An individual who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978: A. violates a provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act or rules adopted pursuant to that act; B. renders or attempts to render massage therapy services without the required current valid license issued by the board; or C. advertises or uses a designation, diploma or certificate implying that the individual is a massage therapist or massage therapy school unless the individual holds a current valid license or registration issued by the board.History: Laws 1993, ch. 173, § 20; 1999, ch. 240, § 19; 2019, ch. 40, § 11. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978. The 2019 amendment, effective February 4, 2019, removed references to 'massage therapy instructors' and 'massage therapy school'; in Subsection B, after 'massage therapy services', deleted 'instruction as a massage therapy instructor or instruction as a massage therapy school'; and in Subsection C, after 'massage therapist', deleted 'massage therapy instructor'.The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted 'Offenses; criminal' in the ion as a massage therapy school'; and in Subsection C, after 'massage therapist', deleted 'massage therapy instructor'.The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted 'Offenses; criminal' in the section heading, and rewrote the section, which formerly read: 'Any person who violates any provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year or both'.
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