NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1961

Senate Bill S1961

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to higher education
Jan 17, 2023	referred to higher education

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2023-S1961 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6757
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
2019-2020: S3097
2021-2022: S375

2023-S1961 (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.

2023-S1961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1961

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:

2019:S.3097 - Referred to Senate Higher Education.

2020:S.3097 - Referred to Senate Higher Education.

2021:S.375 - Referred to Senate Higher Education.

2022:S.375 - Referred to Senate Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

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

2023-S1961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1961
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  MYRIE,  RAMOS -- 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.
                                                            LBD04102-01-3

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Sponsored By

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.