Section 90-629 - Requirements for licensure to practiceUpon application to the Board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as a massage and bodywork therapist if the applicant meets all of the following qualifications:
(1) Has obtained a high school diploma or equivalent.(2) Is 18 years of age or older.(3) Is of good moral character as determined by the Board.(4) Has successfully completed a training program consisting of a minimum of 650 in-class hours of supervised instruction at a Board-approved school.(5) Has passed a competency assessment examination that meets generally accepted psychometric principles and standards and is approved by the Board.(6) Has submitted fingerprint cards in a form acceptable to the Board at the time the license application is filed and consented to a criminal history record check by the State Bureau of Investigation.(7) Demonstrates satisfactory proof of proficiency in the English language.Amended by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 45,s. 4-a, eff. 7/1/2024, applicable to licenses issued on or after that date.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 19F.4-ggg, eff. 12/1/2023, applicable to criminal history checks requested, expunction petitions filed, and fees collected on or after that date.Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 151, s. 3-g, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 100, s. 17.1-o, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by 2008 N.C. Sess. Laws 224, s. 9, eff. 8/17/2008.