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| 1 | 1 | 25 LC 55 0453 | |
| 2 | 2 | Senate Bill 221 | |
| 3 | 3 | By: Senators Still of the 48th, Summers of the 13th, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and Hufstetler | |
| 4 | 4 | of the 52nd | |
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | To amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to | |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | |
| 9 | 9 | massage therapy practice, so as to increase the number of education hours applicable to2 | |
| 10 | 10 | licensed massage therapists; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for3 | |
| 11 | 11 | other purposes.4 | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 14 | 14 | Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage7 | |
| 15 | 15 | therapy practice, is amended by revising paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Code8 | |
| 16 | 16 | Section 43-24A-8, relating to licensure of massage therapists, application, and requirements,9 | |
| 17 | 17 | as follows:10 | |
| 18 | 18 | "(6) The applicant has completed successfully a board recognized massage therapy11 | |
| 19 | 19 | educational program consisting of a minimum of 500 | |
| 20 | 20 | 625 hours of course and clinical12 | |
| 21 | 21 | work;"13 | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2.14 | |
| 23 | 23 | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.15 | |
| 24 | 24 | S. B. 221 | |
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