Senate Bill sb0118

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 118

    By Senator Saunders





    37-53-05

  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 licensure requirements of this chapter for

15  establishments do not apply to the practice of massage therapy

16  by a 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 a 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 - 2005                                   SB 118
    37-53-05




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

 2  instructional purposes.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 6                          SENATE SUMMARY

 7    Extends the exemption from massage-establishment
      licensure to the office of a Florida-licensed allopathic
 8    physician, osteopathic physician, advanced registered
      nurse practitioner, acupuncturist, chiropractic
 9    physician, podiatric physician, dentist, or physical
      therapist; the residence or office of a massage
10    therapist's client, a sports event, a convention, or a
      trade show, excluding colonic irrigation, as provided by
11    rules of the Board of Massage Therapy; a facility
      operating under a Florida-licensed hospital, nursing
12    home, or other facility licensed under ch. 400, F.S.; and
      a board-approved massage school, for instructional
13    purposes.

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