Senate Bill sb0344c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 344

    By the Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; and
    Senator Saunders




    317-955-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the regulation of massage

  3         therapy; amending s. 480.034, F.S.; exempting

  4         certain settings where massage therapy is

  5         rendered from the licensure and inspection

  6         requirements for massage establishments;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 480.034,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         480.034  Exemptions.--

14         (5)  The establishment licensure requirements of this

15  chapter do not apply to the practice of massage therapy by a

16  massage therapist:

17         (a)  At the office of a medical physician licensed

18  under chapter 458, an osteopathic physician licensed under

19  chapter 459, a chiropractic physician licensed under chapter

20  460, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under

21  part I of chapter 464, an acupuncturist licensed under chapter

22  457, a podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461, a

23  dentist licensed under chapter 466, or a physical therapist

24  licensed under chapter 486;

25         (b)  At the residence or office of a massage

26  therapist's client, a sports event, a convention, or trade

27  show, excluding colonic irrigation, as provided by rules

28  adopted by the board;

29         (c)  At a facility operating under a license issued

30  under chapter 395 or chapter 400; or

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 344
    317-955-04




 1         (d)  At a board-approved massage school, for

 2  instructional purposes.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 6                         Senate Bill 344

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 8  The committee substitute no longer exempts health facilities
    from the massage establishment licensure requirements.
 9  Instead, the committee substitute extends the exemption from
    massage establishment licensure to the following settings:
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         -    the office of a Florida-licensed allopathic
11            physician, osteopathic physician, advanced
              registered nurse practitioner, acupuncturist,
12            chiropractic physician, podiatric physician,
              dentist, or physical therapist;
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         -    the residence or office of a massage therapist's
14            client, a sports event, a convention, or trade show,
              excluding colonic irrigation, as provided by rules
15            of the Board of Massage Therapy;

16       -    a facility operating under a Florida-licensed
              hospital, nursing home or other facility licensed
17            under ch. 400, F.S.; and

18       -    a board-approved massage school, for instructional
              purposes.
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