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Board of Massage Licensure

Legislative Updates

Legislative Updates:Current through July 1, 2011

The complete text of the following Public Acts is available on the following website:
http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/index.htm

Board Specific Updates

Public Chapter 871

Public Chapter 871 of the 2010 Public Acts amends current law by expanding and amending the disciplinary grounds upon which the Board may discipline a license to include misdemeanor convictions; substance abuse; mental incompetence; and being guilty of unethical or unprofessional conduct.

This act became effective May 3, 2010.

Public Chapter 997

Public Chapter 997 of the 2010 Public Acts sets the Board’s sunset date at June 30, 2016.

This act became effective June 2, 2010.

Public Chapter 1084

Public Chapter 1084 of the 2010 Public Acts provides that before any person who will be providing direct patient care is hired, health care facilities and individual health professionals will conduct background checks using the state sex offenders registry, the state abuse registry, and the abuse registries for states in which the prospective employee has lived in the previous seven (7) years.  This act requires the Department of Health to post on its website a link to all potential databases and to notify licensees at least annually through board newsletters of this obligation.

This act became effective October 1, 2010.

Public Chapter 801
Massage Board Members, Continuing Education

Public Chapter 801 extends the terms of members of the massage licensure board from two (2) to five (5) years; increases the number of years of experience a board member must have from “at least three (3) years” to “at least five (5) years, except for citizen members, and authorizes the board to impose fees for reviewing continuing education courses. 

Public Chapter 817
Sunset Laws

Public Chapter 817 extends the Massage Licensure Board to June 30, 2011.



Updates Applicable to All Boards

Public Chapter 340 -

Establishes the regulation of pain management clinics by the Department, authorizing the Department to grant, deny, renew and discipline a clinic license. A pain management clinic is defined as a privately-owned facility in which a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, advanced practice nurse and/or physician assistant who provide pain management services. Each pain management clinic must have a medical director who provides onsite supervision. On or before October 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Board of Medical Examiners, the Board of Osteopathic Examination, the Board of Nursing, and the Committee on Physician Assistants, shall promulgate rules to implement the law.

Public Chapter 230 -

Provides that each health-related board shall establish a procedure to expedite the issuance of a license, certificate, or permit for an applicant who is certified or licensed in another state to perform the same profession that is the subject of the application; whose spouse is a member of the armed forces; whose spouse is the subject of a military transfer to Tennessee; and who has left employment to accompany the person’s spouse to Tennessee. The procedure shall include issuing the applicant a license, certificate, or permit if the licensure requirements in the other state are substantially equivalent to Tennessee’s requirements or developing a method to authorize the applicant to practice in Tennessee with a temporary permit in accordance with current law (T.C.A. §63-1-142).

Public Chapter 435 -

Provides that any governmental entity or private business or establishment that provides or offers a place of assembly or entertainment, transportation, lodging, dining, educational, medical or leisure activities or services, or any business or any establishment licensed by the State or any political subdivision thereof, or that is engaged in commerce in this State is strongly encouraged to post a sign indicating that certain information regarding the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline is in a location within the establishment that is visible to employees and the general public. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall provide the sign authorized by this section on its internet website for entities or establishments to print as needed.


Statutes and Rules

Statutes

Statutes are proposed and made law by the Tennessee State General Assembly (Legislature). The Board, following specific notice requirements and hearings, adopts rules. Both have the force of law and may be used in the regulation of a profession. The statutes pertaining to this Board are found at T.C.A. 63-1 (Division of Health Related Boards) and T.C.A. 63-18 (Massage Therapists).

Click here to review the Tennessee Code Annotated. (This link will take you to a website that is not maintained by the Tennessee Department of Health).

 

 

Rules

Click here for Rules and Regulations pertaining to the Tennessee Board of Massage Licensure

Policies

Policies