Georgia Massage Therapy Practice Act

Georgia · Professions and Businesses · §§ 43-24A-1 to 43-24A-9 · 25 sections

Overview

The act regulates the practice of massage therapy as a licensed profession, making it unlawful to practice or to hold oneself out as a massage therapist without a license and protecting the professional title from use by others. It creates a licensing board, assigns supporting administrative duties to the licensing department, and sets out how licenses are obtained and kept — qualifications for licensure, licensure by endorsement, exemptions, fees, display, renewal, continuing education, inactive status, and restoration of expired licenses. It also defines grounds for discipline and establishes the machinery for enforcing them, including hearings before a hearing officer with subpoenas, sworn testimony, findings and recommendations, rehearing and administrative review, along with suspension, surrender and restoration of licenses, advertising restrictions, and civil penalties for unlicensed practice.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-1Short title
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-10Applications under oath
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-11Licensing examinations
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-12[Reserved] License by reciprocity
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-13License by endorsement
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-14Display of the license certificate; expiration and renewal of licenses; liability insurance coverage; change of address; inactive status
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-15Unlawful acts
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-16Practice of massage therapy without a license; injunctions
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-17Disciplinary action
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-18Administrative procedures
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-19Exceptions
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-2Legislative findings and intent
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-20Continuing education requirements
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-21Proceedings for a restraining order, injunction, or writ of mandamus
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-23Taxation as a health care activity
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-3Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-30Licensing or regulation of massage therapy businesses; limitation on naming and labels
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-31Prohibited elements of ordinance or regulation; no prohibition on impeding practice
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-32Regulation and licensing of other businesses
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-33Enforcement by prosecuting attorney; issuance of injunctions
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-5Qualifications of board members; removal
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-6Meetings of the board; officers and committees
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-7Powers of the board
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-8Licensure of massage therapists; application and requirements
O.C.G.A. § 43-24A-9Provisional permits

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