RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 41 (HB 240) 2022 Regular Session Emerson
Existing law requires a license to engage in the practice of massage therapy. Existing law
provides the required qualifications for licensure by the La. Board of Massage Therapy
(board) and the methods for issuance of licenses to qualified applicants.
New law authorizes a three-month provisional license for massage therapy graduates. New
law does not allow for a renewal of the provisional license.
New law requires a facility that employs a provisionally licensed massage therapist to notify
a customer that the massage therapist is operating under a provisional license prior to the
consumer receiving services from that massage therapist.
New law provides that a provisionally licensed massage therapist may only work at a facility
that employs a massage therapist licensed pursuant to existing law.
New law shall cease to be effective on Dec. 31, 2025.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 37:3556(F))