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Senate Bill S7496

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse"

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2025-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7802, 7804 & 7806, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6275

2025-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse".

2025-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7496
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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 removing references to
   "masseur" and "masseuse"
 
   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 WITH THE FOLLOW-
 ING LANGUAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, "MASSAGE THERAPY," "BODYWORK
 THERAPY," "MASSAGE THERAPIST," "BODYWORK THERAPIST,"  "MASSAGE,"  "MASS-
 EUR," "MASSEUSE," "LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST," OR THE ACRONYM "LMT" 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 opening paragraph of section 7804 of the education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  230  of  the laws of 1997,   is amended to read as
 follows:
   To  qualify  for  a  license  as  a  massage  therapist,  [masseur  or
 masseuse,] an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
   §  3.   Subdivision 1 of section 7806 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997,  is amended to read as follows:
   1. The department may issue a limited permit to practice massage ther-
 apy as a licensed massage therapist[, masseur or masseuse] to  a  person
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06843-01-5

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