Bill Text: NY S06275 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-12 - PRINT NUMBER 6275A [S06275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06275-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6275--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing references to
          "masseur" and "masseuse"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  7802 of the education law, as amended by chapter
     2  230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 7802. Practice of massage  therapy  and  use  of  title  ["masseur",
     4  "masseuse"  or]  "massage  therapist"  or the term "massage" or "massage
     5  therapy". Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this  chapter
     6  shall  practice  massage  therapy  and only a person licensed under this
     7  article shall use the title ["masseur", "masseuse" or]  "massage  thera-
     8  pist".  No  person,  firm,  partnership  or  corporation  claiming to be
     9  engaged in the practice of massage  or  massage  therapy  shall  in  any
    10  manner  describe, advertise, or place any advertisement with the follow-
    11  ing language, including but not limited to, "massage therapy," "bodywork
    12  therapy," "massage therapist," "bodywork therapist,"  "massage,"  "mass-
    13  eur," "masseuse," "licensed massage therapist," or the acronym "LMT" for
    14  services as defined in section seventy-eight hundred one of this article
    15  unless  such  services  are performed by a person licensed or authorized
    16  pursuant to this chapter.
    17    § 2.  The opening paragraph of section 7804 of the education  law,  as
    18  amended  by  chapter  230  of  the laws of 1997,   is amended to read as
    19  follows:
    20    To  qualify  for  a  license  as  a  massage  therapist,  [masseur  or
    21  masseuse,] an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    §  3.   Subdivision 1 of section 7806 of the education law, as amended
     2  by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997,  is amended to read as follows:
     3    1. The department may issue a limited permit to practice massage ther-
     4  apy  as  a licensed massage therapist[, masseur or masseuse] to a person
     5  who has not previously held such a permit and who  fulfills  all  except
     6  the  examination  and  citizenship  requirements for a license, provided
     7  however that a permit shall not be issued to a person who has failed the
     8  state licensing examination.
     9    § 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.