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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
Renewal: 25 hours/2 years

Illinois Mandates Chaperones in Cases of Massage Misconduct
08/13/2024

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:

Human Trafficking Notice Now Required in Illinois Massage Establishments
08/09/2018

Illinois has had a law in place since 2016 requiring certain types of businesses to post a notice informing the public and victims of human trafficking of telephone hotline numbers to seek help or report unlawful activity. Massage therapy establishments have now been added to the list of businesses that must post this notice. All massage therapy businesses (other than sole practitioners and some other state licensees) must now post this notice.