Tennessee Code Title 62. Professions, Businesses and Trades § 62-4-206

(a) To be eligible to apply to their 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 their home state.

(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 must 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, then the state licensing authority in receipt of the application must, within a reasonable time, grant a multistate license to that applicant, and inform all member states of the grant of said multistate license.

(d) A multistate license to practice cosmetology issued by a member state's state licensing authority must 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 in this compact.

(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 must:

(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 subjects 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.