Section 333.17959 - License; issuance; requirements. - Michigan Statutes

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.17959 License; issuance; requirements.

Sec. 17959.

(1) The department shall, upon submission of a completed application and payment of the appropriate application processing and license fee, issue a license under this part to an individual who fulfills all of the following requirements:

(a) Has a high school diploma or the equivalent as determined by the board.

(b) Is of good moral character as defined in section 1 of 1974 PA 381, MCL 338.41.

(c) Is at least 18 years of age.

(d) Has successfully passed an examination meeting the requirements of section 17961. The passage of this examination may have occurred before the effective date of this section.

(e) Has successfully completed at least 1 of the following:

(i) A supervised curriculum in a school that has not less than 500 hours of classroom instruction.

(ii) At least 500 hours of course and clinical massage education in a substantially equivalent program in another state, country, jurisdiction, territory, or province that, on a case-by-case review, is found by the board to be sufficient.

(2) The department shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of subsection (1)(a), (b), and (c) and who is currently licensed as a massage therapist in another state, country, jurisdiction, territory, or province that requires standards for licensure that are substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure under this part, as determined by the board.

(3) Until 2 years after the effective date of this part, the board may issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of subsection (1)(a), (b), and (c) and presents proof acceptable to the board that he or she has fulfilled 1 of the following requirements:

(a) For at least 1 year before the effective date of this part, has been an active member, as a massage therapist, of a national professional massage therapy association that was established before the year 2000, that offers professional liability insurance as a benefit of membership, and that has an established code of professional ethics.

(b) Has practiced massage therapy for an average of at least 10 hours per week for 5 or more years, as established by affidavit of the applicant.

(c) Has practiced massage therapy for an average of at least 10 hours per week for at least 3 years, as established by affidavit of the applicant, and has successfully completed at least 300 hours of formal training in massage therapy acceptable to the board, as established by evidence from the school or schools attended.

(d) Has successfully passed an examination meeting the requirements of section 17961. The passage of this examination may have occurred before the effective date of this section.

(e) Has fulfilled the requirement under subsection (1)(e).

History: Add. 2008, Act 471, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2009
Popular Name: Act 368