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Senate Bill S6777

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business hours

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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2015-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8717
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง7802 & 7801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2839
2019-2020: A2890

2015-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of massage therapy to include additional related services and to require the licensee of a massage therapy location to be on premises at all times during business hours.

2015-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6777

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 19, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  expanding  the  defi-
  nition  of  massage  therapy  to  include other related services   and
  requiring the licensee of a massage therapy location be on  the  prem-
  ises at all times during business hours

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7802 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S  7802.  Practice  of  massage  therapy  and  use of title "masseur",
"masseuse" or "massage therapist" or  the  term  "massage"  or  "massage
therapy". 1. Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chap-
ter shall practice massage therapy and only a person licensed under this
article  shall  use  the  title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage thera-
pist". No person,  firm,  partnership  or  corporation  claiming  to  be
engaged  in  the  practice  of  massage  or massage therapy shall in any
manner describe, advertise, or place any advertisement for  services  as
defined in section seventy-eight hundred one of this article unless such
services  are  performed  by a person licensed or authorized pursuant to
this chapter.
  2. THE LICENSEE OF A MASSAGE THERAPY LOCATION SHALL BE ON THE PREMISES
AT ALL TIMES DURING BUSINESS HOURS AND ONLY A PERSON LICENSED OR AUTHOR-
IZED TO PRACTICE MASSAGE THERAPY, BODY MASSAGE OR  MASSAGE  PURSUANT  TO
THIS CHAPTER SHALL CONDUCT ANY FORM OF PHYSICAL TOUCHING OF CUSTOMERS.
  S  2.  Section 7801 of the education law, as amended by chapter 230 of
the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S 7801. Definition of practice of massage therapy. The practice of the
profession of massage therapy is  defined  as  engaging  in  applying  a
scientific  system  of  activity  to the muscular structure of the human
body by means of stroking, kneading,  tapping  and  vibrating  with  the
hands  or  vibrators for the purpose of improving muscle tone and circu-
lation. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING  PRACTICES  SHALL
CONSTITUTE  THE  PRACTICE  OF MASSAGE OR MASSAGE THERAPY AND MAY ONLY BE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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