As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions govern the terms in this compact:(1) 'Active military member' means any person with full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve;(2) 'Adverse action' means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a member state's laws that is imposed by a state licensing authority or other regulatory body against a cosmetologist, including actions against an individual's license or authorization to practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation of the licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on a license affecting an individual's ability to participate in the cosmetology industry, including the issuance of a cease and desist order;(3) 'Alternative program' means a non-disciplinary monitoring or prosecutorial diversion program approved by a member state's state licensing authority;(4) 'Authorization to practice' means a legal authorization associated with a multistate license permitting the practice of cosmetology in that remote state, which is subject to the censing authority;(4) 'Authorization to practice' means a legal authorization associated with a multistate license permitting the practice of cosmetology in that remote state, which is subject to the enforcement jurisdiction of the state licensing authority in that remote state;(5) 'Background check' means the submission of information for an applicant for the purpose of obtaining that applicant's criminal history record information, as further defined in 28 CFR § 20.3(d), from the federal bureau of investigation and the agency responsible for retaining state criminal or disciplinary history in the applicant's home state;(6) 'Charter member state' means a member state who has enacted legislation to adopt this compact where such legislation predates the effective date of this compact as described in § 62-4-215;(7) 'Commission' means the government agency whose membership consists of all states that have enacted this compact, which is known as the cosmetology licensure compact commission, as established by § 62-4-211, and which operates as an instrumentality of the member states;(8) 'Cosmetologist' means an individual licensed in their home state to practice cosmetology;(9) ommission, as established by § 62-4-211, and which operates as an instrumentality of the member states;(8) 'Cosmetologist' means an individual licensed in their home state to practice cosmetology;(9) 'Cosmetology', 'cosmetology services', and the 'practice of cosmetology' mean the care and services provided by a cosmetologist as set forth in the member state's statutes and regulations in the state where the services are being provided;(10) 'Current significant investigative information' means:(A) Investigative information that a state licensing authority, after an inquiry or investigation that complies with a member state's due process requirements, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved true, would indicate a violation of that state's laws regarding fraud or the practice of cosmetology; or(B) Investigative information that indicates that a licensee has engaged in fraud or represents an immediate threat to public health and safety, regardless of whether the licensee has been notified and had an opportunity to respond;(11) 'Data system' means a repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, license status, investigative information, and has been notified and had an opportunity to respond;(11) 'Data system' means a repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, license status, investigative information, and adverse actions;(12) 'Disqualifying event' means any event that disqualifies an individual from holding a multistate license under this compact, which the commission may by rule or order specify;(13) 'Encumbered license' means a license in which an adverse action restricts the practice of cosmetology by a licensee, or where said adverse action has been reported to the commission;(14) 'Encumbrance' means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of cosmetology by a state licensing authority;(15) 'Executive committee' means a group of delegates elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the commission;(16) 'Home state' means the member state that is a licensee's primary state of residence, and where that licensee holds an active and unencumbered license to practice cosmetology;(17) 'Investigative information' means information, records, or documents received or generated by a state licensing authority icensee holds an active and unencumbered license to practice cosmetology;(17) 'Investigative information' means information, records, or documents received or generated by a state licensing authority pursuant to an investigation or other inquiry;(18) 'Jurisprudence requirement' means the assessment of an individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the practice of cosmetology in a state;(19) 'Licensee' means an individual who currently holds a license from a member state to practice as a cosmetologist;(20) 'Member state' means any state that has adopted this compact;(21) 'Multistate license' means a license issued by and subject to the enforcement jurisdiction of the state licensing authority in a licensee's home state, which authorizes the practice of cosmetology in member states and includes authorizations to practice cosmetology in all remote states pursuant to this compact;(22) 'Remote state' means any member state, other than the licensee's home state;(23) 'Rule' means any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission under this compact that has the force of law;(24) 'Single-state license' means a cosmetology license issued by a member state that authorizes the any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission under this compact that has the force of law;(24) 'Single-state license' means a cosmetology license issued by a member state that authorizes the practice of cosmetology only within the issuing state and does not include any authorization outside of the issuing state;(25) 'State' means a state, territory, or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia; and(26) 'State licensing authority' means a member state's regulatory body responsible for issuing cosmetology licenses or otherwise overseeing the practice of cosmetology in that state.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1060,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
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