Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) The board shall establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to persons and establishments engaged in massage for compensation. (b) No person or establishment shall be issued a license until the applicant and each person engaged in massage at such massage es…

In order to effectuate this chapter, the board or its authorized representative is empowered to conduct an investigation of persons engaged in massage or massage establishments and to inspect the license of practitioners and establishments for compliance. The refusal of a practit…

The board has the power and authority to enter into any court of this state having proper jurisdiction to seek an injunction against any person or massage establishment not in compliance with this chapter and is further empowered to enter into any such court to enforce this chapt…

(a) The board is authorized to deny, restrict or condition any application for licensure or revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline the license of a massage therapist or an establishment, if the applicant, licensee or holder of an establishment license upon proof:(1) Is guilty of…

(a) Charges relative to a violation of this chapter may be presented by any person, or the board may, on its own motion, direct the chair of the board to present charges. An accusation may be filed with the chair of the board, charging any licensed massage therapist with any of t…

(a) Any person granted an exemption under this chapter is effective only to the extent that the bona fide practice of the profession or business that is licensed, certified or registered under the laws of this state overlaps into the field comprehended by this chapter, and exempt…

(a) The board is hereby authorized to promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this chapter. (b) The board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations regardin…

(a) The board may, at its discretion, grant licensure to any person who is licensed or registered in another state or country with standards as stringent as those required by this chapter. (b) (1) The board may, in its discretion, grant a temporary license to a person who has bee…

Notwithstanding law to the contrary, the act of a duly licensed massage therapist in performing a massage shall be deemed to be medically therapeutic in nature and shall not be subject to the collection of any form of state or local taxation regulations not also imposed on other …

No person licensed by the massage licensure board shall ever be referred to as a primary care provider nor be permitted to use such designation.

(1) In addition to the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon it by other provisions of this chapter, the board shall have the following powers and duties:(1) Prescribe the minimum curricular and minimum standards for schools of massage therapy and for courses of training t…

(a) The board is authorized to issue a license to practice massage therapy to an applicant who:(1) Meets the qualifications set forth in § 63-18-105(b)(1) and (2); and(2) Has been certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for the five-year…