Estheticians; permanent make-up specialty insurance, licensure by endorsement.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included speculative claims about the number of estheticians who will apply and what happens if qualifications differ from Virginia’s. These were removed due to lack of supporting information in the official sources.

Permanent Make-up Specialty License for Estheticians

This bill allows the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology to issue a permanent make-up specialty license to estheticians who perform such services, including those licensed in other states.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology to give a special license to estheticians or master estheticians who do permanent make-up like eyebrows, eyeliner, lip coloration, or similar pigmentation services.
• Requires the Board to create rules that let licensed estheticians or master estheticians get this specialty license.
• Permits the Board to issue these licenses by endorsement to people from other states if they have been doing similar work there for at least three years.

Who It Names or Affects

• Licensed estheticians and master estheticians who want to perform permanent make-up services in Virginia.
• The Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, which will issue the new licenses.

Terms To Know

endorsement

A process where someone from another state can get a license to work in Virginia if they have similar qualifications and experience elsewhere.

permanent make-up specialty license

A special type of license that allows estheticians or master estheticians to perform permanent make-up services like eyebrows, eyeliner, lip coloration, or similar pigmentation services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact requirements for obtaining a permanent make-up specialty license.
• It is unclear how many estheticians will apply for this new type of license.
• There are no details on what happens if someone's qualifications from another state differ from Virginia’s.

Official Summary Text

Professions and occupations; barbers and cosmetologists; estheticians; permanent make-up specialty licensure; licensure by endorsement.
Allows the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology to issue a permanent make-up specialty license to any licensed esthetician or master esthetician who performs permanent make-up services, including permanent eyebrow, eyeliner, lip coloration, and similar pigmentation services. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to permit licensed estheticians or master estheticians to be granted such licenses and allows the Board to issue such licenses by endorsement to perform permanent make-up services to persons who have held a current and unrestricted license to perform such services in other states, the District of Columbia, or possessions or territories of the United States for at least three years.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 54.1 a section numbered
54.1-708
, relating to professions and occupations; barbers and cosmetologists; estheticians; permanent make-up specialty licensure; licensure by endorsement.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 54.1 a section numbered
54.1-708
as follows:

§
54.1-708
. Estheticians; permanent
make-up
specialty
licensure
; licensure by endorsement.

A.
The Board may issue a

permanent make-up specialty license
to any licensed esthetician or master esthetician
who performs permanent make-up
services
, including
permanent eyebrow, eyeliner, lip coloration, and similar pigmentation services
.
The Board shall promulgate regulations consistent with this section to permit
licensed estheticians or master estheticians
to be granted
permanent make-up
specialty licenses
.

B.
The Board may issue a permanent make-up specialty license to any licensed esthetician or master esthetician by endorsement to perform permanent make-up services
to persons who
have held
a current and unrestricted license to perform such services in other states, the District of Columbia, or possessions or territories of the United States
for at least three years
. The applicant for such license shall present
to the Board
satisfactory evidence of the qualifications equal to those required of applicants for licensure in
the Commonwealth
and that he was licensed in such other jurisdiction. The standard of competence required in such other jurisdiction shall not be lower than that required in
the Commonwealth
.