Issue link: https://www.ascpskindeepdigital.com/i/1539961
Protection. Education. Connection. There's an app for that at ascpskincare.com/app 23 Another risk posed by mini-licenses is to the industry as a whole. Schools, franchises, and smaller spas could lose business as a direct result of mini-licenses being implemented. Fewer students could enroll in full esthetics programs. Practitioners who spend less money and time on their education could potentially come into their narrow field and undercut the prices of established, educated estheticians. The field could become oversaturated, leading to fewer clients for fully licensed estheticians. This type of licensing scheme could also put the public at risk. It would allow individuals with less education, less regulatory oversight, and less comprehensive understanding of esthetics to work on individuals' skin, lashes, or nails. ASCP urges states that are considering implementing mini-licenses to instead focus on broadening their scope of practice for a basic esthetics license or adding an advanced esthetics licensure tier. Have questions for the ASCP government relations team? Email gr@ascpskincare.com. Schools, franchises, and smaller spas could lose business as a direct result of mini-licenses being implemented. Laura Puryear ASCP Government Relations Director ASCP ADVOCACY mini-licenses is in Utah, which rolled out a massive esthetics licensure restructuring initiative this year. At first glance, this may seem like a good way to fill labor shortages, find new employees, or start making money sooner after school. However, at Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP), we believe this licensing structure could be detrimental to the esthetics industry. While individuals seeking mini-licenses may be able to get into the market and start making money faster since the educational training is shorter, their careers would have a much lower ceiling. Those educated in and practicing only one type of service would not be able to use their mini-license for anything else unless they went back to school. This severely limits their book of business, the amount of money they can make, and any potential advancements they could make with their career. These individuals are also at an elevated risk of their careers fizzling out as trends in esthetics change. If, for example, lash treatments fell out of style, someone with an eyelash mini-license could eventually go out of business and need to start over. If they had a full esthetics license, they would have other services they could provide to clients, protecting their business, income, and career.