House File 711 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 711 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 49) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 17, 2025 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology 1 arts and sciences, including establishment training 2 programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and 3 sciences, and course of study. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 711 (4) 91 ss/ko/md

H.F. 711 Section 1. Section 157.2, subsection 1, Code 2025, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . h. Persons providing services pursuant to an 3 establishment training program authorized pursuant to section 4 157.12D. 5 Sec. 2. Section 157.2, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 3. With the exception of hair removal, manicuring, and nail 8 technology services, persons licensed under this chapter or 9 participating in an establishment training program authorized 10 pursuant to section 157.12D shall not administer any procedure 11 in which human tissue is cut, shaped, vaporized, or otherwise 12 structurally altered. 13 Sec. 3. Section 157.3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 14 following new subsection: 15 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person 16 who completes the application form prescribed by the board 17 and submits satisfactory proof, signed by the supervising 18 licensees, of having completed two thousand hours of supervised 19 practice under an establishment training program pursuant to 20 section 157.12D shall be allowed to take the examination for a 21 license to practice the appropriate practice of the barbering 22 and cosmetology arts and sciences. 23 Sec. 4. Section 157.8A, Code 2025, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 157.8A Use of schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and 26 sciences. 27 1. A school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences 28 may be used for purposes other than student instruction so long 29 as the other activities do not disrupt classes. 30 2. An instructor employed by a school of barbering and 31 cosmetology arts and sciences may perform barbering and 32 cosmetology arts and sciences services at the school of 33 barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences for compensation 34 while not instructing students. 35 -1- HF 711 (4) 91 ss/ko/md 1/ 5

H.F. 711 3. The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of 1 this section . 2 Sec. 5. Section 157.10, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended 3 by adding the following new paragraph: 4 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. The board may approve a course of study 5 allowing a student to simultaneously study for licenses to 6 practice both esthetics and nail technology. A student who 7 partially completes a combined course of study for licensure 8 for the practice of esthetics and nail technology is not 9 eligible for licensure for the practice of esthetics or nail 10 technology unless the student has completed the licensure 11 requirements for the practice of esthetics or nail technology. 12 The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the 13 implementation of this paragraph. 14 Sec. 6. Section 157.10, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 15 following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. The board shall not approve a program of 17 study that includes a course of study with substantially lower 18 requirements than the requirements imposed by this chapter or 19 the board for a similar license. 20 Sec. 7. Section 157.11, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 3. A licensed school of barbering and cosmetology arts and 23 sciences at which students or licensees practice barbering and 24 cosmetology arts and sciences is exempt from licensing as an 25 establishment. 26 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION . 157.12D Establishment training 27 program. 28 1. An establishment training program is created. The 29 board shall create an establishment training program and allow 30 establishments to register to participate in the program. An 31 establishment licensed pursuant to section 157.11, including 32 an establishment operating in a residence pursuant to section 33 157.6 may participate in the program by registering with the 34 board. 35 -2- HF 711 (4) 91 ss/ko/md 2/ 5

H.F. 711 2. An establishment that registers with the board may employ 1 persons, without regard to the person’s licensure status, to 2 provide the services of shampooing, cutting, coloring, and 3 styling hair under the supervision of a licensee who regularly 4 provides the services. A person providing services without 5 a license must first complete two hours of education related 6 to barbering and cosmetology laws in this state and rules and 7 sanitation, as determined by the board by rule, before offering 8 services permitted under the program. The establishment owner 9 is responsible for ensuring the education, training, skills, 10 and competence of persons who provide services in the owner’s 11 establishment. 12 3. An establishment participating in the establishment 13 training program shall comply with all facility and minimum 14 equipment requirements, safety and infection control 15 provisions, inspection requirements, management requirements, 16 and establishment licensing renewal requirements. The 17 department shall inspect an establishment participating in the 18 program as the department deems necessary to ensure compliance 19 with these requirements. 20 4. The establishment shall disclose in writing prior to 21 the consumer’s receipt of services from an unlicensed provider 22 that the establishment is participating in the program and 23 that the provider is not licensed. The disclosure shall be 24 clearly legible and state: “This licensed establishment is 25 registered to participate in an establishment training program. 26 This establishment employs unlicensed providers who work under 27 the supervision of licensed providers. The services you are 28 receiving are from an unlicensed provider participating in this 29 program.” 30 5. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, in 31 an action based on an injury alleged to have occurred in an 32 establishment participating in the establishment training 33 program, a prevailing party may recover reasonable attorney’s 34 fees and receive other equitable relief as determined by the 35 -3- HF 711 (4) 91 ss/ko/md 3/ 5

H.F. 711 court. 1 6. In addition to any other disciplinary powers established 2 pursuant to this chapter, the board may, when it has probable 3 cause to believe that human health is endangered, order an 4 establishment participating in the program to immediately cease 5 participation in the program. The board shall conduct formal 6 proceedings pursuant to this chapter to determine whether the 7 problem has been corrected, whether to suspend, revoke, or 8 reinstate the establishment’s participation in the program, and 9 whether to suspend, revoke, or reinstate the establishment’s 10 license. 11 7. For the purposes of this section, “supervision” means 12 within the physical presence of a licensee and the licensee is 13 available to assist in providing services. 14 Sec. 9. Section 157.13, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended 15 by adding the following new paragraph: 16 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. When the practice is performed by a 17 person without a license under the supervision of a licensee in 18 an establishment registered with the board pursuant to section 19 157.12D. 20 Sec. 10. Section 157.13, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 21 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 22 If the board has reasonable grounds to believe that a person 23 or establishment which is not licensed under this chapter and 24 that is not participating in an establishment training program 25 pursuant to section 157.12D has engaged, or is about to engage, 26 in an act or practice which requires licensure under this 27 chapter , or otherwise violates a provision of this chapter , the 28 board may issue an order to require the unlicensed person or 29 establishment to comply with the provisions of this chapter , 30 and may impose a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand 31 dollars for each violation of this chapter by an unlicensed 32 person or establishment. Each day of a continued violation 33 after an order or citation by the board constitutes a separate 34 offense, with the maximum penalty not to exceed ten thousand 35 -4- HF 711 (4) 91 ss/ko/md 4/ 5