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Delaware

Delaware Board of Massage & Bodywork
Cannon Building #203
861 Silver Lake Blvd
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302-744-4500
Fax: 302-739-2711
Email: 
customerservice.dpr@delaware.gov

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Title: LMT or CMT
License Requirement: 625 hours and passing the MBLEx or NCBTMB
License Renewal: 24 hours/2 years.
Certification Requirement: 300 hours *Initial certifications will no longer be issued after Dec. 31, 2024, background check, fingerprints, and CPR training
Certification Renewal: 24 hours/2 years

Delaware Increases Education Hours, Phases Out Certification Program
09/12/2024

House Bill 386 changes the state’s minimum hours of massage therapy education for students who begin massage therapy programs on or after July 1, 2024. Senate Bill 277 amends the tiered licensing system in Delaware. Find out how each bill affects students and current certified massage technicians.

DE Proposes Online Continuing Education Rule
04/08/2022

The Delaware Board of Massage and Bodywork has proposed a continuing education (CE) rule that would allow the required nine hours of hands-on CE to be taken online for the license renewal period ending August 21, 2022.

Revised Proposed Public Health Rules for Massage Establishments
08/31/2018

Revised proposed Public Health Rules for Delaware massage therapy establishments have been issued. The revised proposed rules omit some of the objectionable provisions in the prior rules proposal, such as lighting requirements for massage establishments, but contain other problematic provisions, such as lack of clarity regarding sanitation procedures and references to invasive procedures, which MT's of course do not perform.

May 4 Deadline to Comment on Public Health Rules for Massage Establishments
04/24/2018

This is a reminder that the deadline to submit comments on the proposed Public Health Rules for Delaware massage therapy establishments is Friday, May 4, 2018. ABMP is submitting a formal written opposition to the rules, many of which impose onerous and unworkable requirements on massage therapy businesses. Click here to read the proposed Public Health rules.

Please submit your comments on the proposed rules to: 

New Delaware Massage Establishment Regulations 
03/08/2018

The Delaware Board of Massage and Bodywork (Board) has finalized the regulations implementing the state's new massage establishment license law. The law and regulations require that massage and bodywork businesses obtain an establishment license in addition to any state or locally required business license, and in addition to the state massage therapist license that must be held by each individual massage therapist. ABMP actively worked with the Board to help shape the regulations and voice our concerns during the regulatory process.