(a) To be eligible to apply to his or her home state‘s state licensing authority for an initial multistate license under this compact, a licensee must hold an active and unencumbered single-state license to practice cosmetology in his or her home state.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Upon the receipt of an application for a multistate license, according to the rules of the commission, a member state’s state licensing authority shall ascertain whether the applicant meets the requirements for a multistate license under this compact.(c) If an applicant meets the requirements for a multistate license under this compact and any applicable rules of the commission, the state licensing authority in receipt of the application, within a reasonable time, shall grant a multistate license to that applicant, and inform all member states of the grant of the multistate license.(d) A multistate license to practice cosmetology issued by a member state’s state licensing authority shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing the practice thereof as though that licensee held a single-state license to do so in each member state, subject to the restrictions herein.(e) A multistate license granted pursuant to this compact may be effective for a definite period of time, concurrent with the licensure renewal period in the home state.(f) To maintain a multistate license under this compact, a licensee shall do all of the following:
(1) Agree to abide by the rules of the state licensing authority, and the state scope of practice laws governing the practice of cosmetology, of any member state in which the licensee provides services.(2) Pay all required fees related to the application and process, and any other fees which the commission may by rule require.(3) Comply with any and all other requirements regarding multistate licenses which the commission may by rule provide.(g) A licensee practicing in a member state is subject to all scope of practice laws governing cosmetology services in that state.(h) The practice of cosmetology under a multistate license granted pursuant to this compact shall subject the licensee to the jurisdiction of the state licensing authority, the courts, and the laws of the member state in which the cosmetology services are provided.
