2010 Tennessee Code
Title 63 - Professions Of The Healing Arts
Chapter 18 - Massage Therapists
Part 1 - Massage Licensure
63-18-104 - License required.
63-18-104. License required.
(a) Persons or massage establishments engaged in massage for compensation shall be licensed by the massage licensure board.
(b) [Deleted by 2005 amendment.]
(c) Any person or establishment who advertises or engages in massage for compensation without a current valid license from the massage licensure board commits a Class B misdemeanor. It is unlawful to use the word massage or any other term that implies massage technique or method when advertising a service by a person who is not licensed under this part or another chapter of state law.
(d) The practice of reflexology shall not be subject to the licensure requirements of this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, reflexology means the application of specific pressures to reflex points in the hands and feet only.
[Acts 1995, ch. 480, § 5; 2000, ch. 676, § 1; T.C.A. § 63-18-104; Acts 2005, ch. 232, § 3.]
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