California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 10.5 - Massage Therapy Act

• Section 4600.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Massage Therapy Act. Whenever a reference is made to the Massage Therapy Act by...
• Section 4600.5.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this act enable consumers and local governments to more easily identify certified massage professionals, provide for consistent...
• Section 4601.
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(a) “Approved school” or “approved massage school” means a school approved by the council...
• Section 4602.
  (a) The California Massage Therapy Council, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 4601, is hereby established and shall carry out the responsibilities and duties set...
• Section 4603.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the council in exercising its certification and disciplinary authority, and any other functions. Whenever the...
• Section 4603.1.
  Local governments shall impose and enforce only reasonable and necessary fees and regulations on massage businesses and massage establishments, in keeping with the requirements of...
• Section 4604.
  (a) In order to obtain certification as a massage therapist, an applicant shall submit a written application and provide the council with satisfactory evidence that he...
• Section 4604.1.
  (a) The council shall not accept applications to issue any new certificates to practice as a certified massage practitioner on or after January 1, 2015.(b) Certificates to...
• Section 4604.2.
  (a) A person who was issued a conditional certificate to practice as a massage practitioner shall, within five years of being issued the conditional certificate by...
• Section 4605.
  Except as otherwise provided, a certification issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to renewal every two years in the manner prescribed by the...
• Section 4606.
  (a) Prior to issuing a certificate to an applicant, or designating a custodian of records, the council shall require the applicant or the custodian of records...
• Section 4607.
  The council may discipline an owner or operator of a massage business or establishment who is certified pursuant to this chapter or is an applicant...
• Section 4608.
  In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a certificate holder shall:(a) Display his or her original certificate wherever he or she provides massage for...
• Section 4609.
  (a) It is a violation of this chapter for an applicant or a certificate holder to commit any of the following acts, the commission of which...
• Section 4610.
  (a) An applicant for a certificate shall not be denied a certificate, and a certificate holder shall not be disciplined pursuant to this chapter except according...
• Section 4611.
  (a) It is an unfair business practice for a person to do any of the following:(1) To hold himself or herself out or to use the title...
• Section 4612.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, or city and county shall not enact or enforce an ordinance that conflicts with this chapter or Section...
• Section 4614.
  (a) Upon the request of any law enforcement agency or any other representative of a local government agency with responsibility for regulating or administering a local...
• Section 4615.
  (a) The council shall have the responsibility to determine whether the school from which an applicant has obtained the education required by this chapter meets the...
• Section 4616.
  The council shall be sued only in the county of its principal office, which shall be in Sacramento, unless otherwise designated by the council. (Added...
• Section 4617.
  The superior court of a county of competent jurisdiction may, upon a petition by any person, issue an injunction or any other relief the court...
• Section 4618.
  The Legislature finds and declares that due to important health, safety, and welfare concerns that affect the entire state, establishing a uniform standard of certification...
• Section 4619.
  (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.(b) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application...
• Section 4620.
  (a) On or before January 1, 2017, for the time period beginning on January 1, 2015, the council shall provide a report to the appropriate policy...
• Section 4621.
  (a) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018