Bill Text: FL H0049 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0049 Detail]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

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HB 49

1	A bill to be entitled
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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