(1) Any person who is properly licensed in any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or foreign country shall be eligible for examination if the applicant submits the approved application and fee and provides proof to the director that he or she is currently licensed in good standing as a cosmetologist, hair designer, barber, manicurist, esthetician, master esthetician, instructor, or the equivalent in that jurisdiction. Upon passage of the required examinations the appropriate license will be issued.

Terms Used In Washington Code 18.16.130

  • Barber: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of barbering. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Cosmetologist: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of cosmetology. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Director: means the director of the department of licensing or the director's designee. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Esthetician: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of esthetics. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Hair designer: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of hair design. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Instructor: means a person who gives instruction in a school, or who provides classroom theory training to apprentices in locations other than in a school, in a curriculum in which he or she holds a license under this chapter, has completed at least five hundred hours of instruction in teaching techniques and lesson planning in a school, or who has documented experience as an instructor for more than five hundred hours in another state in the curriculum of study, and has passed a licensing examination approved or administered by the director. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • 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.
  • Manicurist: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of manicuring. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Master esthetician: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of master esthetics. See Washington Code 18.16.020
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, professional service corporation, joint stock association, joint venture, or any other entity authorized to do business in this state. See Washington Code 18.16.020
(2)(a) The director shall, upon passage of the required examinations, issue a license as master esthetician to an applicant who submits the approved application and fee and provides proof to the director that the applicant is currently licensed in good standing in esthetics in any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or foreign country and holds a diplomate of the comite international d’esthetique et de cosmetologie diploma, or an international therapy examination council diploma, or a certified credential awarded by the national coalition of estheticians, manufacturers/distributors & associations.
(b) The director may upon passage of the required examinations, issue a master esthetician license to an applicant that is currently licensed in esthetics in any other state, territory, or possession of the United States, or foreign country and submits an approved application and fee and provides proof to the director that he or she is licensed in good standing and:
(i) The licensing state, territory, or possession of the United States, or foreign country has licensure requirements that the director determines are substantially equivalent to a master esthetician license in this state; or
(ii) The applicant has certification or a diploma or other credentials that the director determines has licensure requirements that are substantially equivalent to the degree listed in (a) of this subsection.
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