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Recent News and Legislative Updates

New CE Requirement

The rules governing continuing education (CE) for licensed massage therapists in Michigan have now been issued. This means that you must complete 18 hours of CE during the license renewal following your next (upcoming) renewal. No CE is…

The Colorado Department of Regulation (DORA), Office of Massage Therapy Licensure will hold a Stakeholder Meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 1:30 pm to discuss proposed Massage Therapy Rules 4, Rule 5 and Rule 13. Per the notice sent out by the state, "stakeholder input is…

An amendment was added to Senate Bill 9 in the Illinois Legislature last week which would impose a sales tax on massage therapy services. The bill includes a new list of taxable "personal care services," including massage, manicuring, tattooing, and tanning. However, "personal…

Delaware House Bill 35 has been introduced in the state legislature as a proposal to require massage…

As we discussed in our last update, House Bill 1289 proposes to change the state's system of…

 

Indiana is currently a "title protection" state, which means that you must hold a state massage therapy certification if you "profess to be a massage therapist" or use the titles "…

Update February 27, 2018: The following news post has been updated with another scam targeting massage therapists.

Update February 13, 2017: ABMP is seeing a resurgence in members reporting a scam involving a request for massage. We have updated the…

As we previously informed our Oklahoma members, under Oklahoma's new massage therapy law, starting May 1, 2017,…

Although the Michigan massage therapy licensing law went into effect in 2014, the rules regarding continuing education (CE) have not been issued by the Michigan Board of Massage Therapy yet. The process of drafting and approving the rules is ongoing, and we can't give you a firm statement as…

Several changes to Oregon's massage therapy rules are going into effect on January 1, 2017. The changes which impact massage therapists the most are two additions to the disciplinary rules stating that the following acts constitute violations of the disciplinary rules: