ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 240
BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
5 Be 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 employs 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. A provisionally licensed massage therapist may only work at a
17 facility that employs a massage therapist licensed pursuant to Subsection A of this
18 Section.
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1 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall cease to be effective on December 31,
2 2025.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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