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PSA 🗣️: Whether you are applying for a new license or doing a renewal.

Illinois requires hands-on beauty and wellness professionals to complete an approved abnormal skin growth course, such as the free online Skinny on Skin program by IMPACT Melanoma. The training teaches professionals how to spot potential melanomas and advise clients to see a doctor.

Who Needs the Certification:

Cosmetologists, estheticians, nail technologists, massage therapists, barbers, hair braiders, and electrologists.

Key Rule Details:

Effective Date: Applies to original license applicants and first license renewals or restorations on or after January 1, 2026.

Time Commitment: Takes about one hour to complete online.

Purpose: Focuses purely on early visual awareness, empowering professionals to suggest medical evaluations without diagnosing clients themselves.

Link provided for your FREE online training.

https://impactmelanoma.org/skinny-on-skin/

Help save a life. ✨

The same rules apply to ANYONE practicing nails illegally without an Illinois State License...(225 ILCS 410/1-7.5)

***You must to go to an Illinois State Approved School to apply for an Illinois State Nail Technology State License!

(225 ILCS 410/1-7.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)
Sec. 1-7.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
(a) Any person who practices,
offers to practice, attempts to practice,
or holds oneself out to practice barbering,
cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding,
or nail technology without being licensed under this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000| for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act regarding disciplining a licensee.
(b) The Department has the authority and power to investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
(c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and ex*****on had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any court of record.
(Source: P.A. 104-153, eff. 1-1-26.)

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