The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) will soon launch its new Exam Service Center, featuring technological upgrades. FSMTB will migrate hundreds of thousands of files to their new system. There will be a temporary technology blackout beginning March 1, 2025, and lasting…
Recent News and Legislative Updates
- Improve portability
- Reduce red tape
- Ensure safety
Full tank of gas? Check. Massage table? Check. Multistate massage license . . . Almost. Sounds like a great idea, right—a license that allows you to leave your home state and practice in another? Well…
- Improve portability
- Reduce red tape
- Ensure safety
Full tank of gas? Check. Massage table? Check. Multistate massage license . . . Almost. Sounds like a great idea, right—a license that allows you to leave your home state and practice in another? Well…
- Improve portability
- Reduce red tape
- Ensure safety
Full tank of gas? Check. Massage table? Check. Multistate massage license . . . Almost. Sounds like a great idea, right—a license that allows you to leave your home state and practice in another? Well…
Once a new year begins, should we swipe the slate clean or are some things worthy of extending into a new year? Early in January, the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing issued a proposed rule impacting…
The new year brings with it some important continuing education (CE) changes. Beginning January 6, 2025, the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation (TDLR) will no longer be confirming CE credits before you renew your massage therapy license.
Instead, you…
The Department of Human Services published a proposed rule (page 2) in the Arkansas Register that would add licensed massage therapists to the definition of mandated reporter. If you…
Due to a law enacted this summer, North Carolina increased its minimum massage and bodywork education hours from 500 to 650 to ensure aid-eligible schools can continue to offer certain federal funding to students.…
Your state board or licensing agency . . . you recognize its name on your license, you know it’s where you submit your renewal information, and it may reach out to you from time to time with a new rule change. But have you ever considered the inner workings of a state licensing board or viewed…
In late August, Governor John Carney signed into law two bills that affect educational standards and programs. House Bill 386…