Section 34-43A-9 - Licensing of massage therapy establishments; initial inspection(a) No massage therapy establishment shall operate in this state without a license issued by the board.(b) A sexually-oriented business may not operate as a massage therapy establishment or be licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter.(c) A massage therapy establishment shall contract with or employ only licensed massage therapists to perform massage therapy. Every massage therapist shall be registered with the board and one of them shall be designated as the individual who will ensure that the massage therapy establishment complies with state law and all applicable administrative rules.(d) A massage therapy establishment license is not assignable or transferable.(e) If the holder of a massage therapy establishment license moves the location of the massage therapy establishment without changing either the name or ownership of that massage therapy establishment, the board shall waive the new establishment license fee, if documentation set by rule of the board is approved. This subsection shall not change the expiration date of a massage therapy establishment license.(f)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), each applicant for a massage therapy establishment license shall complete a criminal history background check pursuant to rules adopted by the board.(2) An applicant for a massage therapy establishment license, who is a massage therapist and has completed a criminal history background check as required by the board within the preceding two years, is exempt from completing the criminal history background check required in subdivision (1).(g) The physical location of a proposed massage therapy establishment shall be subject to an initial inspection by the board before a massage therapy establishment license is granted to the applicant.(h) If the physical location of a massage therapy establishment has been shut down by the board or by local, state, or federal law enforcement, the physical location is permanently prohibited from being licensed or operating as a massage therapy establishment.Ala. Code § 34-43A-9 (1975)
Added by Act 2024-361,§ 3, eff. 6/1/2024.