2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 2. BUSINESS
TITLE25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
452. Massage
§452-13 Requisites for admission to examination and licensing of massage therapists and massage therapy establishments.

§452-13 Requisites for admission to examination and licensing of massage therapists and massage therapy establishments. (a) The executive secretary of the board shall determine the sufficiency of the preliminary qualifications of applicants for admission to examination and licensing. The executive secretary shall require that:

(1) A nonrefundable application fee shall be paid to the board at the time of the application.

(2) The examination fee shall be refunded only if the applicant is found not qualified to take the license examination.

(3) An applicant for examination shall have completed academic training in anatomy, physiology, structural kinesiology, and the theory and demonstration of massage, which is not confined to any specific system or method of massage therapy, spent at least six months as a massage therapist apprentice or massage therapist student in a school approved by the board, and met all other requirements set for apprentices or students by the board pursuant to section 452-6(c).

(b) An applicant desiring to license a massage therapy establishment shall file with the board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board, and setting forth that the applicant has complied with all of the requirements in a manner and detail as may be required by the rules established by the board. A license fee shall be paid to the board together with the application fee. [L 1947, c 192, §13; RL 1955, §63-13; am L 1965, c 211, §§1, 2; HRS §452-13; am L 1980, c 208, §15; am L 1981, c 65, §5; am L 1984, c 7, §34; am L 1985, c 95, §2; am L 1986, c 99, §5; am L 1987, c 190, §5; am L 1989, c 204, §5; am L 1990, c 205, §3; am L 1997, c 40, §12]

Case Notes

Cited: 38 H. 584, 586.