but must be supervised by a New
Mexico licensee or approved provider for continuing education. Advanced training must be specific to the
field of licensure.] [RESERVED]
[16.34.9.10 NMAC -
Rp 16 NMAC 34.9.10, 6/16/2001; A, 7/16/2004; A, 12/17/2015; Repealed, 08/29/2023]