You may have renewed your massage therapy license many times, but the newly formed Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board (Board) has new licensing requirements that are different from years past.
Under the new Board, licensees are required to submit a fingerprint background…
In early July, North Carolina enacted Senate Bill 607 (page 2), increasing the minimum training requirements for massage and bodywork licensure that an applicant must complete at a school approved by the North Carolina…
Your voice, experience, and industry knowledge are invaluable assets to your practice, and they may be complementary contributions to the Oregon Massage Board of Massage Therapists (Board). The Board is currently recruiting for the following committees:
On July 1, the Board of Therapeutic Massage (Board) issued an emergency rule in the Missouri Register (page 952) to raise the state’s minimum massage education hours from 500 to 625. This change applies to…
A massage multistate license is almost here, and Ohio just brought us one step closer! ABMP is excited to announce that the Ohio legislature adopted Senate Bill…
Nevada recently updated important rules for massage therapy students. On June 18, the Nevada Legislative Commission (Commission) approved the Nevada Board of Massage Therapy’s (Board) decision to increase the minimum…
Senate Bill 353 (SB 353) was enacted in late June, raising Louisiana’s minimum massage education hours from 500 to 625. Schools have until December 31, 2026, to comply with the new hour requirement.
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Governor Daniel McKee signed into law House Bill 7738 and Senate Bill 2625 in late June, increasing minimum…
A massage multistate license is almost here, and Ohio just brought us one step closer! ABMP is excited to announce that the Ohio legislature adopted Senate Bill…
Minimum massage education hours are the hot-button topic in the legislative and regulatory world. States across the country are taking action by increasing minimum program lengths to protect student access to federal aid.
How does increasing hours accomplish this?…