Cosmetology students: externships.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of cosmetologists by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Existing law authorizes a cosmetology student enrolled in an approved course, as provided, to work as an unpaid extern in an establishment participating in the educational program of the school upon completion of at least 60% of the clock hours required for graduation in the course. This bill would delete the requirement that the cosmetology externship be unpaid and would permit a student to work as an extern upon completion of at least 25% of the clock hours required for graduation in the course. Existing law requires an extern to receive clock hour credit toward graduation and prohibits that credit from exceeding 8 hours per week and 10% of the total clock hours required for completion of the course. This bill would instead prohibit the extern's clock hour credit for graduation from exceeding 25 hours per week and 25% of the total clock hours required for completion of the course.