Bill Text: FL H0049 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Massage Therapy
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0049 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0049-Introduced.html
HB 49 |
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2 | An act relating to massage therapy; amending s. 480.041, |
3 | F.S.; authorizing the Board of Massage Therapy to issue |
4 | temporary permits to applicants who meet certain |
5 | qualifications to practice massage therapy; providing for |
6 | the expiration of temporary permits; providing |
7 | limitations; amending s. 480.044, F.S.; providing for a |
8 | temporary permit fee; providing an effective date. |
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10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 480.041, |
13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
14 | 480.041 Massage therapists; qualifications; temporary |
15 | permits; licensure; endorsement.- |
16 | (5)(a) The board may issue a temporary permit to practice |
17 | massage therapy to an applicant who: |
18 | 1. Graduates from a school that is accredited by an |
19 | accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of |
20 | Education for the agency's specialization in accrediting massage |
21 | therapy education. |
22 | 2. Meets all of the qualifications for licensure under |
23 | this section, except for paragraphs (1)(c), (4)(b), and (4)(c). |
24 | (b) If an applicant desires to practice massage therapy |
25 | before becoming licensed by examination and completes a course |
26 | of study at a board-approved massage school, the applicant may |
27 | apply for a temporary permit in accordance with rules adopted |
28 | under this chapter. |
29 | (c) A temporary permit is valid for 6 months after |
30 | issuance by the board or until the applicant fails the massage |
31 | licensure examination or receives a massage therapist license, |
32 | whichever occurs first. |
33 | (d) An applicant for licensure by examination who |
34 | practices under a temporary permit may only practice massage |
35 | therapy under the supervision of a licensed massage therapist |
36 | who has a full, active, and unencumbered license. |
37 | Section 2. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (1) of |
38 | section 480.044, Florida Statutes, to read: |
39 | 480.044 Fees; disposition.- |
40 | (1) The board shall set fees according to the following |
41 | schedule: |
42 | (m) Temporary permit fee: not to exceed $50. |
43 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |
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