North Dakota Code § 43-11-25

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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) Pays all applicable fees; and
(4) 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.
b. 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(4) The applicant's license has not been revoked or voluntarily surrendered in 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.

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