Beginning May 19, 2025, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) will start transitioning your massage therapy license from a one-year renewal to a two-year renewal. DOPL states the intent is to give massage therapists more time to focus on what matters—their clients and…
Recent News and Legislative Updates
ABMP is excited to announce that the Montana legislature enacted Senate Bill 233 (SB 233), the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact), on April 16. The goal of the IMpact is to:
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License and registration, please. In addition to your professional massage license, most massage businesses (sole practitioners can be exempt, read below for more on that) will need to receive an establishment registration by October 1, 2025.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law…
Full tank of gas? Check. Massage table? Check. Multistate massage license . . . Almost. Sounds like a great idea, right—a license that allows you to leave your home state and practice in another? Well, it’s a possibility that North Carolina wants to make a reality!
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Assembly Bill 1504 (AB 1504) seeks to evaluate the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) by assessing its effectiveness—and downfalls—through what’s known as a “sunset review process” and…
ABMP is excited to announce that the Virginia legislature enacted House Bill 2448 (HB 2448), the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact), on March 21. The goal of the IMpact is to:
- Support the mobility of licensed…
When it comes to volunteering, massage therapists have many opportunities to raise awareness of the benefits of therapeutic massage as a contribution to the profession. On April 28, the Colorado Coalition of Massage Therapists invites you to volunteer for the annual Massage Therapy Legislative…
The Oregon Board of Massage Therapists (Board) issued final rules that increase massage therapy fees by about 35 percent to rebalance the 2023–2025 budget. The fee changes take effect April 1, 2025. To help…
ABMP is excited to announce that the Arkansas legislature enacted House Bill 1217 (HB 1217), the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact), on March 12. The goal of the IMpact is to:
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You trained for hours and hours in a massage therapy program and passed a test for your license, but did you know that some massage therapists still can’t call themselves licensed massage therapists?
Forty-five states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico require massage therapists to be…