Title 32 — Professions and Occupations

1. "Board" means the board of massage therapy. 2. "Board recognized school" means a school that is any of the following: (a) Accredited to offer massage therapy education by an agency recognized by the secretary of the United States department of education. (b) If located in this…

A. The board of massage therapy is established consisting of the following members appointed by the governor: 1. Two massage therapists who are residents of this state, who possess an unrestricted license to practice massage therapy in this state and who have been practicing in t…

A. The board shall: 1. Evaluate the qualifications of applicants for licensure. 2. Designate at least one national examination that it requires applicants to pass. The examination must be available to a graduating massage therapy or bodywork therapy student within ninety days bef…

A. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4 and section 32-3253, the executive director of the board of behavioral health examiners shall serve as the executive director of the board of massage therapy. The executive director may not be a member of the board of massage therapy a…

A. The board of massage therapy fund is established. The board shall administer the fund. The board shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, fifteen percent of all monies collected pursuant to this chapter in the state general fund and deposit the remaining eighty-f…

(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 52. Eff. 7/1/28) A. The board of massage therapy fund is established. The board shall administer the fund. The board shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, ten percent of all monies collected pursuant to this chapter in the state general fund a…

A. Beginning July 1, 2005, a person who wishes to engage in the practice of massage therapy must be licensed pursuant to this chapter and may submit an application for licensure pursuant to this chapter not sooner than the date prescribed by the board. B. This chapter does not ap…

A. An applicant for a license as a massage therapist shall: 1. Be at least eighteen years of age. 2. Be a citizen or legal resident of the United States. 3. Satisfy the requirements of section 32-4224. 4. Receive either a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma or a si…

A. An applicant is eligible for reciprocal licensure if either of the following applies: 1. The applicant has been licensed in another state that has comprehensive standards for licensure for massage therapists for at least two of the last five years preceding the filing of the a…

A. An applicant for licensure shall file a completed application under oath or affirmation containing the information required by the board. The applicant shall include the application fee as prescribed in section 32-4227. B. The executive director may issue a temporary license t…

B. The executive director shall notify each licensee at least sixty days before expiration of the license and may renew the license on receipt of a completed renewal application. C. Each licensee is responsible for reporting to the board a name change and changes in business and …

A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, the board may renew an expired license on payment of a renewal fee and a delinquency fee and on proof that the applicant continues to meet all requirements for continuing competency and continuing education established by the board. B. Th…

A. The board shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees that do not exceed the following: 1. To apply for an original license, two hundred fifty dollars. 2. To renew a license, two hundred fifty dollars. 3. To reinstate a lapsed license, two hundred fifty dollars. 4. To renew…

A. The board shall recognize a school of massage therapy located in this state if it is approved by the state board for private postsecondary education, is accredited to offer massage therapy education by an agency recognized by the secretary of the United States department of ed…

A. A massage therapist shall refer a person requiring a treatment for a condition outside the scope of practice of a massage therapist to one or more appropriate health care practitioners if the massage therapist has reasonable cause to believe symptoms or conditions are present …

A. No person may claim to be a massage therapist or use any terms or references in any advertisement, statement or publication to suggest to the public that the person is a massage therapist unless that person is a massage therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter. B. The board…

A. The following are grounds for disciplinary action: 1. Failing to meet or maintain the requirements for an original license under section 32-4222, subsection A. 2. Using fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or the renewal or reinstat…

B. If the board finds, based on the information it receives under subsection A of this section, that the public health, safety or welfare requires emergency action and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, the board may restrict, limit or order a summary suspension …

A. It is unlawful for any person to practice or in any manner to claim to practice massage therapy or to advertise massage therapy services unless that person is licensed pursuant to this chapter. A person who engages in an activity requiring a license pursuant to this chapter or…

A. A person, licensee, corporation, educational institution, health care professional or health care facility and state or local governmental agencies must report to the board any conviction, determination or finding that a licensee has committed an act that constitutes grounds f…

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A. This chapter does not prohibit a county or municipality from adopting and enforcing regulations affecting the establishments, locations or settings in which individuals, entities or businesses engage in the practice of massage therapy. B. A county or municipality shall not imp…

A. Any person has access to the following information: 1. A list of licensees that includes the licensee's place of practice, license number, date of license expiration and status of license. 2. A list of official actions taken by the board. B. Unless they are the only address an…

A. A massage therapist or massage therapy business shall not advertise massage therapy services unless the advertisement includes either: 1. The massage therapy license number of the massage therapist if the advertisement is for the services of a specific massage therapist. 2. Th…