NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3097

Senate Bill S3097

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display his or her license when practicing and the required contents of such license

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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S3097 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§7802 & 7804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8192
2021-2022: S375
2023-2024: S1961

2019-S3097 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display his or her license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of such licensee.

2019-S3097 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3097

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a licensed
massage therapist to display his or her license when practicing and the
required contents of such license

 
PURPOSE:

To require that a license with photo be on display when a massage thera-
pist licensed by the State of New York is practicing.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends section 7802 of the education law, to require that a
person who is licensed by the state under this section, using the title
of "masseur", "masseuse", or "massage therapist" shall conspicuously
display such license when practicing.

Section 2. amends section 7804 of the education law by adding a new
closing paragraph to state that a license issued pursuant to this
section shall at a minimum, include the licensee's name; license number
and a non-removable photograph of such license.

Section 3. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There has been a substantial increase in the amount of illegal practices
that have set up under the guise of 'massage therapy' and promoting
prostitution or other illegal activities. In addition, consumers have
sustained injuries as a result of treatment from unlicensed practition-
ers.

Massage therapy has been practiced for centuries and is known to relieve
the effects of many illnesses such as stress and pain, and is routinely
used in the healing of injuries. The study of massage therapy is rigor-
ous, and consumers who utilize this treatment have a right to know that
their practitioner has indeed studied massage at a certified massage
therapy school, and that they are licensed by the state to practice the
various techniques that are utilized.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S8192 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the sixtieth day after it has become a law.

2019-S3097 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3097
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
   massage  therapist  to  display his or her license when practicing and
   the required contents of such license

   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". Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this  chapter
 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.    A  PERSON LICENSED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAY  SUCH  LICENSE  WITHIN
 PUBLIC VIEW WHEN PRACTICING.
   §  2.  Section  7804  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 closing paragraph to read as follows:
   A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL AT A  MINIMUM  INCLUDE
 THE  LICENSEE'S  NAME,  LICENSE NUMBER AND A NON-REMOVABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF
 SUCH LICENSEE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06986-01-9

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Sponsored By

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.