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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 6, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 711, an Act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and
sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences, and course of study.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerily,
Kim V.QAolds
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 711
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND
SCIENCES, INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS
OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND COURSE
OF STUDY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 157.2, subsection 1, Code 2025, is
amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. h. Persons providing services pursuant to an
establishment training program authorized pursuant to section
157.12D.
Sec. 2. Section 157.2, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. With the exception of hair removal, manicuring, and nail
technology services, persons licensed under this chapter or
participating in an establishment training program authorized
pursuant to section 157.12D shall not administer any procedure
in which human tissue is cut, shaped, vaporized, or otherwise
structurally altered.
Sec. 3. Section 157.3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person
who submits satisfactory proof, signed by the supervising
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licensees, of having completed two thousand hours of supervised
practice under an establishment training program pursuant to
section 157.12D shall be allowed to take the examination for a
license to practice the appropriate practice of the barbering
and cosmetology arts and sciences.
Sec. 4. Section 157.8A, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
157.8A Use of schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and
sciences.
1. A school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences
may be used for purposes other than student instruction so long
as the other activities do not disrupt classes.
2. An instructor employed by a school of barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences may perform barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences services at the school of
barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences for compensation
while not instructing students.
3. The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of
this section.
Sec. 5. Section 157.10, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. d. The board may approve a course of study
allowing a student to simultaneously study for licenses to
practice both esthetics and nail technology. A student who
partially completes a combined course of study for licensure
for the practice of esthetics and nail technology is not
eligible for licensure for the practice of esthetics or nail
technology unless the student has completed the licensure
requirements for the practice of esthetics or nail technology.
The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the
implementation of this paragraph.
Sec. 6. Section 157.11, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. A licensed school of barbering and cosmetology arts and
sciences at which students or licensees practice barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences is exempt from licensing as an
establishment.
Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 157.12D Establishment training
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program.
1. An establishment training program is created. The
board shall create an establishment training program and allow
establishments to register to participate in the program. An
establishment licensed pursuant to section 157.11, including
an establishment operating in a residence pursuant to section
157.6 may participate in the program by registering with the
board.
2. An establishment that registers with the board may employ
persons, without regard to the person's licensure status, to
provide services that would otherwise require a license under
this chapter under the supervision of a licensee who regularly
provides those services. A person providing services without
a license must first complete two hours of education related
to barbering and cosmetology laws in this state and rules and
sanitation, as determined by the board by rule, before offering
services permitted under the program. The establishment owner
is responsible for ensuring the education, training, skills,
and competence of persons who provide services in the owner's
establishment.
3. An establishment participating in the establishment
training program shall comply with all facility and minimum
equipment requirements, safety and infection control
provisions, inspection requirements, management requirements,
and establishment licensing renewal requirements. The
department shall inspect an establishment participating in the
program as the department deems necessary to ensure compliance
with these requirements.
4. The establishment shall disclose in writing prior to
the consumer's receipt of services from an unlicensed provider
that the establishment is participating in the program and
that the provider is not licensed. The disclosure shall be
clearly legible and state: " This licensed establishment is
registered to participate in an establishment training program.
This establishment employs unlicensed providers who work under
the supervision of licensed providers. The services you are
receiving are from an unlicensed provider participating in this
program.
5. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, in
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an action based on an injury alleged to have occurred in an
establishment participating in the establishment training
program, a prevailing party may recover reasonable attorney's
fees and receive other equitable relief as determined by the
court.
6. In addition to any other disciplinary powers established
pursuant to this chapter, the board may, when it has probable
cause to believe that human health is endangered, order an
establishment participating in the program to immediately cease
participation in the program. The board shall conduct formal
proceedings pursuant to this chapter to determine whether the
problem has been corrected, whether to suspend, revoke, or
reinstate the establishment's participation in the program, and
whether to suspend, revoke, or reinstate the establishment's
license.
7. For the purposes of this section, " supervision - means
within the physical presence of a licensee and the licensee is
available to assist in providing services.
Sec. 8. Section 157.13, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. d. When the practice is performed by a
person without a license under the supervision of a licensee in
an establishment registered with the board pursuant to section
157.12D.
Sec. 9. Section 157.13, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
If the board has reasonable grounds to believe that a person
or establishment which is not licensed under this chapter and
that is not participating in an establishment training program
pursuant to section 157.12D has engaged, or is about to engage,
in an act or practice which requires licensure under this
chapter, or otherwise violates a provision of this chapter, the
board may issue an order to require the unlicensed person or
establishment to comply with the provisions of this chapter,
and may impose a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand
dollars for each violation of this chapter by an unlicensed
person or establishment. Each day of a continued violation
after an order or citation by the board constitutes a separate
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offense, with the maximum penalty not to exceed ten thousand
dollars.
W/
PAT GRASSLE
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 711, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved 2025
Governor