2006 New York Code - Requirements For A Professional License.

 
    §  7804.  Requirements  for  a  professional license. To qualify for a
  license as a massage therapist, masseur or masseuse, an applicant  shall
  fulfill the following requirements:
    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    (2)  Education:  have  received  an  education,  including high school
  graduation and graduation from a school or institute of massage  therapy
  with  a  program  registered  by  the  department,  or  its  substantial
  equivalent in both subject matter and extent of training, provided  that
  the  program  in  such  school  or  institute shall consist of classroom
  instruction of a total of not less than five hundred hours  in  subjects
  satisfactory to the department;
    (3)  Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (4) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
    (5) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States  citizen  or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    (6)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
  department; and
    (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to  the  department
  for  admission  to a department conducted examination and for an initial
  license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination,  a  fee  of
  fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission
  to  a  department  conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for
  each triennial registration period.