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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5440
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 768
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist.
AN ACT EXCLUDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM THE DEFINITION
OF MASSAGE THERAPY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 20-206a of the general statutes be amended to revise the 1
definition of massage therapy to exclude bodywork involving stroking 2
of the hands, feet or ears or the use of touch, words and directed 3
movement, including healing touch, therapeutic touch, mind-body 4
centering, ortho-bionomy, traeger therapy, reflexology, polarity 5
therapy, reiki, qigong, muscle activation techniques or other practices 6
with the primary purpose of affecting energy systems of the human 7
body. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To redefine massage therapy to exclude certain activities from those
requiring licensure.