HLS 22RS-300 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 240
BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON
MASSAGE THERAPISTS: Provides relative to the licensed profession of massage therapy
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 37:3556(F), relative to the licensure of massage therapists; to provide for a
3 provisional license for massage therapy graduates; to require notification to a client;
4 to provide for a sunset date; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:3556(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง3556. Licensure; qualifications; provisional licensure
8 * * *
9 F. The board shall make available to any graduate of a state-approved,
10 Louisiana-based school for massage therapy a provisional license for immediate use
11 upon graduation at an established massage therapy business registered with the
12 board. The provisional license shall be active for one three-month term and shall not
13 be renewed. Any facility that employees a massage therapist who is operating under
14 a provisional license shall notify a client of the licensure status of a provisionally-
15 licensed massage therapist prior to the client receiving any services from that
16 massage therapist.
17 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall cease to be effective on December 31,
182025.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 22RS-300 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 240
DIGEST
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constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and
24:177(E)]
HB 240 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Emerson
Abstract: Allows graduates of state-approved, Louisiana-based massage therapy schools
to receive one three-month provisional license upon graduation.
Present law states the qualifications for licensure to the La. Board of Massage Therapy
(board) and provides the methods for issuance to those qualified licensees.
Proposed law grants a three-month provisional license to massage therapy graduates in
preparation for the board exam.
Proposed law does not allow for a renewal of the provisional license.
Proposed law requires a facility who employees a provisionally-licensed massage therapist
to notify a customer that the massage therapist is operating under a provisional license prior
to receiving services from that massage therapist.
Proposed law shall cease to be effective on Dec. 31, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 37:3556(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the
original bill:
1. Limit the provisional license to one three-month term.
2. Require a facility to notify a client that a massage therapist is operating under a
provisional license prior to receiving services.
3. Add a sunset date of Dec. 31, 2025.
4. Make technical changes.
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