§ 7804. Requirements for a professional license.
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§ 7804. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a massage therapist, masseur or masseuse, an applicant shall
fulfill the following requirements:
(1)Application: file an application with the department;
(2)Education: have received an education, including high school
graduation and graduation from a school or institute of massage therapy
with a program registered by the department, or its substantial
equivalent in both subject matter and extent of training, provided that
the program in such school or institute shall consist of classroom
instruction of a total of not less than five hundred hours in subjects
satisfactory to the department;
(3)Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(4)Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
(5)Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States;
(6)Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(7)Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission
to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for
each triennial registration period.