MN Salon Manager License Exam - Questions With Complete Solutions
Display of license ✔ Ans - Every holder of a license granted by the board shall display it in a conspicuous place in the place of business.
"School" does not include ✔ Ans - A place where the only teaching of cosmetology is done by a licenses cosmetologist as part of community ed program of less than ten hour duration. provided the the program does not permit practice on persons other than students in program, and provided that the program is intended solely for the self improvement of the students and not as preparation for professional practice.
Instructor must maintain ✔ Ans - an active operator or manager's license in the area in which the instructor holds an instructor's license.
Person ✔ Ans - May extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate,
and to partnership and other unincorporated associations.
Designated licensed salon manager (dlsm) ✔ Ans - A manager who is designated by the school owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the salon owner for salon practitioner compliance.
Designated School Manager ✔ Ans - A school manager who is designated by the school owner and registered with the board, who is responsible with the school owner for school and instructor compliance.
School Manager ✔ Ans - A cosmetologist who is a salon manager and who has a school manager license. A school manager must maintain an active salon
manager's license.
Advertisting ✔ Ans - Any written or graphic representation designed to elicit enrollment or the sale of goods or services and includes: signs, displays, circulars, business card, brochures, and recruitment materials in print, on air, or online. Autoclave ✔ Ans - Device registered and listed with the FDA used to sterilize tools, equipments, and supplies by subjecting them to pressure saturated steam.
Clean ✔ Ans - Free from all soil, dirt, and debris, and washed with soap and water, or a cleaning agent.
Disinfect ✔ Ans - The use of an antimicrobial pesticide that eliminates harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses on nonporous surfaces.
Disinfectant ✔ Ans - An antimicrobial pesticide that is registered with the EPA for use in hospital setting and is a bactericide, virucide, and fungicide. (BVF)
Sharps container ✔ Ans - Closed, puncture-resistant, leak proof container, labeled with the international biohazard symbol, that is used for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal of sharps.
Unregulated Services include ✔ Ans - Ear piercing, body art, body painting, henna tattoos and permanent tattoos, eyebrow embroidery, eyebrow
microblading, permanent hair removal, permanent makeup, tanning by UV radiation and spray tanning units, injectables, services for theatrical, television, film, fashion, photography, or media productions or media appearances, mortuary services, massage, body wraps, and lymphatic drainage when performed by a massage therapist, the practice of medicine (MN stat sec 147.081 sub 3) hair braiding, and threading.
Unregulated services ✔ Ans - Those services not defined as the practice of
cosmetology under MN statues, section 155A.23, subdivision 3, that are exempt from regulation by board.
Work area ✔ Ans - Separate work area is created when the service area is partitioned from other salon spaces or work areas by walls at least six feet high and doorways of less than 5 feet in width.
Practice of Cosmetology does not include: ✔ Ans - Advanced practice esthetic services Practice of Nail Tech does not include ✔ Ans - Waxing, eyelash or eyebrow
enhancements, or any other esthi services. Nail techs may NOT use any tool or
equipment to penetrate the skin.
Eyelash extensions do NOT include ✔ Ans - Color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any other cosmetology service.
Each sterilization package or container must have what? ✔ Ans - Batch number and date of sterilization, corresponding to the log of use
Autoclaves and other sterilizers must be spore tested how often and by who? ✔ Ans - Every 30 days to ensure functionality through an independent lab.
Spore testing results and maintenance records must be kept ✔ Ans - On site at the salon for 36 months.;
Are autoclaves and autoclave packing allowed? ✔ Ans - They are prohibited UNLESS regular spore tests are performed by a contracted laboratory at least once per month but not more than 30 days between test.
What happens if an autoclave has a positive spore test? ✔ Ans - The autoclave must not be used until a negative spore result is received.
What must the salon maintain a log of for Autoclaves? ✔ Ans - A log of each use, all testing samples and results, and a maintenance log of all maintenance performed according to the manufacturers directions.
The salon must retain the most recent WHAT of the autoclave logs? ✔ Ans - The most recent 36 months of the log at the salon for review by the board.
Sterilized items must be stored in what? ✔ Ans - The packaging in which the were sterilized. Each package must show the batch number and sterilization date corresponding to the log kept of each sterilization process.
When do licenses expire? ✔ Ans - All licenses expire on the last day of the individual's birth month of the year due and each licensee is responsible for applying to renew the license without notice from the board.