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Recent News and Legislative Updates

The deadline to renew your Colorado massage therapy license is January 31, 2015. The renewal fee is $76.  If you do not renew your license prior to January 31 you will have a 60 day grace period to renew before your license will be deemed expired. However, a $15 late fee will apply to all…

New York Assembly Bill 9259 was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on December 17, 2014. Under the new law, a massage therapist who holds a massage license in another state does not need to have a New York State massage license in order to…

New York Assembly Bill 9259 was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on December 17, 2014. Under the new law, a massage therapist who holds a massage license in another state does not need to have a New York State massage license in order to…

As we've previously mentioned, the state of Pennsylvania is now requiring that in order to renew your massage license after January 1, 2015, you must have completed two hours of continuing education (CE) in the topic area of child abuse recognition and reporting.

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You may recall that ABMP sent an email to Georgia members on November 19, 2014, letting you know that the Georgia Board of Massage Therapy would be considering a proposal to amend the rule regarding Continuing Education (CE) on December 5, 2014. If adopted, the Board would no longer accept…

The Georgia Board of Massage Therapy will be considering a proposal to amend rule 345-4-.02 related to continuing education hours accepted for the purpose of licensure renewal on December 5, 2014. If adopted, the Board…

If you have already renewed your GA massage license for this renewal period, you can disregard this message.

It's time to renew your Georgia Massage Therapy license. Your license expires October 31, 2014, so visit http…

A new law was passed in Florida this year, s.456.0135, F.S, which imposes new background check requirements…

A new law was passed in Florida this year, s.456.0135, F.S, which imposes new background check requirements…

At the recent Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) Annual Meeting, it was announced that the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork will no longer be offering or accepting licensure exam applications as of November 1, 2014, and will cease offering…