North Dakota § 43-11-25 - Licensure by endorsement

§ 43-11-25. Licensure by endorsement

1. As used in this section, "issuing jurisdiction" means the duly constituted authority in another state, territory, foreign country, or province that issued a license to an individual. 2. The board shall issue a license to a cosmetologist, esthetician, advanced esthetician, or manicurist applicant: a. Without an examination if the out-of-state applicant: (1) Is licensed by another jurisdiction with similar scope of work through substantially similar or equivalent licensure standards of examination; the other jurisdiction verifies the out-of-state applicant met minimum education requirements to be licensed in that jurisdiction; the out-of-state applicant has maintained good standing in all jurisdictions in which the person holds a license for at least one year before making application to the North Dakota state board of cosmetology; (2) Has not had a license revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a license in any other issuing jurisdiction or country while under investigation; (3) (4) b. Pays all applicable fees; and Has not had discipline imposed by any other regulating entity in this state or another issuing jurisdiction or country. If another jurisdiction has taken disciplinary action against the applicant, the board shall determine if the cause for the action was corrected and the matter resolved. If the board determines the matter has not been resolved by the jurisdiction imposing discipline, the board shall not issue or deny a license to the person until the matter is resolved. If the following conditions are met: (1) The out-of-state applicant is currently licensed by another jurisdiction and the jurisdiction verifies the applicant met the requirements of that jurisdiction; (2) Any out-of-state license held by the applicant, is and has been maintained in good standing; (3) The applicant provides satisfactory proof of completing the course curriculum by: (a) Completion of the hours required by the board; or (b) Substantially equal work experience, determined at a rate of one thousand hours as equivalent to one hundred course curriculum hours, capped at five hundred hours if gained in the three years immediately preceding the application; (4) The applicant's license has not been revoked or voluntarily surrendered in any other issuing jurisdiction while under investigation; (5) The applicant has not been disciplined by any other regulating entity in this state or another issuing jurisdiction, or the board determined the cause for the action was corrected and the matter resolved; and (6) The applicant pays all applicable fees.