A. The board shall issue a license to practice massage therapy to any individual who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees, and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant: (1) has reached the age of majority; (2) has completed all educational requirements established by the board; and (3) has completed at least six hundred fifty hours of education that includes at least five hundred hours of massage therapy instruction. B. An initial license issued pursuant to this section may be for a period of up to two years pursuant to board rule. History: Laws 1991, ch. 147, § 9; 1993, ch. 173, § 8; 1999, ch. 240, § 8; 2019, ch. 40, § 5. 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'; in the heading, deleted 'and registration of massage therapy instructors'; and deleted Subsection B, which related to the registration of massage therapy instructors, and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection B.The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted 'licensure of massage therapists and registration of massage massage therapy instructors, and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection B.The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted 'licensure of massage therapists and registration of massage therapy instructors' for 'licensure registered instructors' in the section heading; rewrote Subsection A(3); deleted former Subsections A(4) and B; redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection B; deleted former Subsection B(2); and added Subsections B(2) and C. The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted 'and registered with the commission on higher education' following 'by the board' and substituted 'shall provide' for 'must provide' in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A; deleted 'satisfactorily' preceding 'passing' and 'and a practical' preceding 'examination' in Paragraph (4) of Subsection A; substituted the current provision of Subsection B for 'Every massage therapy instructor must be currently licensed as a massage therapist'; designated the former second sentence of Subsection B as current Subsection C and deleted 'documents a minimum of two years of experience in his area of instruction' at the end of the introductory paragraph and added Paragraphs (1) and (2) therein.
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