Once at least seven states pass the Interstate Massage Compact, licensed massage therapists will be able to temporarily move from one state to another by applying for a multistate license without long application wait times or a hiatus between practicing. If you support licensure mobility, contact your Illinois representatives now.
Illinois
Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
Chicago Office:
555 West Monroe St., 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
Springfield Office:
320 West Washington St., 3rd Floor
Springfield, IL 62786
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Title: Licensed Massage Therapist
Requirement: 600 hours and passing the MBLEx or NCBTMB, background check and fingerprints
Renewal: 25 hours/2 years
On August 2, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2660, amending massage therapy misconduct laws.
The bill requires a massage therapist to practice only when a chaperone who is a licensed massage therapist or other health-care worker licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Department) is present if a massage therapist is charged with:
Licensees must earn one hour of CE in in domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education.
Illinois House Bill 0588 was signed into law this legislative session and requires massage establishments to post a human trafficking resource notice in bathrooms located within their businesses.
Effective March 1, 2021, a new rule allows all 24 hours of continuing education credits to be completed online.
Personal Care Service Guidelines for businesses in Illinois have been updated for Tier 3, beginning November 20, 2020.
Illinois revised its CE requirements for this renewal cycle in an emergency rule that allows all 24 hours of CE credits to be completed online.
Personal Care Services Guidelines issued by the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity were recently updated.
ABMP, ASCP, AHP, and ANP have summarized below how COVID-19 has impacted the licensing regulations and laws in the state of Illinois.
ABMP offers members a free, one-hour sexual harassment prevention training CE to meet new Illinois continuing education requirement.