(225 ILCS 410/3C-9) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703C-9)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
    Sec. 3C-9. Endorsement. Upon payment of the required fee, an applicant who is a nail technician, nail technology teacher, or nail technology clinic teacher registered or licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province may be granted a license as a nail technician, nail technician teacher, or nail technology clinic teacher by the Department in its discretion upon the following conditions:
    (a) For a nail technologist registered or licensed elsewhere:
        (1) the applicant is at least 16 years of age;
        (1.5) the applicant has passed an examination
    
authorized by the Department to determine eligibility to receive a license as a nail technician; and
        (2) the requirements for the registration or
    
licensing of nail technicians in the particular state, territory, country or province were, at the date of licensure, substantially equivalent to the requirements then in force in this State. The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the recognition of and the credit to be given to the study of nail technology under a cosmetologist or nail technician registered or licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or a foreign country or province by an applicant for a license as a nail technician.
    (b) For a nail technology teacher or nail technology clinic teacher licensed or registered elsewhere:
        (1) the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
        (1.5) the applicant has passed an examination
    
authorized by the Department to determine eligibility to receive a license as a nail technology teacher; and
        (2) the requirements for the licensing of nail
    
technology teachers or nail technology clinic teachers in the other jurisdiction were, at the date of licensure, substantially equivalent to the requirements then in force in this State; or the applicant has established proof of legal practice as a nail technology teacher or nail technology clinic teacher in another jurisdiction for at least 3 years.
    The Department shall allow applicants who have been licensed to practice nail technology in other states a credit of at least 75 hours for each year of experience toward the education required under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05.)