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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 10.5 - Massage Therapy Act
Section 4608.

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CA Bus & Prof Code § 4608 (2025)
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4608. In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a certificate holder shall:

(a) Display their original certificate wherever they provide massage for compensation. A certificate holder shall have their identification card in their possession while providing massage services for compensation.

(b) Provide their full name and certificate number upon the request of a member of the public, the council, or a member of law enforcement, or a local government agency charged with regulating massage or massage establishments, at the location where they are providing massage services for compensation.

(c) Include the name under which they are certified and their certificate number in any and all advertising of massage for compensation.

(d) Notify the council within 30 days of any changes in the certificate holder’s legal name, home address, or the address of any massage establishment or other location where they provide massage for compensation, excluding those locations where massage is only provided on an out-call basis. A certificate holder also shall notify the council of their primary email address, if any, and notify the council within 30 days of a change of the primary email address.

(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 197, Sec. 4. (AB 1504) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 4621.)

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