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Expand your offerings safely with Advanced Esthetics Insurance at ascpskincare.com 23 WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE ESTHETICS INDUSTRY? There's no perfect formula for the way a board should be structured. It depends on the state, the number of licensees, the industry being regulated, and many other things. The simple answer is that the esthetics industry is not big enough to sustain its own board in any state, for now. It would be burdensome for estheticians to fund and be regulated by a standalone board. But that could change as the industry grows. As the esthetics boom continues, we may start to see larger states develop a need for their own esthetics boards. If and when that day comes, Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) will be there to advocate for you to make sure your board is set up to represent, serve, and protect you and the entire profession to the best of its ability. Have questions for the ASCP Government Relations team? Email gr@ascpskincare.com. If your state adopted a dedicated esthetics board, it would likely need to limit how many sta they hired to keep overhead down, meaning longer wait times for license renewals. Laura Puryear ASCP Government Relations Director ASCP ADVOCACY providing more staff to help you, and making the industry less vulnerable to deregulation. Lawmakers often target boards they view as ineff ective, under-resourced, or unnecessary. Esthetics is a perfect example of an industry that, at least for now, benefi ts greatly from composite boards. Pooling resources with related professions helps esthetics maintain a stable and visible presence. The number of estheticians in any given state is going to be small compared to most industries that have standalone boards (like those mentioned above). Fewer licensees under a hypothetical standalone board would mean each member would have to pay more to keep the board fi nancially afl oat to fund operations. However, joining forces with similar professions under one umbrella keeps costs spread out among more licensees and makes license processes more manageable for each esthetician. If your state adopted a dedicated esthetics board, it would likely need to limit how many staff they hired to keep overhead down, meaning longer wait times for license renewals and continuing education approval and higher fees for licensees. We've seen this play out in states that have standalone boards for smaller industries—renewals get backed up, there aren't enough people to investigate claims, paperwork falls through the cracks, and the profession ultimately suff ers.