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Recent News and Legislative Updates

If you have already obtained your Pennsylvania massage therapy license, you may disregard this email.

The Pennsylvania State Board of Massage Therapy has granted an extension of time to July 31, 2012 for existing practitioners to apply for a…

On March 29, 2012, Governor Gregoire signed Senate Bill 6103, which amends and supplements the existing massage licensing statute by requiring the certification of reflexologists. Because massage practitioners must be licensed…

On April 3rd, 2012, Governor Otter signed Senate Bill 1295a into law. The law requires massage therapists to become licensed by the state and establishes a Board of Massage Therapy to implement the process. The law also…

If you have already received your license, you may disregard this message.

It is illegal to practice massage therapy in Montana without having a state license. Most massage therapists have already applied for and received their license. However, if you were…

House Bill 2564, which would have required massage therapists to become state licensed, failed to progress this year. Thank you to all members who made phone calls to legislators at our request. There will very likely be another attempt in the 2013 legislative session to re-introduce a bill.…

To: NJ ABMP members

From: Jean Robinson, government relations director

RE: February 29, 2012 Board Meeting, Board review of public comments submitted

Applications for licensing are NOT available yet, and probably won't be available until the fall at the earliest…

At its meeting on February 15, 2012, the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) voted to eliminate the National Exam for State Licensing (NESL), offered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and  the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx) offered by…

A FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AS A LICENSED PENNSYLVANIA MASSAGE THERAPIST

All licensed massage therapists in Pennsylvania will have to renew their licenses by January 31, 2013. It does not matter whether you obtained…

To: Michigan ABMP members

From: Jean Robinson, government relations director

RE: March 5, 2012 public hearing regarding the proposed administrative rules to implement massage therapy licensing.

Applications for licensing are NOT available yet. They probably won…

House bill 2387, the bill currently before the state legislature that previously sought to move the classification of massage therapy from the Department of Health Related Boards and place it under the Department of Commerce and Insurance, has now been amended to remove all references to the…