2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 15, Chapters 670 - 704
ORS Chapter 687
687.021 Practice of massage without license prohibited; injunction against violation.


OR Rev Stat § 687.021 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

(1) No person shall engage in or purport to be in the practice of massage without a massage therapist license issued by the State Board of Massage Therapists.

(2) It is unlawful to advertise by printed publication or otherwise:

(a) The giving of massage treatments in this state by a person not licensed under ORS 687.011 to 687.250, 687.895 and 687.991; or

(b) The use of massage in the business name unless the person providing the massage is licensed under ORS 687.011 to 687.250, 687.895 and 687.991.

(3) The Attorney General, the prosecuting attorney of any county or the board, in its own name, may maintain an action for an injunction against any person violating this section. An injunction may be issued without proof of actual damage sustained by any person. An injunction does not relieve a person from criminal prosecution for violation of this section or from any other civil, criminal or disciplinary remedy. [1955 c.492 2; 1971 c.650 36; 1977 c.507 2; 1979 c.89 2; 1985 c.82 2; 1989 c.841 2; 1997 c.626 3; 1999 c.537 6]

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