2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code
Chapter 35A.82 - Taxation—Excises.
35A.82.025 Authority to regulate massage therapists—Limitations.
RCW 35A.82.025 Authority to regulate massage therapists—Limitations.
(1) A state licensed massage therapist seeking a city license to operate a massage business must provide verification of his or her state massage license as provided for in RCW 18.108.030.
(2) The city may charge a licensing or operating fee, but the fee charged a state licensed massage therapist shall not exceed the licensing or operating fee imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists, operating within the same city.
(3) A state licensed massage therapist is not subject to additional licensing requirements not currently imposed on similar health care providers, such as physical therapists or occupational therapists.
[ 2016 c 41 § 24; 1991 c 182 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2016 c 41: See note following RCW 18.108.010.
