2013 Missouri House Bill 659, which we discussed in our March 2013 Legislative Update, did not pass in the state legislature in 2013, and has not been reintroduced. The state’s mandatory licensing law…
Recent News and Legislative Updates
Our last New Mexico Legislative Update, issued in May 2009, discussed then-proposed changes to the state’s massage therapy regulations. To read the state regulations currently in place as of July 2015, please go to the…
2013 Missouri House Bill 659, which we discussed in our March 2013 Legislative Update, did not pass in the state legislature in 2013, and has not been reintroduced. The state’s mandatory licensing law remains in place.…
Our last New Mexico Legislative Update, issued in May 2009, discussed then-proposed changes to the state’s massage therapy regulations.To read the state regulations currently in place as of July 2015, please go to the…
In our March 2015 legislative update we discussed that the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (NCBMBT) had proposed rules to begin licensing massage establishments. ABMP is opposed to regulatory boards attempting to regulate businesses since local jurisdictions usually…
Vermont is one of five states in the US that currently does not have state licensing or other state regulation of massage therapists. There have been two bills introduced in the last two years that intended to regulate the profession; however, neither bill was written or endorsed by the massage…
Under Maryland HB 208, which was recently signed into law by Governor Hogan, Maryland massage therapists no longer have to have their trade names preapproved by the State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners.
As we’ve previously informed our members, a state law was passed in August 2014 requiring that Alaska massage therapists must hold a state-issued massage license in order to practice. Following the passage of the law, the next step in the process was for the Alaska Board of Massage…
Our last legislative update discussed 2011 Massachusetts Senate Bill 90, which proposed to amend the state’s massage licensing law by, among other things, increasing the classroom hours required for licensure from 650 to 900 hours…
Our last Iowa legislative update discussed 2012 HB 2126, which proposed to change the 600-hour massage education requirement for licensure in Iowa. HB 2126 did not pass, and has not been reintroduced. The 600 hour education…