Tennessee Code Title 62. Professions, Businesses and Trades § 62-4-205

(1) License and regulate cosmetology;

(2) Have a mechanism or entity in place to receive and investigate complaints about licensees practicing in that state;

(3) Require that licensees within that state pass a cosmetology competency examination prior to being licensed to provide cosmetology services to the public in that state;

(4) Require that licensees satisfy educational or training requirements in cosmetology prior to being licensed to provide cosmetology services to the public in that state;

(5) Implement procedures for considering one (1) or more of the following categories of information from applicants for licensure:  criminal history, disciplinary history, or background check.  Such procedures may include the submission of information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an applicant's background check as defined in this compact;

(6) Participate in the data system, including through the use of unique, identifying numbers;

(7) Share information related to adverse actions with the commission and other member states, both through the data system and otherwise;

(8) Notify the commission and other member states, in compliance with the terms of this compact and rules of the commission, of the existence of investigative information or current significant investigative information in the state's possession regarding a licensee practicing in that state;

(9) Comply with such rules as may be enacted by the commission to administer this compact;  and

(10) Accept licensees from other member states as established in this compact.