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MN STATE COSMETOLOGY LAWS
& RULES CORRECTLY
ANSWERED RATED A+
Question: What is the advisory Council?
Correct answer: The Board
Question: How many members are on the board?
Correct answer: 7
Question: Who does the council represent?
Correct answer: The people
Question: How long is a license good for?
Correct answer: 3 years
Question: When does a license expire?
Correct answer: Individual licenses expire on the last day
of the licensee's birth month of the year to date. Salon and
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school licenses expire on the last day of the month of initial licensure of the year due.
Question: How do you license a salon?
Correct answer: The conditions and process by which a
salon is licensed shall be established by the board by rule.In addition to those requirements, no license shall be issued unless the board first determines that the conditions have been satisfied.
Question: How much liability insurance does a salon
need?
Correct answer: Evidence of continued professional
liability insurance coverage of at least $25,000 for each claim and $50,000 total coverage for each policy year for each operator
Question: What is a surety bond?
Correct answer: The applicant, except the state and its
political subdivisions shall file with the board a continuous corporate surety bond in the amount of
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$10,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students made by the applicant. The bond shall run to the state of Minnesota and to any person who may have a cause of action against the applicant arising at any time after the bond is filed and before it is canceled for breach of any contract or agreement made by the applicant with any student.
Question: Where is the inspection report posted?
Correct answer: A five-inch by seven-inch notice shall be
posted in the reception area stating in boldface letters:
"THIS SALON HAS BEEN LICENSED AND
INSPECTED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA . A
COPY OF THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION
REPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW UPON
REQUEST."
Question: Who are the details of the inspection report
discussed with?
Correct answer: Inspectors may discuss the results of the
inspection at its conclusion, in private, with the salon owner, manager, or a responsible person so designated in
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writing by the manager. A written report shall also be given or sent to the owner or salon.
Question: Who is left in charge of a salon if the manager
is gone?
Correct answer: A responsible person in the manager's
absence. The responsible person shall be licensed as a manager, and licensed as a cosmetologist in a cosmetology salon, esthetician salon, or nail salon; a licensed esthetician in an esthetician salon; or a licensed nail technician in a nail salon.
Question: How long do you have to become compliant if
you are found incompliant?
Correct answer: 10 days
Question: If you are convicted of a violation governed
under MN Cosmetology Statutes, what is the penalty and fine if you are convicted?