The Senate Committee on Government Operations is considering a massage therapy licensing bill with Senate Bill 270 (S. 270).
There is a meeting at the…
Recent News and Legislative Updates
Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) into law on September 18, 2019. It will become effective on January 1, 2020.
AB5 was introduced in the 2019 legislative session to address the California Supreme Court Decision Dynamex. The Dynamex decision addressed who is an…
The Amended Georgia House Bill 242 became effective July 1, 2019. Following are highlighted changes that pertain to massage therapists and schools.
There are big changes to licensing requirements, including the requirement that everyone must have liability insurance, definition changes,…
The Alabama Board of Massage Therapy (Board) has posted a notice on their homepage that states the use of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Alabama is strictly prohibited. Further, while there may be THC-…
After Incarceration, Man Calling with Sham Job Offers and Stalking Practitioners Again
Update, May 26, 2020: ABMP has received information that a man with a history of scamming, stalking, and even assaulting massage therapists may be continuing…
Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court issued a decision that will affect whether California workers are classified as employees or independent contractors. The case, Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles…
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Update February 27, 2018: The following news post has been updated with another scam targeting massage therapists. Update February 13, 2017: ABMP is seeing a resurgence in members reporting a scam involving a request for massage. We have updated the… Under Oklahoma’s new massage therapy law, every massage therapist must hold a state-issued massage therapy license by May 1, 2017 in order to practice after that date. If you do not have a license by May 1, 2017, you will not be able to legally practice in Oklahoma until you get… In an ongoing effort to maintain the integrity of the licensing examination and address fraud in the licensing process, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) is developing an incremental process to support member boards in detecting and addressing fraud. This work is a combined… |