Summary
Massage therapy is meant to relax a person, or rehabilitate them after an injury, yet over the past five years efforts to professionalize and regulate massage therapy on the statewide level have led to uncomfortable positions for cities, counties, employers and even some massage therapists. However, the issue at the core of massage therapy regulation raise one of the primary questions facing the state: where is the appropriate line drawn between state regulation and local government control?
This article explains the changes Chapter 406 makes to the statewide regulation of massage therapy while evaluating; the rebalancing of protections for professionals in favor of local land use control, the continued heightening of professional standards within the field, and the reconfiguration of the regulatory entity.
