This bill modifies licensing requirements for performing massage therapy, including creating a registration requirement for massage therapy establishments.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- amends the licensure requirements for massage therapy;
- specifies requirements for a criminal background check for an individual performing massage therapy;
- specifies requirements for a massage establishment to register;
- provides the circumstances under which an individual must perform massage therapy in a registered massage establishment;
- provides for the expiration and renewal of licensure;
- specifies identification, signage, and disclosure requirements;
- creates standards for unlawful and unprofessional conduct by a massage establishment;
- requires penalties for a massage establishment that engages in unlawful or unprofessional conduct;
- specifies when a massage establishment can be denied registration;
- specifies requirements for a criminal background check for massage establishment owners;
- creates a safe harbor provision for a licensed individual renting or leasing to a sole practitioner;
- allows the Division of Professional Licensing to inspect a massage establishment;
- requires standards for the inspection of a registered massage establishment;
- provides exemptions from licensure requirements;
- schedules the repeal of provisions related to a massage assistant and massage assistant-in-training;
- includes a coordination clause to coordinate enactment of provisions with S.B. 44, Professional Licensure Amendments; and
- makes technical changes.
Recommended by: Business and Labor Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 63I-1-258
Substitute #1: 58-1-301.5, 63I-1-258
Substitute #2: 58-1-301.5, 63I-1-258
Substitute #3: 58-1-301.5, 63I-1-258
Enrolled: 58-1-301.5, 63I-1-258
Substitute #4: 58-1-301.5, 63I-1-258