2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:3564 - Regulation of advertising
§3564. Regulation of advertising
A. A person or an entity that does not hold a license as a massage therapist, physical therapist, or chiropractor, a certificate to practice athletic training, or a license as a massage establishment shall not use the words "massage", "body work", or any derivative or variation of the word "massage", including specific bodywork or massage modalities, on any sign or other form of advertising. Any advertisement by a massage therapist or a massage establishment shall contain the license number of such therapist or establishment. Building signs with promotional material shall also include the professional or establishment number.
B. No sexually oriented business, as defined in R.S. 37:3558(C), shall use the word "massage", "body work", or any derivative or variation of the word "massage", including specific bodywork or massage modalities, on any sign or other form of advertising.
C. In all pictorial representations for any advertisement representing massage therapy, including such representations through video, all persons representing massage therapists shall be attired and posed in a manner as to avoid appealing to the prurient interest. Persons representing clients shall be appropriately draped and posed.
Acts 1992, No. 753, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1993, No. 766, §1; Acts 2012, No. 605, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 645, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1993, NO. 766, §1.}}
