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Recent News and Legislative Updates

On November 23, 2020, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation passed an emergency rule to ensure all TDLR licensees with a license that expired between August 1, 2020, and November 30, 2020,…

Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.68 (EO 202.68) on October 6, 2020, which directed the New York Department of Health to determine…

In a November 18, 2020, press release, Governor Cuomo announced updated COVID-19 micro-cluster focus zones in New York. Parts of Erie County will enter the Orange…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a new Emergency Order that prohibits services requiring the temporary removal of masks, such as facials and beard trims. The order also requires…

Personal Care Service Guidelines for businesses in Illinois have been updated for Tier 3, beginning November 20, 2020. As of this date, face masks are required. Services that were allowed to…

On November 17, 2020, Governor Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 235, which goes into effect November 20, 2020. This order places a number of counties on Red Tier.

Illinois revised its CE requirements for this renewal cycle in an emergency rule that allows all 24 hours of CE credits to be completed online. Previously, only 12 of the required 24 hours of CE could be earned by an academic workshop, seminar, self-study, or web-based course. From the Illinois…

Services that require face masks to be removed are allowed as of September 3, 2020

New York provided new Personal Service Guidelines on…

Governor Newsom Announces New Website and Tiered System 

Governor Newsom announced a new COVID-19 website to identify what is open in California, available at https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy