Assembly Bill A2839

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business hours

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2839 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7802 & 7801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8717
2019-2020: A2890

2017-A2839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business hours.

2017-A2839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2839
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  expanding  the  defi-
   nition  of  massage  therapy  to  include other related services   and
   requiring the licensee of a massage therapy location be on  the  prem-
   ises at all times during business hours
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7802 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7802.  Practice  of  massage  therapy  and  use of title "masseur",
 "masseuse" or "massage therapist" or  the  term  "massage"  or  "massage
 therapy". 1. Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chap-
 ter shall practice massage therapy and only a person licensed under this
 article  shall  use  the  title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage thera-
 pist". No person,  firm,  partnership  or  corporation  claiming  to  be
 engaged  in  the  practice  of  massage  or massage therapy shall in any
 manner describe, advertise, or place any advertisement for  services  as
 defined in section seventy-eight hundred one of this article unless such
 services  are  performed  by a person licensed or authorized pursuant to
 this chapter.
   2. THE LICENSEE OF A MASSAGE THERAPY LOCATION SHALL BE ON THE PREMISES
 AT ALL TIMES DURING BUSINESS HOURS AND ONLY A PERSON LICENSED OR AUTHOR-
 IZED TO PRACTICE MASSAGE THERAPY, BODY MASSAGE OR  MASSAGE  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS CHAPTER SHALL CONDUCT ANY FORM OF PHYSICAL TOUCHING OF CUSTOMERS.
   §  2.  Section 7801 of the education law, as amended by chapter 230 of
 the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7801. Definition of practice of massage therapy. The practice of the
 profession of massage therapy is  defined  as  engaging  in  applying  a
 scientific  system  of  activity  to the muscular structure of the human
 body by means of stroking, kneading,  tapping  and  vibrating  with  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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