Recent News and Legislative Updates

Hawaii law requires that private trade, vocational, and technical schools, including massage therapy schools, must be licensed by the state the department of education. The department of education has had this responsibility since 1939, when the focus of regulation was on the quality of…

Two new regulations are being considered in Kentucky which would impose a new background check requirement for massage therapy licensees and license applicants. 

KY 21521 would require…

Rhode Island’s existing massage therapy statute does not expressly prevent towns and cities from enacting their own local licensing or other regulation of massage therapists and massage therapy businesses.  A new bill,…

Kansas SB 40 and HB 2123, which we have discussed in previous updates, carried over into the current legislative session. The bills would create a system of mandatory…

Kansas SB 40 and HB 2123, which we have discussed in previous updates, carried over into the current legislative session.  The bills would create a…

South Dakota HB 1027, introduced this legislative session, would make several changes to South Dakota’s massage law if passed. ABMP submitted public comments during the bill’s…

South Dakota HB 1027, introduced this legislative session, would make several changes to South Dakota’s massage law if passed.  ABMP submitted public comments during the bill’s drafting period which…

SB 568, a bill introduced in Wisconsin, and its companion bill AB 726, is an attempt by some to reduce “red tape” in regulatory affairs. The bill would…

The Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) Foundation is accepting applications through March 28, 2016 for the 2016 BCL-Massage Envy Scholarship Competition. Six students enrolled in a massage therapy education program at a qualified school will receive a $1,500 tuition scholarship toward their…

As discussed in our previous update, SB 568 and AB 726 are new Wisconsin bills which propose combining the Wisconsin Massage Therapy Board with…