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17-86-303. Massage therapist.
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17-86-303. Massage therapist.
(a) In order to be licensed as a massage therapist, the person seeking licensure shall:
(1) Furnish to the Department of Health satisfactory proof that he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(2) Make oath that he or she has not been convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any offense that would constitute a felony or constitute the offense of prostitution, either in this state or the United States, and submit a signed authorization to investigate and have information released to the department;
(3) Present the following issued in the same name as the applicant or licensee:
(A) A valid photo identification or driver's license, or both; and
(B) A Social Security card;
(4)(A) Present a high school diploma, high school equivalency diploma approved by the Adult Education Section, or college transcript and credentials issued by a massage therapy school accepted by the department or a like institution with no less than five hundred (500) hours of in-classroom instruction.
(B) An applicant shall not submit his or her transcript directly to the department.
(C) An applicant shall request that the massage therapy school submit the transcript directly to the department.
(D)(i) If the applicant's transcript is not obtainable from the original school, the applicant shall submit a statement to explain why the transcript may not be obtained.
(ii) Other documentation of credentials may be submitted and accepted for licensure at the discretion of the department;
(5) Furnish to the department satisfactory proof of passing an examination recognized and approved by the department; and
(6) Pay the specified fees, which shall accompany a completed notarized application to the department
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-86-303
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17-86-303. Massage therapist.
(a) In order to be licensed as a massage therapist, the person seeking licensure shall:
(1) Furnish to the Department of Health satisfactory proof that he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(2) Make oath that he or she has not been convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any offense that would constitute a felony or constitute the offense of prostitution, either in this state or the United States, and submit a signed authorization to investigate and have information released to the department;
(3) Present the following issued in the same name as the applicant or licensee:
(A) A valid photo identification or driver's license, or both; and
(B) A Social Security card;
(4)(A) Present a high school diploma, high school equivalency diploma approved by the Adult Education Section, or college transcript and credentials issued by a massage therapy school accepted by the department or a like institution with no less than five hundred (500) hours of in-classroom instruction.
(B) An applicant shall not submit his or her transcript directly to the department.
(C) An applicant shall request that the massage therapy school submit the transcript directly to the department.
(D)(i) If the applicant's transcript is not obtainable from the original school, the applicant shall submit a statement to explain why the transcript may not be obtained.
(ii) Other documentation of credentials may be submitted and accepted for licensure at the discretion of the department;
(5) Furnish to the department satisfactory proof of passing an examination recognized and approved by the department; and
(6) Pay the specified fees, which shall accompany a completed notarized application to the department.
(b) Fees are as follows:
(1) Application fee $75.00 Nonrefundable
(2) Original license fee 80.00
(3) Biennial renewal 80.00
(4) Examination fee or reexamination fee 25.00
(5) Duplicate license fee 10.00
(6) Pocket card fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
(c) A person shall not practice massage therapy until his or her official license has been received from the department.
(d) A person who attempts to procure or does procure a license in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 17-86-103.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-86-103. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(b) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney in the county where the violation occurs, upon request by the Department of Health, to initiate proper legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Any person found guilty of violations of this chapter may be subject to emergency suspension or revocation of licensure dependent upon the findings.
(d) The courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction and power to enjoin the unlawful practice of massage therapy and related techniques in a proceeding by the department or by any citizen of this state in the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred, the county in which the defendant resides, or in Pulaski County. The issuance of an injunction shall not relieve a person from criminal prosecution for violation of the provisions of this chapter, but the remedy of injunction shall be in addition to liability to criminal prosecution.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-86-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-86-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.