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credit for such time and studies without complying with the
requirements of this Act as to age and preliminary educa-
tion, provided such person shall make application to the
Board for registration as a student or apprentice within 60
days after this Act goes into effect, and accompany said
application with an affidavit or form to be furnished by the
Board of a practicing physician that the applicant is free
from all infectious and contagious diseases and a registra-
tion fee required by this Act.

(c) Any person licensed to practice hairdressing and
beauty culture in another State, territory or District of
Columbia, under requirements substantially equal to those
specified in this Act, shall upon the payment of a fee of
$15. 00 be entitled to a certificate of registration without
examination.

401. REQUIREMENTS OF A SCHOOL OF BEAUTY
CULTURE.

No school of beauty culture shall be granted a certificate
of registration unless it shall attach to its staff, as a con-
sultant, a person licensed by this State to practice medicine,
and employ and maintain a sufficient number of competent
teachers, registered as such, and shall possess apparatus
and equipment sufficient for the proper and full teaching
of all subjects of its curriculum, shall keep a daily record
of the attendance of each student, shall maintain regular
class and instruction hours, shall establish grades and hold
examinations before issuance of diplomas, and shall require
a day school term of training of not less than one thousand
hours within a period of not less than six consecutive
months, or a night school term of training of not less than
1000 hours within a period of not less than twelve
consecutive months for a complete course, compris-
ing all or a majority of the practices of beauty culture,
as provided by this Act, and to include practical demonstra-
tions and theoretical studies, and study in sanitation, sterili-
zation, and the use of antiseptics, cosmetics and electrical
appliances, consistent with the practical and theoretical re-
quirements as applicable to beauty culture or any practice
thereof. In no case shall there be less than one teacher to
each twenty-five pupils. All schools must be so designated
by the name of said school.

402. STUDENT PRACTICE UPON THE PUBLIC
FOR PAY PROHIBITED.

It shall be unlawful for any school of beauty culture to
permit its students to practice beauty culture upon the