How would your job and or life be different if licensing was not required or required if it is not now?
Missouri has required licensing since before my career started, 23 years ago. If licensing were suddenly not required it would not affect my job at this point. Clients could buy what they want from the supply house,but, they still could not do my quality of work. Just like people who go to Sally's now and get a gel or acrylic kit and try to "do it themselves". I do not retail but if I did a loss of licensing would kill any salon retail business. Consumer's have the ability to file claims with the state because of licensing, what would they do if there was no requirements for licensing? Who would the consumer go to to complain? Who would over see sanitation, health issues? Consumers would only be able to file complaints with the better business bureau against the salon or file a liability claim with the courts. The FDA would still have regulation over the use of any currently regulated products. How would you learn perform services properly if there was no accredited schools though the state or government? Maybe trade schools would keep offering training, but odds are not. Students would not be willing to pay for the education if a certificate from the cosmo school will not help them get a job. Manicurists would be trained by the salon owner or manager, so, their training would be only as good as the trainer. Would you stay in the industry if there was no licensing? Yes, because I would stand out even more from everyone else in my area than I already do because of my professionalism and expertise which will appear even greater compared to the competition. I love being graded on a curve, I always rock the curve! Would you pay more for your license if you thought your state was going to cut licensing? Yes, I think that licensing is important. The quality of nail care will go way down if licensing is dropped. If that happens, NSS will no longer be "non-standard",it would become the standard. Would you actively petition your state if they were considering dropping licensing requirements? I am too lazy to spearhead a campaign, but, I would help and support someone else who wanted to take the lead. I'd write letters and get others to write letters. Do you think the industry can be self-regulated? It would be nice if the industry as a whole set up national standards that all manicurists voluntarily abided by, and consumers would only go to manicurists who had the "National Certificate". Not going to happen. No, the industry can not be self regulated. People do not follow the laws that licensed states already have under threat of legal action. What would happen if there were no worries about state interference in how they run their business? NSS salons would become the standard for the industry. Katherine St. Louis, MO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
