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Senate Bill S1271A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license

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2025-S1271 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7802 & 7804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8192
2019-2020: S3097
2021-2022: S375
2023-2024: S1961

2025-S1271 - Summary

Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of such licensee.

2025-S1271 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1271 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1271
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  MYRIE,  RAMOS -- 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 requiring a licensed
   massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license
   when practicing and the required contents of such license
 
   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:
   § 7802. Practice of  massage  therapy  and  use  of  title  "masseur",
 "masseuse"  or  "massage  therapist"  or  the term "massage" or "massage
 therapy". Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this  chapter
 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.    A  PERSON LICENSED UNDER SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAY  SUCH  LICENSE  WITHIN
 PUBLIC VIEW WHEN PRACTICING.
   §  2.  Section  7804  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 closing paragraph to read as follows:
   A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL AT A  MINIMUM  INCLUDE
 THE  LICENSEE'S  NAME,  LICENSE NUMBER AND A NON-REMOVABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF
 SUCH LICENSEE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03047-01-5

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2025-S1271A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7802 & 7804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8192
2019-2020: S3097
2021-2022: S375
2023-2024: S1961

2025-S1271A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of such licensee.

2025-S1271A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1271A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1271--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  MYRIE,  RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
   Education  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  a  licensed
   massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license
   when practicing and the required contents of such license
 
   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:
   §  7802.  Practice  of  massage  therapy  and  use of title "masseur",
 "masseuse" or "massage therapist" or  the  term  "massage"  or  "massage
 therapy".  Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter
 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.   A PERSON LICENSED UNDER  SECTION  SEVENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FOUR  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY SUCH LICENSE WITHIN
 PUBLIC VIEW WHEN PRACTICING.
   § 2. Section 7804 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 closing paragraph to read as follows:
   A  LICENSE  ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE
 THE LICENSEE'S NAME, LICENSE NUMBER AND A  NON-REMOVABLE  PHOTOGRAPH  OF
 SUCH LICENSEE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03047-02-5

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