The new year brings with it some important continuing education (CE) changes. Beginning January 6, 2025, the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation (TDLR) will no longer be confirming CE credits before you renew your massage therapy license.
Instead, you…
The Department of Human Services published a proposed rule (page 2) in the Arkansas Register that would add licensed massage therapists to the definition of mandated reporter. If you…
Due to a law enacted this summer, North Carolina increased its minimum massage and bodywork education hours from 500 to 650 to ensure aid-eligible schools can continue to offer certain federal funding to students.…
Your state board or licensing agency . . . you recognize its name on your license, you know it’s where you submit your renewal information, and it may reach out to you from time to time with a new rule change. But have you ever considered the inner workings of a state licensing board or viewed…
In late August, Governor John Carney signed into law two bills that affect educational standards and programs. House Bill 386…
In early August, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law House Bill 5135, adding training requirements for applicants and licensed professionals in abnormal skin growth education.
An applicant who applies for…
On August 2, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2660, amending massage therapy misconduct laws.
The bill requires a massage therapist to practice only when a chaperone who is a licensed massage…
Your voice, experience, and industry knowledge are invaluable assets to your practice, and they may be complementary contributions to the Montana Board of Massage Therapy (Board). There are currently two vacancies on the Board for licensed massage therapists.
Being a board member…
Sales tax on health-care services? Say it with us: Not in Nebraska!
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has proposed sweeping tax reforms for the state, and massage therapy is at risk of being unfairly taxed…
On July 10, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 4587, changing the state’s minimum education hours required for an individual to obtain licensure as a massage and bodywork therapist. The bill…