Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.8: Apprentices

A. Each person training as an apprentice shall be required to

have the same qualifications as a student for admission into a

cosmetology or barber school, and shall be registered with the State

Board of Cosmetology and Barbering before commencing the training.

B. No apprentice shall engage in any of the practices of

cosmetology or barbering except under the immediate supervision of a

licensed instructor in a cosmetology or barber establishment

approved by the Board for apprentice training.

C. All apprentices shall wear a badge which designates them as

an apprentice and is furnished by the Board with the apprentice

registration receipt.

D. Only two apprentices may be registered to receive training

in any cosmetology or barber establishment at any one time. An

apprentice registered to receive training in any cosmetology or

barber establishment may receive compensation during his or her

training.

E. Completion of two thousand two hundred fifty (2,250) hours

of apprentice training in a cosmetology or barber establishment is

the equivalent of one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours’

training in a cosmetology or barber school and shall entitle the

apprentice to take the examination.

F. The required curriculum for apprenticeships shall be created

by an organization approved by the Board for each discipline.

Practical and theory-related benchmarks shall be administered by

either a master barber or master cosmetologist at the end of each

chapter/unit of the curriculum. Benchmarks shall be established

within the course outline and curriculum shall be provided to the

Board upon request during the apprenticeship application process.