Section 54-4009 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSEUpon application to the board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as a massage therapist if the applicant meets all the requirements of this chapter and provides documentation acceptable to the board that he or she:
(1) Has obtained a high school diploma or equivalent;(2) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;(3) Has not been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or a suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411(1), Idaho Code;(4) Has successfully completed a massage program registered pursuant to chapter 24, title 33, Idaho Code, or a comparable authority in another state that consists of the minimum of five hundred (500) in-class supervised hours of coursework and clinic work; and(5) Has successfully passed a nationally recognized competency examination in massage therapy that is approved by the board. The passage of this exam may have occurred prior to the effective date of this chapter.[54-4009, added 2012 , ch. 261, sec. 1 , p. 727.]Amended by 2022 Session Laws, ch. 246, sec. 31, eff. 7/1/2022.Added by 2012 Session Laws, ch. 261, sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2012.