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Board approves agreed orders for felony applicants and grants one reciprocity license
Summary
The board authorized agreed orders for applicants with felony histories and approved a reciprocity manicure license, while noting procedures for incarcerated applicants and conditions for agreed orders.
The Cosmetology and Barber Examiners Board approved agreed orders for multiple applicants with felony convictions and granted a reciprocity manicure license for an applicant from Georgia at its Dec. 2 meeting.
Executive Director Roxanna Gamusio presented applications for examination associated with felony convictions and recommended agreed orders — typically two-year monitoring agreements — for persons who are or were incarcerated. The board reviewed records for Christopher Brown, Larry Higgins, Derek Jefferson and Tedias Jenkins and approved the recommended agreed orders. The board noted it has generally used two-year agreed orders for incarcerated applicants and that the board or staff may extend monitoring when circumstances warrant.
The board also discussed an instructor recommendation and noted that the director and licensing staff have delegated authority to issue agreed orders for non-incarcerated applicants between board meetings so long as staff follow established procedures; Roxanna Gamusio confirmed one applicant, Autumn Williams, had been licensed under that delegated authority and the record was available for members to review.
Reciprocity: The board considered an application from Anna Thain Nguyen seeking a manicure license by reciprocity from Georgia. Nguyen’s Georgia documentation showed an initial license date of Oct. 15, 2021 and apprenticeship-based education. Nguyen previously held a Tennessee manicure license before 1994 that had been revoked; records from that period are not available. After review of the current Georgia education and licensing documentation, the board approved Nguyen’s reciprocity application.
Why it matters: The board’s use of agreed orders is a standard measure to allow reentry into licensed practice while maintaining monitoring and consumer-protection safeguards. Reciprocity approvals affect workforce mobility for licensees trained in other states.
Board action: The board voted to adopt the recommended agreed orders and to approve the reciprocity application.
