{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-62-4-204","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-4-204","heading":"Part definitions","body":"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 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) \"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 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 l\neans 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 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 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.\nAs used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions govern the terms in this compact:\n(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;\n(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;\n(3) \"Alternative program\" means a non-disciplinary monitoring or prosecutorial diversion program approved by a member state's state licensing authority;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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 ;\ninformation, 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;\n(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 ;\n(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;\n(8) \"Cosmetologist\" means an individual licensed in their home state to practice cosmetology;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(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;\n(11) \"Data system\" means a repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, license status, investigative information, and adverse actions;\n(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;\n(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;\n(14) \"Encumbrance\" means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of cosmetology by a state licensing authority;\n(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;\n(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;\n(17) \"Investigative information\" means information, records, or documents received or generated by a state licensing authority pursuant to an investigation or other inquiry;\n(18) \"Jurisprudence requirement\" means the assessment of an individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the practice of cosmetology in a state;\n(19) \"Licensee\" means an individual who currently holds a license from a member state to practice as a cosmetologist;\n(20) \"Member state\" means any state that has adopted this compact;\ning authority pursuant to an investigation or other inquiry;\n(18) \"Jurisprudence requirement\" means the assessment of an individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the practice of cosmetology in a state;\n(19) \"Licensee\" means an individual who currently holds a license from a member state to practice as a cosmetologist;\n(20) \"Member state\" means any state that has adopted this compact;\n(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;\n(22) \"Remote state\" means any member state, other than the licensee's home state;\n(23) \"Rule\" means any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission under this compact that has the force of law;\n(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;\n(25) \"State\" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia; 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