Our last New Mexico Legislative Update, issued in May 2009, discussed then-proposed changes to the state’s massage therapy regulations.To read the state regulations currently in place as of July 2015, please go to the…
Recent News and Legislative Updates
In our March 2015 legislative update we discussed that the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (NCBMBT) had proposed rules to begin licensing massage establishments. ABMP is opposed to regulatory boards attempting to regulate businesses since local jurisdictions usually…
Vermont is one of five states in the US that currently does not have state licensing or other state regulation of massage therapists. There have been two bills introduced in the last two years that intended to regulate the profession; however, neither bill was written or endorsed by the massage…
Under Maryland HB 208, which was recently signed into law by Governor Hogan, Maryland massage therapists no longer have to have their trade names preapproved by the State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners.
As we’ve previously informed our members, a state law was passed in August 2014 requiring that Alaska massage therapists must hold a state-issued massage license in order to practice. Following the passage of the law, the next step in the process was for the Alaska Board of Massage…
Our last legislative update discussed 2011 Massachusetts Senate Bill 90, which proposed to amend the state’s massage licensing law by, among other things, increasing the classroom hours required for licensure from 650 to 900 hours…
Our last Iowa legislative update discussed 2012 HB 2126, which proposed to change the 600-hour massage education requirement for licensure in Iowa. HB 2126 did not pass, and has not been reintroduced. The 600 hour education…
Indiana HB 1360, which proposed that massage therapists be subject to the same general standards of practice as members of other health professions in Indiana, failed in the state legislature and will not become law. We will continue…
2014 Alabama House Bill 119, discussed in our previous legislative update, did not pass in the Alabama legislature in 2014, and was not reintroduced in the 2015 legislative session. We will keep our members apprised of any…
Washington HB 1252, discussed in our last Washington legislative update, has been signed into law. Under the version of the bill that was passed, massage and reflexology business owners are now subject to criminal…