Bill > SB163

This bill enacts the Esthetics Licensure Compact, an agreement between states to create a unified system for licensing estheticians, individuals who provide skincare and cosmetic services. The primary goal is to make it easier for licensed estheticians to practice in multiple states, thereby improving public access to these services and ensuring safety. The compact establishes a commission, the Esthetics Licensure Compact Commission, composed of delegates from each member state, to oversee the program and develop rules. It outlines requirements for states to join, defines terms like "multistate license" (a license allowing practice in multiple member states) and "home state" (a licensee's primary state of residence), and details how licenses will be issued, renewed, and disciplined. The compact also addresses issues like background checks, information sharing between states regarding disciplinary actions, and provisions for active-duty military members and their spouses. Importantly, while the compact facilitates interstate practice, each member state retains its authority to set its own educational and professional requirements for estheticians and to enforce its own laws regarding the practice of esthetics within its borders. The bill specifies an effective date of October 1, 2026.

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