Senate Bill 786 impacts massage establishment licensing, emergency suspension orders, and inspections. ABMP details how the bill may affect you and your business in this legislative web post.
West Virginia
Massage Therapy Licensure Board
Peoples Building
179 Summers Street, Suite 711
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-1060
Fax: 304-558-1061
Email: linda_lyter@frontier.com
Title: Licensed Massage Therapist
Requirement: 500 hours and MBLEx or NCBTMB
Renewal: 24 hours/2 years
The West Virginia Massage Therapy Licensing Board (Board) adopted new licensing requirements that increase minimum training hours to 625 from 500 hours. The Board also adopted new massage establishment licensure rules and fees; all massage establishments must be licensed by October 1, 2023.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed into law Senate Bill 665 in late March, adjusting massage therapy educational hours and adopting massage therapy establishment licensure. See how this may affect your school program(s) and businesses.
The West Virginia Massage Therapy Licensure Board is now accepting the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx) offered by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB: www.fsmtb.org) as a qualification for licensure.