Senate Bill sb0118c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 118

    By the Committee on Health Care; and Senator Saunders





    587-1707-05

  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.  Subsections (5) and (6) are added to

12  section 480.034, 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 office of a massage therapist licensed

26  under this chapter, if massage therapy is provided only to the

27  patients of the massage therapist, or at the residence or

28  office of a massage therapist's client, a sports event, a

29  convention, or a trade show, excluding colonic irrigation, as

30  provided by rules adopted by the board;

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 118
    587-1707-05




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

 2  under chapter 395 or chapter 400; or

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

 4  instructional purposes.

 5         (6)  A massage therapist who provides massage under

 6  paragraph (5)(a) must obtain a license for an establishment if

 7  massage is provided to a person other than a patient of the

 8  licensed medical physician, osteopathic physician,

 9  chiropractic physician, advanced registered nurse

10  practitioner, acupunturist, podiatric physician, dentist, or

11  physical therapist within the licensed health care

12  practitioner's office.

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

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15          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
16                         Senate Bill 118

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18  The Committee Substitute exempts the practice of massage
    therapy by a massage therapist from the massage establishment
19  licensure requirements if massage is provided in the office of
    certain Florida-licensed health care practitioners, and the
20  massage therapist who provides massage must obtain a license
    for an establishment if massage is provided to a person other
21  than a patient of the licensed health care practitioner within
    the licensed health care practitioner's office.
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    The Committee Substitute also exempts from the massage
23  establishment licensure requirements the practice of massage
    therapy by a massage therapist if the massage is provided in
24  the office of a Florida-licensed massage therapist and is
    provided only to the patients of the massage therapist.
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