On July 1, the Board of Therapeutic Massage issued an emergency rule to raise the state’s minimum massage education hours from 500 to 625. This change applies to all Missouri entry-level programs and apprenticeships/mentorships. The emergency rule is effective immediately and expires February 27, 2025.
Missouri
Board of Therapeutic Massage
Massage Therapy Board
3605 MO Blvd
PO Box 1335
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Phone: 573-522-6277
Fax: 573-751-0735
massagether@pr.mo.gov
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Title: Licensed Massage Therapist
Requirements: 625 hours (by emergency rule, effective until February 27, 2025), and MBLEx or NCETMB; liability insurance, background check, 2 sets of fingerprints, and state exam
Renewal: 12 hours/2 years
The Missouri Division of Regulation and Licensure adopted several new rule changes that will go into effect February 29, 2019. The rules impact multiple subject areas, and ABMP has summarized the changes below.
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. We will keep you updated on any future licensing proposals in Missouri.
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. We will keep you updated on any future licensing proposals in Missouri.
HB 659, recently introduced in the Missouri legislature, proposes to dramatically alter the state’s massage therapy law by stating that “nothing [within the massage therapy statute] shall require a person engaged in the practice of massage therapy to be licensed,” except that only someone who has obtained a license can call him or herself a “licensed massage therapist.” Therefore, if the bill becomes law, no massage therapist in Missouri will be required to have license in order to practice mass