Massage Therapy Practice Act
New Mexico · Professional and Occupational Licenses · §§ 61-12C-1 to 61-12C-9 · 30 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
- § 61-12C-1 NMSA 1978Short title. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-10 NMSA 1978Requirements for registration of massage therapy schools. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-11 NMSA 1978Display of license or registration. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-12 NMSA 1978Assignability of license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-13 NMSA 1978Examinations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-14 NMSA 1978Temporary license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-15 NMSA 1978Repealed
- § 61-12C-16 NMSA 1978Expedited licensure by credentials. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-17 NMSA 1978License renewal; continuing education. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-18 NMSA 1978Inactive status. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-19 NMSA 1978Repealed
- § 61-12C-2 NMSA 1978Legislative purpose. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-20 NMSA 1978License fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-21 NMSA 1978Advertising. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-22 NMSA 1978Power of county or municipality to regulate massage. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-23 NMSA 1978Fund created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-24 NMSA 1978Suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licenses. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-24.1 NMSA 1978Denial of license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-25 NMSA 1978Criminal offender's character evaluation. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-26 NMSA 1978Protected actions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-27 NMSA 1978Offenses; criminal penalties. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-3 NMSA 1978Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-4 NMSA 1978Repealed
- § 61-12C-5 NMSA 1978License required. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-5.1 NMSA 1978Exemptions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-6 NMSA 1978Repealed
- § 61-12C-7 NMSA 1978Board created; membership. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-8 NMSA 1978Board powers. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
- § 61-12C-9 NMSA 1978Requirements for licensure of massage therapists. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
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