§ 45-11-61

45:11-61 Current practitioners, eligibility for certification. 9. For 720 days after the date procedures are established by the committee for applying for certification under section 8 of this act, any person who engaged in the full-time practice, as determined by the committee, of massage, bodywork and somatic therapies for two years preceding the enactment date of this act, or in the part-time practice, as determined by the committee, of massage, bodywork and somatic therapies for five years preceding the enactment date of this act, and has successfully completed a minimum of 200 hours of education or training in massage, bodywork and somatic therapies as determined by the committee, may acquire a certificate of certification without satisfying either the education or examination requirement of section 8 of this act. L.1999,c.19,s.9.