NIC NATIONAL INTERSTATE COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF COSMETOLOGY

Promoting public awareness of the need for education and consumer health and safety in the cosmetology and beauty profession industry; Providing a database of information pertaining to the licensure of professionals in the cosmetology and beauty profession industry.; Providing news, information, and resources for state licensing and regulatory boards and agencies related to the cosmetology and beauty profession industry; Membership services, namely, providing on-line information to members in the fields of cosmetology, barbering, hairstyling, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing, and beauty culture; Promoting the interests of professionals in the cosmetology and beauty profession industry by means of a membership association limited to members of regulatory bodies for such fields; Promoting the uniformity of the practices of cosmetology and related fields through national uniform examinations, testing, collaboration, and a national data repository

Educational services, namely, providing training courses, programs, and materials relating to national examination proctors and licensing of professionals in the cosmetology and beauty profession industry; Educational services, namely, providing training courses, programs, and materials relating to national examination proctors and licensing of professionals in the fields of cosmetology, barbering, hairstyling, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing, and beauty culture; Educational services, namely, providing training courses, programs, and materials for national examination proctors and licensing in the fields of cosmetology, barbering, hairstyling, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing, and beauty culture; Developing and preparing examinations for the state registration and licensure of cosmetologists, barbers, hairstylists, manicurists, estheticians, tattoo artists, and other beauty professionals; Educational services, namely, arranging and conducting conferences relating to the cosmetology and beauty profession industry for members of regulatory bodies for such fields

Providing news, information, and resources in the field of the cosmetology and beauty professional industry for members of regulatory bodies for such fields; Providing news, information, and resources for cosmetologists, barbers, hairstylists, manicurists, estheticians, tattoo artists, and other beauty professionals related to licensure requirements and the NIC examination program