HB246 Alabama 2023 Session

This bill would establish the Cosmetology Licensure Compact

This bill would allow the practice of cosmetology by licensed cosmetologists among compact states

This bill would authorize state cosmetology regulatory authorities in compact states, which would include the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, cosmetologists licensed within those states

This bill would provide eligibility requirements for licensed cosmetologists to practice cosmetology services pursuant to the compact and a multistate license

This bill would provide accommodations for licensed cosmetologists who are active duty personnel and their spouses

This bill would provide for a coordinated licensure database for reporting licensure, investigative information, and disciplinary actions

This bill would establish the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission, and would provide for the membership, powers, and duties of the commission

HB246 INTRODUCED This bill would also provide for rulemaking functions of the commission, oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendments to the compact

Relating to the licensed practice of cosmetology; to provide and adopt the Cosmetology Licensure Compact to allow licensed cosmetologists to practice pursuant to a multistate license among compact states in a limited manner; to provide eligibility requirements for licensed cosmetologists to practice cosmetology pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated licensure information system, joint investigations, and disciplinary actions; to establish the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission; to provide for the membership, powers, duties, and rulemaking functions of the commission; and to provide for oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendments to the compact.