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OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 328-B
MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS

Section 328-B:2

    328-B:2 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Applicant" means a person who has submitted to the executive director an application for a license pursuant to this chapter.
II. "Advisory board" means the advisory board of massage therapists.
III. "Compensation" means the receipt of:
(a) Money, goods, services, or other things of value; or
(b) A promise to deliver money, goods, services, or other things of value.
IV. "Executive director" means the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification.
V. "Licensee" means a person to whom a license has been issued pursuant to this chapter.
VI. "Massage" means the application of a system of structured touch which includes holding, pressure, positioning, or causing movement, by manual means, for the purpose of promoting, maintaining, and restoring the health and well-being of the client. Massage is designed to promote general relaxation, improve movement, relieve somatic and muscular pain or dysfunction, stress and muscle tension, and provide for general health enhancement, personal growth, and the organization, balance, and integration of the body.

[Paragraph VII effective until July 1, 2027; see also paragraph VII set out below.]


VII. [Repealed.]

[Paragraph VII effective July 1, 2027; see also paragraph VII set out above.]


VII. "Massage establishment" means a commercial location where massage is advertised, and where massage is performed by more than one licensed massage therapist. "Massage establishment" does not include locations where massage is offered as an adjunct to medical care in a location or facility operated by licensed health care professionals operating within their scope of practice, temporary and incidental massage offered in the open in public accommodations, or other exceptions as permitted by rules.
VIII. "Massage therapist" means a licensed individual who performs massage for compensation. Titles used may include: massage therapist, massage practitioner, bodywork practitioner, bodyworker, muscle therapist, massotherapist, or somatic therapist practitioner. A massage therapist uses visual, kinesthetic, and palpatory skills to assess the body, and may evaluate the client's condition to the extent of determining whether massage is indicated or contraindicated.

[Paragraph IX effective July 1, 2027.]


IX. "Sole proprietor" means any person who owns a business by himself or herself and does not have any employees within his or her business.

Source. 1990, 12:1. 1995, 310:159, 183. 1996, 47:2-4, 12, I. 2009, 64:2. 2015, 276:102, eff. July 1, 2015. 2017, 144:12, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2026, 305:2, 3, eff. July 1, 2027.