Sections
25 entriesSection 4600Establishes “Massage Therapy Act” as the official name of the chapter and allows statutory references to that title to be construed as…Section 4600.5Establishes legislative intent for statewide massage-professional certification, high training standards, local land-use control over massage establishments, cooperation among governments, law enforcement, stakeholders,…Section 4601Defines key massage-law terms, including approved school, council, massage, massage establishment, massage practitioner, massage therapist, and sole provider. A sole provider must…Section 4602Establishes the California Massage Therapy Council to administer the chapter, issue qualifying certificates, investigate certification information, and take reasonable implementation actions. The…Section 4603Requires protection of the public to be the massage council's highest priority when exercising certification, disciplinary, and other authority. Whenever public protection…Section 4603.1Requires local governments to impose and enforce only reasonable and necessary fees and regulations on massage businesses and establishments, consistent with existing…Section 4604Requires massage certification applicants to be at least 18 and complete 500 approved-school hours, including 100 core hours, plus background and fee…Section 4604.1Prohibits the massage council from accepting applications for new certified massage practitioner certificates on or after January 1, 2015, while allowing certificates…Section 4604.2Requires a conditional massage practitioner certificate holder, within five years after issuance, to complete and report at least 30 hours of additional…Section 4605Requires massage certification to be renewed every two years in the manner prescribed by the council unless another rule applies. A certificate…Section 4606Requires massage certification applicants and proposed records custodians to submit fingerprints before certification or designation, with state and federal criminal-history review and…Section 4607Allows the massage council to discipline a certified owner or operator of a massage business or establishment, or an applicant for certification,…Section 4608Requires a massage certificate holder to display the original certificate, carry the identification card while working, provide the certified name and number…Section 4609Allows the massage council to deny certification or discipline certificate holders for listed violations, including sexual conduct, fraudulent applications, proxy examinations, impersonation,…Section 4610Requires massage certification denials and discipline to follow the chapter’s fair-procedure rules and allows probation, suspension up to one year, stayed discipline,…Section 4611Establishes as an unfair business practice using certified, licensed, CMT, CMP, or similar massage designations without a current active council certificate, or…Section 4612Prohibits a city, county, or city and county from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that conflicts with the massage chapter or the…Section 4614Requires the massage council, on request, to provide specified applicant or certificate-holder information to law enforcement or local massage regulators, and authorizes…Section 4615Requires the massage council to use stated school-approval timelines: completeness review within 30 days, missing information within 60 days with a possible…Section 4615.5Requires a school offering a professional massage-therapy program not approved by the council to notify each prospective student in writing before enrollment…Section 4616Requires lawsuits against the massage council to be brought only in the county where its principal office is located. The principal office…Section 4617Allows a county superior court with jurisdiction, on petition by any person, to issue an injunction or other appropriate relief for a…Section 4618Establishes legislative findings that uniform massage certification is a matter of statewide concern because of health, safety, and welfare interests, and extends…Section 4619Requires the massage chapter to be liberally construed to carry out its purposes and establishes that its provisions are severable. If a…Section 4621Sets January 1, 2030, as the date through which the massage chapter remains in effect and provides that the chapter is repealed…