309.358 Qualifications for license -- Photo of licensee to be incorporated into

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license.

(1)The board may issue a license as a massage therapist to an applicant who:

(a)Is eighteen

(18)years of age or older;

(b)Has paid the application fee and other fees required by the board;

(c)Is a person of good moral character;

(d)Has submitted a recent criminal background check performed by means of a

fingerprint check pursuant to KRS 309.355(7);

(e)Has submitted a recent color photograph as prescribed by administrative

regulation promulgated by the board;

(f)Has successfully completed:

1. A course of study consisting of a minimum of six hundred

(600)hours

of supervised instruction in a massage therapy training program

approved by the board; or

2. An associate degree having a massage therapy emphasis which meets the

requirements of a massage therapy training program with supervised

technique instruction and approved by the board; and

(g)Has successfully passed an examination administered by the Federation of

State Massage Therapy Boards, the National Certification Board for

Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, or a certifying agency that has been

approved by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or other

examinations approved by the board.

(2)The board shall incorporate the photograph provided in subsection (1)(e) of this

section into the license. The photograph shall not be merely affixed to the license.