Bill Text: IA SF267 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the practice of massage therapy, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1037.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1194. [SF267 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF267-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PRACTICE
OF
MASSAGE
THERAPY,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
152C.5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
152C.5
Practice
or
use
of
title
——
license
required.
1.
The
practice
of
massage
therapy
as
defined
in
section
152C.1
is
strictly
prohibited
by
unlicensed
individuals.
It
is
unlawful
a
serious
misdemeanor
for
a
person
to
engage
in
or
offer
to
engage
in
the
practice
of
massage
therapy,
or
use
in
connection
with
the
person’s
name,
the
initials
“L.
M.
T.”
or
the
words
“licensed
massage
therapist”,
“massage
therapist”,
“masseur”,
“masseuse”,
or
any
other
word
or
title
that
implies
or
represents
that
the
person
practices
massage
therapy,
unless
the
person
possesses
a
license
issued
under
the
provisions
of
section
152C.3
.
Senate
File
267,
p.
2
2.
It
shall
be
an
affirmative
defense
to
a
prosecution
for
a
violation
of
subsection
1,
in
addition
to
any
other
affirmative
defenses
for
which
the
defendant
might
be
eligible,
that
the
defendant
is
a
victim
of
a
crime
that
is
a
violation
of
section
710A.2.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
267,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
