NevadaSB38683rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to massage therapy; authorizing the Board of Massage Therapy to issue a license to practice massage therapy, reflexology or structural integration to a person who would not otherwise qualify for such a license if the person satisfies certain other requirements; revising the acts which constitute the practice of reflexology; eliminating certain requirements for meetings of the Board; requiring the Board to adopt regulations concerning disciplinary actions against the holder of a certificate of a massage, reflexology and structural integration establishment; revising provisions governing the issuance of temporary licenses by the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to issue subpoenas; revising provisions governing certain advertisements; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: MelanieChief Majority Whip Scheible (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 54-891

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Faster Nevada licenses for out-of-state pros

Beginning Oct. 1, 2025, experienced out‑of‑state practitioners can get a Nevada license faster. If you legally practiced for at least 3 years, you can apply by filing the Board’s form, paying fees, sending fingerprints for Nevada and FBI checks, and letting the Board verify your records. You must submit transcripts showing program hours (massage 500; structural integration 700; reflexology 200) and pass a Board‑approved national exam, plus any Nevada exam. The Board can also issue a 90‑day temporary license to someone with an active license in good standing from another U.S. jurisdiction. A temporary license cannot be renewed, and you must wait 3 months after it expires to apply again. The Board sets other temporary‑license requirements in regulations and cannot require a written exam for it.

Reflexology scope clarified; two sections repealed

Starting Oct. 1, 2025, Nevada clarifies what reflexology covers. It means applying a system of pressure to the feet, ears, face, and hands. On the same date, two statute sections (NRS 640C.590 and 640C.610) are repealed. The practical effect of those repeals depends on what those sections did before.

Stricter ad and establishment rules, stronger enforcement

Beginning Oct. 1, 2025, only licensed people may advertise as massage therapists, reflexologists, or structural integration practitioners. Ads must show the practitioner’s name and, in print ads, the license number; establishment ads must show the operator name, establishment name, and certificate number. False or misleading ads are illegal, and listed violations are misdemeanors. The Board can order illegal ads to stop and, for people convicted of certain violence, prostitution, or sexual crimes, order phone numbers in ads to be disconnected; telecom providers that comply in good faith are protected. The Board must set clear disciplinary grounds for establishments and can fine, suspend, or revoke a certificate. The Executive Director can issue subpoenas in investigations to require testimony and records.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • MelanieChief Majority Whip Scheible

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Angela D. Taylor

    Democratic • Senate

  • LisaMinority Whip Krasner

    Republican • Senate

  • SkipDeputy Majority Whip Daly

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 63 • No: 0

House vote 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Senate vote 4/21/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 207.

    5/31/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/31/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. To enrollment.

    5/23/2025Senate
  5. In Senate.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/23/2025House
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/22/2025House
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/21/2025House
  9. Read second time.

    5/20/2025House
  10. From committee: Do pass.

    5/19/2025House
  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.

    4/24/2025House
  12. In Assembly.

    4/24/2025House
  13. To Assembly.

    4/23/2025Senate
  14. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/23/2025Senate
  15. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.

    4/21/2025Senate
  16. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    4/18/2025Senate
  17. Reprinting dispensed with.

    4/17/2025Senate
  18. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 323.)

    4/17/2025Senate
  19. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/17/2025Senate
  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/17/2025Senate
  21. From printer. To committee.

    3/18/2025Senate
  22. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.

    3/17/2025Senate

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